January 25, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
You do not need be a psychic to make predictions. I have been watching the trends in the new trade laws and cases. The trends are:
A. Accountability - Following the law is not a suggestion - individuals and partnerships will be...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Border Security Initiatives, Buy America, Canada, India, European Economic Community, USA | No Comments
January 15, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will be under the microscope during the week of January 17-21, 2011 as the sixth rounds of negotiations take place in Brussels. One of the difficult...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Buy America, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, International Transactions, WTO Developments, NAFTA Developments | No Comments
October 12, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Cyndee Todgham Cherniak joined guest James Cowan, John Manley, Weran Jiang and Dan Trefler on The Agenda With Steve Paikin on October 5, 2010 -
www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm
The Topic was...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, USA, Buy America, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Protectionism | No Comments
April 04, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) has caused a lot of consternation and hand-wringing by American companies and our trading partners because of its Buy American provisions, but is that concern...
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February 05, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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...
Posted in Trade Law, Buy America, Canada, USA, Protectionism, WTO Developments, NAFTA Developments, Government Relations, Government Procurement Bid Challenges | No Comments
February 04, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, Buy America, USA, NAFTA Developments, WTO Developments, Protectionism, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Government Relations | No Comments
February 01, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, USA, Buy America, Agriculture, Government Relations, NAFTA Developments, International Transactions, Protectionism, WTO Developments | No Comments
January 29, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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...
Posted in Trade Law, Buy America, Climate Change, Canada, USA, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Free Trade Agreements, Government Relations, International Transactions, Protectionism | No Comments
January 12, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Food Safety News reports that the American Meat Institute (AMI) is supporting Canada and Mexico in the dispute concerning the United States 2008 Farm Bill country of origin labelling (COOL) rules. The report indicates that the...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Food Law, Trade Law, Agriculture, Canada, USA, Buy America, Food and Drug Regulation, Dispute Settlement, NAFTA Dispute Settlement | No Comments
January 11, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
Originally printed in the Journal of Commerce -
As the new year begins, many trade professionals wonder what is 2010 likely to hold? One can never be sure how events will unfold, but from what we know right now, it will be...
Posted in Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Buy America, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, Mexico, South Korea | No Comments
August 06, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The Canadian provincial and territorial premiers have been meeting in Canada. They have discussed U.S. Buy America protectionism policies and have united to give approval to Prime Minister Harper to talk tough with...
Posted in Trade Law, Buy America, Canada, USA, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Government Procurement Bid Challenges, Government Relations, International Transactions, Protectionism | No Comments
August 04, 2009By: Andrew Hudson
Our post of 17 June 2009 drew attention to the issue of Australian Customs' Notice No. 2009/25 ("ACN") by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service ("Customs") and the impending close attention by Customs to the use of...
Posted in Trade Lawyers Blog, Australia / New Zealand, Buy America, Customs Duties, Free Trade Agreements, Government Relations, Import Controls, International Transactions, Outsourcing and Offshoring, Preferential Tariffs | No Comments
July 16, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I received the article below from Jane Moffat from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Credit also needs to be given to Sara Jerone, the author of the article.
This article highlights a real problem for Canadian companies - the...
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July 16, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I received the article below from Jane Moffat from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Credit also needs to be given to David R. Butcher, the author of the article.
The article is scary to Canadian companies because it clarified...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, USA, Buy America, Protectionism, Trade in Services, Water, NAFTA Developments, WTO Developments, Government Procurement Bid Challenges | No Comments
July 15, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
For the customs brokers, the current cause célèbre is Buy American. When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Stimulus Act) was signed into law, much was made in the trade and general press about how it was WTO...
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