April 03, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Lately, a number of clients have called with incident reports involving either the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) confiscating NEXUS passes from business travelers because...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Border Security Initiatives, Customs Duties, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
March 29, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
When a Canadian resident purchases goods outside Canada, they must declare the goods when returning to Canada. When the individual is over the exemption limit ($800 for stays outside Canada exceeding 48 hours, $50 for...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Customs Duties | No Comments
February 27, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Many NEXUS card holders in the Trusted Traveler Program are not aware that there are electronic forms available on-line that they can complete prior to returning to Canada with their purchases. The declaration process is...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Canada, Customs Duties, Travel Tips | No Comments
February 05, 2013By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On February 5, 2013, Canada took a leap forward by tabling in the Senate amendments to the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA). Bill S-14 "An Act to Amend the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act"...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Canada, USA | No Comments
November 23, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID) on December 15, 2006 and investors and trade lawyers have been patiently waiting ever since for...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Canada, International Arbitration, Investment Dispute Settlement, Government Relations | No Comments
November 21, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Black Friday and Thanksgiving week-end often ends in tears and frustration as Canadian travelers run into difficulties at Canada-US border crossings and at airports.
Canadians join in the U.S. tradition of bargain shopping on...
Posted in GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Customs Duties, USA, Canada, Border Security Initiatives, Government Relations | No Comments
March 30, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 29, 2012, Canada’s Minister of Finance delivered the federal budget. On page 108 of the 2012 Economic Action Plan, the following announcement is made:
Streamlining Canada’s Trade Remedy System
Economic Action...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Lawyers Blog | No Comments
March 16, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 17, 2009, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) made an injury finding in respect of certain aluminum extrusions originating in or exported from China (NQ-2008-003) and issued an order to collect antidumping...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Canada, China, Trade Remedies, Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties | No Comments
March 15, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Many Canadians who live in border cities (such as Windsor, Niagara Falls) are more likely to have a NEXUS pass. Many Canadians who live in border cities work in the United States and travel back and forth across the border...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, Trade Lawyers Blog, USA, Customs Duties | No Comments
March 07, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) may detain any goods that are being exported from Canada if the CBSA is concerned that the goods are being exported contrary to Canada’s export controls and economic sanctions...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Canada, Customs Duties, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions | No Comments
March 05, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 5, 2012, Canada imposed further economic sanctions and trade restrictions against Syria and closed the doors of Canada’s Embassy in Damascus. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs announced new Regulations Amending...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions | No Comments
September 10, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
We are pleased to announce that we have launched Canada-US Blog (at www.canada-usblog.com). We have experienced difficulties updating and modernizing Trade Lawyers Blog and have made the hard decision to start a new...
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August 28, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in August 2011
There is an old adage holding the more things change, the more they stay the same. Is the axiom true? For a milestone anniversary, my husband and I decided to take a...
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August 28, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in July 2011.
In his January 2010 State of the Union address, President Obama announced the goal of doubling U.S. exports in five (5) years. In September 2010, then Commerce...
Posted in Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, South Korea, Thailand, USA, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions | No Comments
August 28, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified on the Hill in June stating the national roll-out of PREDICT is back on track. Currently, this FDA targeting system is operational in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle...
Posted in Agriculture, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
July 08, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
Australian companies trading overseas face a variety of regulation which governs their operation. That regulation includes the following:
Australian laws governing trade in Australia;Australian laws governing trade...
Posted in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, South Korea, Thailand, USA | No Comments