September 25, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On September 24, 2010, India's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Anand Sharma and Canada's Minister of International Trade, Mr. Peter Van Loan issued a joint statement on trade and investment initiatives. please go to the...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, India, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Free Trade Agreements, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
September 25, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I have not located a Canadian goods and services tax (GST) / harmonized sales tax (HST) case in which the Tax Court of Canada has been asked to accept a appellant's Google research. So, from a Canadian perspective, it is not...
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September 24, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On September 23, 2010, the Government of Canada tabled in the House of Commons for debate Bill C-46 "An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Panama, the Agreement on the Environment...
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September 21, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On September 20, 2010 (as previously reported on Trade Lawyers Blog), the Canada Border Services Agency initiated investigations on September 20, 2010, under the Special Import Measures Act, respecting the alleged injurious...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, China, Anti-Dumping, Countervailing Duties, Trade Remedies | No Comments
September 18, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
An interesting article has been posted on Pacific Free Press entitled "Stopping CETA Undermining Canadian Law". No wonder it caught my attention. For a copy, please go to...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, European Economic Community, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Government Relations, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations | No Comments
September 15, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
MSN is reporting that Canada's Trade Minister, Peter Van Loan, has indicated that the Canada - India Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPPA) (Canada's bilateral investment treaty) should be finalized soon....
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, India, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
September 14, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The WTO schedule shows that from September 14-16, 2010, a WTO Dispute Settlement Body Panel first substantive meeting regarding cases DS/384 "United States of America — Certain Country of Origin Labelling (Cool) Requirements"...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Agriculture, USA, Mexico, Dispute Settlement, WTO Dispute Settlement, WTO Developments | No Comments
September 14, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I have many clients who are individuals and business owners who have had their jewelry seized and detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) upon return to Canada. In many cases (too many cases) the client has a...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Canada, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
September 14, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Bahamas News is reporting that on September 14, 2010, the Bahamas negotiating team will participate in the first WTO Working Group meeting in Geneva concerning the accession of the Bahamas to the WTO. See...
Posted in Developing Countries, WTO Developments | No Comments
September 13, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On September 13, 2010, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT or Tribunal) provided the reasons for its decision to maintain anti-dumping duties against whole potatoes originating in or exported from the United States of...
Posted in Administrative and Regulatory Law, Canada, USA, Trade Remedies, Anti-Dumping | No Comments
September 06, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Duty drawback may provide an opportunity to recover previously paid customs duties, AD/CVD duties and fees paid on imported goods in circumstances where the goods are exported in the same condition (or substantially the same...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Trade Law, Canada, Customs Duties, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
September 05, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
A client came to me after the Ontario Minister of Revenue issued a writ of seizure and sale pursuant to paragraph 37(1)(b) of the Retail Sales Tax Act (Ontario). The writ of seizure and sale instructed the sheriff to seize my...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Judicial Reviews, Canada, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Judicial Reviews, International Tax | No Comments
September 02, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It may be that a new antidumping/countervailing duty case against steel gratings from China will be initiated in Canada on or before September 20, 2010 by the Canada Border Services Agency.
The Canadian H.S....
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