March 25, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
In the 2008 Ontario Budget delivered by Minister of Finance, Dwight Duncan on March 25, 2008, Ontario proposed a new 10-year income tax exemption for new corporations that commercialize intellectual property in Ontario developed...
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March 24, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It is rare to have the opportunity to be a fly on the wall listening to the delaings between the United States and a trade partner.
Here is a fascinating post from Moderate Observer (taken from the Washington Post) - see...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
A while back, Cyndee Cherniak posted an article about monetary seizures in Canada. The U.S. view is not all that different. The U.S. rule is that any money, monetary instrument (checks, money orders, etc), or other negotiable...
Posted in Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
The old adage that time means money has many applications. One that has perhaps been often overlooked is how to quantify that in the context of goods movement.
In 2001, David Hummels at Purdue University sought to explain how...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the creation of a new Import Surveillance Division which is tasked with inspecting, detecting and stopping hazardous products from entering into the United States.
The...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
An unusually large number of comments were filed by the public in response to Customs' advance data elements (10 + 2) proposal. The comment period closed March 18th. The great majority all make the same basic points.
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Effective September 30, 2008, all fruits and vegetables (and other named commodities) sold in the U.S. will have to be marked with their country of origin.
In 2002, the Farm Act amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Despite the threat of imminent legal action by the American Trucking Association and other trucking interests, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved the Teamster proposal requiring all drivers who service the Port to be...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
The Dept. of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security has started an on-line training service. It can be found at: www.bis.doc.gov/seminarsandtraining/seminar-training.htm.
This effort is quite new so there are not yet...
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March 24, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Following on the heels of actions by the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners on March 21, 2008 approved in concept a tax on ocean containers. In June, Port staff is expected to make...
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March 15, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
There is a lot of NAFTA-bashing by the left-leaning politicians on both sides of the Canada-United States border. As a law professor teaching a course on NAFTA and bilateral trading arrangements at case Western Reserve...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, USA, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, NAFTA Developments, International Environmental, Labour & Employment Law | No Comments
March 15, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 14, 2008, Bill C-9 "An Act to Implement the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention)" reached its final point in Canada's legislative process and...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Dispute Settlement, International Arbitration, Investment Dispute Settlement, NAFTA Dispute Settlement, International Transactions, NAFTA Developments | No Comments
March 13, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I received the following article written by Sagar Satapathy and thought that it should be shared -
The Elite list of Top Ten BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Companies in India
BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) has become...
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March 11, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 1, 2008, Canada announced that it would no longer require visitors from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Lithuania to obtain a temporary resident visa to enter Canada. The visa-free entry is effective...
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March 10, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 10, 2008, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) found that the dumping and subsidizing of seamless carbon or alloy steel oil and gas well casing originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China...
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March 10, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Pakistan Daily Times has reported that the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and the Pakistan - Canada Business Council (P-CBC) discussed the opportunities that a free trade agreement would provide to both...
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