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Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Implemented and Ready to...

On 21 August 2019, the regulations implementing the modernized CIFTA were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The Regulations are the final step in Canada’s implementation of the modernized agreement. The CIFTA Rules of Origin Regulations repeal and replace the previous regulations and implement the modernized rules of origin that will now be used to determine when… Continue reading Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Implemented and Ready to…

Canada and the European Union Announce an Interim Bilateral Arbitration...

Canada and the European Union have formalized an interim bilateral arbitration solution for the current deadlock in appointing members to the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Appellate Body is composed of seven members who are appointed to serve for four-year terms and may be reappointed for an additional four-year term. Currently, there are… Continue reading Canada and the European Union Announce an Interim Bilateral Arbitration…

New CBSA Procedures for Re-Investigations and Normal Value Reviews Relating...

On 19 July 2019 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued revisions to Memorandum D14-1-8, Re-investigation and Normal Value Review Policy – Special Import Measures Act (SIMA) (19 July 2019) to reflect updated policies and a new administrative process for submitting and responding to representations concerning the need to initiate a re-investigation or a normal value review. The… Continue reading New CBSA Procedures for Re-Investigations and Normal Value Reviews Relating…

15-Day Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Canada’s Trade Remedies...

The 20 July 2019 edition of the Canada Gazette Part I (Vol. 153, No. 29) includes proposed Regulations Amending the Special Import Measures Regulations. The proposed amendments follow from recommendations of a working group comprising the Government of Canada, the Canadian steel industry, and the steel industry’s workers. The objective of the working group’s consultations was… Continue reading 15-Day Comment Period for Proposed Changes to Canada’s Trade Remedies…

WTO Appellate Body Issues Report in the U.S.-China Dispute Concerning...

On 16 July 2019, the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) issued its report in United States – Countervailing Duty Measures on Certain Products from China (Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by China) (DS437). This appeal concerned China’s recourse to Article 21.5 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement… Continue reading WTO Appellate Body Issues Report in the U.S.-China Dispute Concerning…

WTO Compliance Panel Issues Report in Philippines-Thailand Dispute Concerning Certain...

On 12 July 2019, a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel issued its report in the second compliance proceeding in Thailand – Customs and Fiscal Measures on Cigarettes from the Philippines (Second Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the Philippines) (DS371). This was the Philippines’ second recourse to Article 21.5 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures… Continue reading WTO Compliance Panel Issues Report in Philippines-Thailand Dispute Concerning Certain…

WTO Panel Issues Report in India-United States WTO Dispute Concerning...

On 27 June 2019, a World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel issued its report in the dispute United States – Certain Measures Relating to the Renewable Energy Sector (DS510). The dispute concerned a challenge by India of various measures implemented by certain U.S. States that India alleged violated the national treatment obligation in Article III:4 of the GATT… Continue reading WTO Panel Issues Report in India-United States WTO Dispute Concerning…

Law to Suspend Canada’s WTO Obligations Concerning Safeguards Receives Royal...

On 21st June 2019, Bill C-101, An Act to amend the Customs Tariff and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, received Royal Assent and became law in Canada. It sped through the legislative process in the House of Commons and the Senate in just sixteen days, having been introduced for First Reading in the House of Commons… Continue reading Law to Suspend Canada’s WTO Obligations Concerning Safeguards Receives Royal…

The Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Temporarily Remove the...

On 3rd June 2019, the Department of Finance issued a news release announcing that the Government of Canada has introduced a “Notice of Ways and Means Motion that would temporarily amend the Customs Tariff to remove the two-year moratorium on the imposition of safeguard measures on imports previously subject to safeguards”. On 10th October 2018, the Government of Canada made… Continue reading The Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Temporarily Remove the…

Legislation to Implement the CUSMA / USMCA / T-MEC Introduced...

On Wednesday 29th May 2019, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented a “ways and means” motion to the House of Commons that paved the way for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to introduce Bill C-100, “An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States” (the “CUSMA Implementation Act”),… Continue reading Legislation to Implement the CUSMA / USMCA / T-MEC Introduced…

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