Contributing Lawyers

Most Canadian businesses do not relish a visit from a Canadian tax auditor and also do not view with anticipation a fax from the United States Customs and Border Patrol (USCBP) asking to come for a visit to conduct a NAFTA...

Recently, I have been informed of two NAFTA verifications being conducted by the Canadian Government in order to verify the correctness of NAFTA certificates of origin provided by U.S. companies and one NAFTA verification being...

On March 8, 2010, Canada's Export & Import Controls Bureau of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (the "EICB") announced it is engaging in consultations with interested Canadian companies and wishes to...

On March 10, 2010, Canada's Minister of International Trade, Peter Van Loan, tabled in the House of Commons legislation to implement the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canada-Colombia Agreement on Labour Cooperation...

The rumour mill is that the Canada Border Services Agency is considering implementing 10+2 reporting requirements on all modes of importation. The 10+2 reporting requirements are to be implemented by way of regulation. This means...

There is information available on the Internet that the United Arab Emirates is the back door or intermediary for the flow of goods to Iran. Please see this article -...

It is embarrassing - Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID or the Washington Convention) on December 15, 2006 and passed legislation granting...

Keeping track of the documents provided to any auditor (income tax, sales tax, customs duties, antidumping duties, etc.) is very important. I cannot say how many times I have come in after an auditor's visit to a new client and...

Canadian businesses should expect a new round of Iran Sanctions in the near future. On February 10, 2010, Prime Minister Harper issued the following statement:

"Canada is deeply disturbed by Iran's decision further to enrich its...

On February 5, 2010, Canada’s Minister of International Trade (Peter Van Loan) and the United States Trade Representative (Ron Kirk) issued a joint statement on Canada-United States government procurement.  This tentative...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on February 4, 2010 that "the United States is committed to a rules-based trading system where the American people - and the Congress - can feel confident that when we sign an agreement...

Yemen has announced that on February 3, 2010, Canada and Yemen signed a bilateral agreement relating to Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The agreement follows a meeting at the WTO of WTO Members relating...

Representative Bruce Braley, D- Iowa has sponsored HR 4512 in the United States House of Representatives, legislation that ultimately requires country of origin labelling on fuel.

Section 3 of the "Country-of-Origin Labeling...

The National Post contains a great post by Terence Corcoran entitled "The loopy Obama-Sarkozy axis of trade".  He is right on point. Corcoran observes "on trade issues that [Obama and Sarkozy] promoted ideas that...

On January 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency posted a Fact Sheet entitled "Media Coming to Canada for the 2010 Winter Games". The following information is provided:

To facilitate this process the CBSA established the...

On January 10, 2010, Trade Lawyers Blog posted that the Canada Border Services Agency had not posted any information to assist visitors arriving to attend the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. On January 21, 2010, the...