U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that efective November 17, 2008, all shipments of firewood from Canada must have been heat treated prior to importation into the U.S. This requirement was set out in an order...
The rumours have started and so has the fear - rumour has it that President-elect Obama will tie any U.S. auto aid to a repatriation of jobs from Canada and Mexico to the United States. In other words, the United States...
On November 13, 2008, the Government of Canada and the Government of China signed a memorandum of understanding on financial services , which resolves some or all of the issues at the heart of a WTO case. The Memorandum of...
Some in Canada are not convinced that U.S. President-Elect Obama will act in the best interests of the North American economy. I, for one, think that the talks of renegotiating NAFTA will lead to uncertainty, which will in...
On November 12, 2008, the Ottawa Business Journal ran an article entitled “Defence industry pushes for reform of U.S. export controls” abouts the Canadian defence industry’s desire for a flexible application of the ITAR rules...
Tomorrow, I am giving a lecture at the Univeristy of Windsor, Centre for Transnational Law and Practice about NAFTA. As I was waiting for my flight, because Air Canada bumped me off the flight I was scheduled to take (why I...
Trade Lawyers Blog has given President-Elect Obama a few days to enjoy his historic victory on November 4th - but now I am starting again to defend NAFTA. I have come across a useful post on www.canadians.org written by...
As a trade lawyer, I have been critical about the U.S. embargo against Cuba. As the third severe hurricane of the 2008 Season hit Cuba this week-end (Gustav, Ike and now Poloma), the human reaction should be to call on the...
On October 20, 2008, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT)issued a landmark opinion in favour of the Canadian Wheat Board. - see following decision - www.cit.uscourts.gov/slip_op/Slip_op08/08-112.pdf
The...
For the 17th consecutive year, the 192-member United Nations Assembly urged the U.S. to lift its economic, commercial and financial embargo, but it will have little impact on the Bush administration, which is again expected to...
The Wall Street Journal has reported about Boeing Co.'s $236.1 MILLION in punitive damages awarded by a jury in a lawsuit by ICO Global Communications Holdings made claims of fraud and breach of contract. This is addition...
The latest news about the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to engage in search activities should cause travelers and senders of documents concern. Courthouse News Service reports that "The 9th Circuit upheld the...
Timing is everything. As a Canadian lawyer, I must question whether the change in enforcement procedures announced by the United States Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP), which are effective on October 17, 2008,...
When Car Troubles Become Lemon Troubles
By Sergei Lemberg
There are few things more frustrating in life than not having a car you can depend on. After all, you need your vehicle to get to work, to take the kids to school and...
I cannot tell if this yet another jab at Canadian softwood lumber exporters hidden under many layers of wood products.
The June 2008 Farm Bill includes amendments to the Lacey Act. Since the dawn of time, the Lacey...
On September 26, 2008, Senator Russ Feingold (D. – Wis) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D. – Wash) introduced the Traveller’s Privacy Protection Act of 2008 to place limits on laptop searches at the U.S. border. I have...
