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2023 Budget: Canada Announces Permanent Withdrawal of Most-Favoured-Nation Status from...

As part of its 2023 Budget, Canada has announced plans to permanently withdraw Most-Favoured-Nation (“MFN”) status for goods imported from Russia and Belarus via amendments to the Customs Tariff, which will result in the application of a 35% tariff rate under the General Tariff to almost all imports originating in those countries. This proposed measure is in… Continue reading 2023 Budget: Canada Announces Permanent Withdrawal of Most-Favoured-Nation Status from…

Spilling More Milk: Canada’s Dairy Quota Allocation Practices Under Siege...

On 25 May 2022, the United States invoked the dispute settlement procedures of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) by requesting consultations concerning Canada’s dairy product tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation practices. Earlier this month, New Zealand challenged similar allocation practices under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) (see Daring to Challenge Dairy: New Zealand Challenges Canada’s Implementation of… Continue reading Spilling More Milk: Canada’s Dairy Quota Allocation Practices Under Siege…

SEIZING THE MOMENT: CBSA Seizes a Shipment of Goods from...

Recently, the Canadian Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) reported that for the first time it seized goods imported on the suspicion that the goods were “mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour.” The suspected goods in question were women’s and children’s clothes being imported from China. In January 2021, Canada, acting in… Continue reading SEIZING THE MOMENT: CBSA Seizes a Shipment of Goods from…

The European Union Takes a Jab at COVID-19 Vaccine Exports

On March 17, 2021, the European Union (EU) flexed its muscle by threatening to curb vaccine exports by banning them to certain countries. Canada, although not specifically targeted by the EU’s newest overture in the COVID-19 vaccine saga, could experience a spillover effect with disruptions in the vaccine supply. In the first quarter of this… Continue reading The European Union Takes a Jab at COVID-19 Vaccine Exports

Dinner is Served – Food Importers in Canada Must Apply...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that as of March 15, 2021, importers must possess a valid Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence before importing food products that are covered under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. The announcement explains that (i) unless importers enter a valid SFC licence into their import declaration, the CFIA will reject… Continue reading Dinner is Served – Food Importers in Canada Must Apply…

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed – European...

Canada’s doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are made in and shipped from Europe. With AstraZeneca being unable to fill Europe’s contract for its vaccine in the first three months of the year, the European Union (EU) issued its temporary Transparency and Authorization Mechanism on 29 January 2021. One of the key highlights of the… Continue reading A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed – European…

It’s Official – No U.S. Tariffs on Imports of Canadian...

On October 27, 2020, President Trump signed a Proclamation that formally exempted Canadian non-alloyed unwrought aluminum exports from the punitive tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. This exemption formalizes USTR’s September 15th announcement of the return of tariff-free treatment of Canadian aluminum retroactively in response to Canada’s threatened countermeasures (see U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs… Continue reading It’s Official – No U.S. Tariffs on Imports of Canadian…

Canada’s Ban of Certain Single Use Plastic Items will have...

On 7 October 2020, Canada released its preliminary list of banned single-use plastic items. The list is included in Table 3a of Environment Canada’s Discussion paper: A proposed integrated management approach to plastic products to prevent waste and pollution. The listed products are: plastic checkout bags stir sticks 6-pack rings food service ware made from problematic… Continue reading Canada’s Ban of Certain Single Use Plastic Items will have…

The U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs on Imports of...

Facing imminent Canadian countermeasures against the United States’ Section 232 tariffs on Canadian articles of aluminum (see What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed Countermeasures against U.S. Aluminum Duties), on September 15, 2020, the United States withdrew its duties, retroactive to September 1, 2020. Harking back to the days of Voluntary Restraint Agreements (VRAs),… Continue reading The U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs on Imports of…

What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed...

As anticipated, Canada issued on August 13th a Notice of intent to impose countermeasures against the United States in response to the Section 232 tariffs that the U.S. administration imposed on Canadian articles of non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum on August 6th. Canada intends to impose 10 percent surtaxes on imports of aluminum and aluminum-containing products from the U.S.,… Continue reading What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed…

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