November 23, 2012By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada signed the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID) on December 15, 2006 and investors and trade lawyers have been patiently waiting ever since for...
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June 20, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Sterling Resources Ltd, a Canadian listed company, has issued a press release to inform investors and interested persons that on June 20, 2010 it has filed a Notice of Dispute under the Canada-Romania Foreign Investment Promotion...
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May 29, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
As discussed in my post yesterday about the Canada Border Services Agency's hit list for post-release national priorities verifications (audits), importers of jewelry will be under a microscope in 2011. The CBSA plans to conduct...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Trade Law, Canada, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations | No Comments
May 27, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Why do importers feel the need to immediately pick up telephone and call the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) when they hear from their customs broker that the CBSA is asking questions about particular import transactions?...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Canada, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
May 26, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
NEXUS pass holders may discover that their "disagreement" with the Canada Border Services Agency (or U.S. Customs) upon re-entering Canada (or the United States) may result in the immediate confiscation of their NEXUS pass or...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, GST/PST and Other Non-Income Taxes, Border Security Initiatives, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Canada, USA | No Comments
May 10, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On Friday May, 6, 2011, I came across an interesting article in the Globe and Mail written by Paul Waldie entitled "Border guard's suspended after putting gun in filing cabinet". For a copy of the article, please go to the...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Administrative and Regulatory Law, Trade Law, Canada, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Import Controls | No Comments
February 21, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The United States and Morocco entered into a free trade agreement that entered into force on January 1, 2006. The U.S-Morocco free trade agreement includes chapters on investment, services and electronic commerce (in addition to...
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February 13, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
From what we are seeing, the answer is "yes". During the economic/financial crisis of 2008-2010, the Governments of the United States and Canada requested that the automobile industry (OEMs) cut costs. In response (and to be...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, USA, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Free Trade Agreements, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Rules of Origin | No Comments
January 30, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Egypt is a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The current issue will not change that fact. To the extent that the issues remain local, there should not be a WTO connection. That being said, to the extent that there is...
Posted in Trade in Services, WTO Dispute Settlement | No Comments
January 28, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 25, 2011, Corn Products International issued a press release that it had received $58.4 million from the Government of Mexico as payment of an arbitral award issued in respect of a Chapter 11 of NAFTA claim. ...
Posted in Trade Law, Trade Lawyers Blog, Canada, Mexico, USA, NAFTA Dispute Settlement, Investment Dispute Settlement, International Arbitration | No Comments
January 18, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
This is the first case that I am aware of in which a U.S. company (investor) has threatened to use the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the United States - Peru free trade agreement (or any free trade agreement...
Posted in Trade Lawyers Blog, Dispute Settlement, International Arbitration, Investment Dispute Settlement, Government Relations, International Environmental | No Comments
January 16, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
This blog posting on the ABCs of the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) can be adapted for most free trade agreement negotiations. As the 6th Round Canada-EU CETA negotiations is starting on January...
Posted in Canada Law Blog, Trade Law, Canada, European Economic Community, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Investment Dispute Settlement, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreement Negotiations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
January 14, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On December 1, 2010 the Canadian International Trade Tribunal made a decision in the government procurement bid challenge case filed by Dataintro Software Limited (CITT File No. PR-2010-077). For a copy of the case, please use...
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October 17, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Kathleen Harris is reporting in the Toronto Sun that the Canada Border Services Agency seized illicit and illegally imported goods worth more than $2.3 billion at the border last year. Records obtained by QMI Agency under Access...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, Customs Duties, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Travel Tips | No Comments
October 15, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Arab news is reporting that Canada's International Trade Minister discussed negotiations of a Canada-Saudi Arabia Foreign Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement (like a bilateral investment treaty) during his recent visit to...
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October 02, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Bill C-300 "An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil and Gas in Developing Countries" requires a royal recommendation before it can pass third reading Canada's House of Commons. This point of...
Posted in Mining Law, Trade Law, Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Canada, Developing Countries, Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, International Environmental, International Transactions | No Comments