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?...
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January 11, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canadian manufacturers have a increasingly small window of opportunity to restrict Chinese imports into Canada for a period of 3-6 years. Read on if you are a Canadian manufacturer or advisor to a Canadian manufacturer and...
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April 01, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On April 1, 2010 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) concluded its reinvestigation of the normal values and export prices of certain cast and wrot copper pipe fittings from the United States of America, Korea and China....
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, South Korea, USA, China, Trade Remedies, Anti-Dumping, China-Specific Safeguards, International Transactions, Government Relations | No Comments
January 19, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 19, 2010, the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to establish a DSB panel to hear the dispute United States - Measures Affecting Imports of Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tyres from China (DS399) filed by...
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June 19, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 18, 2009, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced its determination in a section 421 case that imports of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China had surged and were causing...
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June 04, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The World Trade Organization has reported that more anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases were filed last year against China than any other country. China appears to be considering the ways it can respond. The...
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February 02, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Canada's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Wilson, has written a letter to Senator Harry Reid and Senator Mitch McConnell, the respective leaders of the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate, asking the Senators to...
Posted in Trade Law, Public Private Partnerships/Project Finance, Canada, USA, WTO Dispute Settlement, Government Relations, Import Controls, NAFTA Developments, WTO Developments, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs | No Comments
November 04, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
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...
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November 09, 2007By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On November 9, 2007, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made a preliminary determination of dumping and subsidization in respect of certain seamless carbon and alloy steel oil and gas well casing from China. This is...
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