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 10, 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 23, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
The Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment Act, TRADE Act, H.R. 3012, mandates review of all international trade agreements currently in force, establishes new standards and requirements for future trade...
Posted in Agriculture, Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)/ FIPAs, Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Dispute Settlement, Food Safety, Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property Protection | No Comments
August 09, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
On July 30, 2009, the House of Representatives passed the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. The proposal went through some revisions as it made its way through the legislative process. The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate...
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July 09, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On July 9, 2009, Canada's Minister of International Trade / Minister for the Asia-pacific Gateway, Stockwell Day and Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Gerry Ritz, announced that Canada had made its first request for the...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, South Korea, Agriculture, WTO Dispute Settlement, Food Safety, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | No Comments
June 25, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
The Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee of the World Trade Organization is looking at the question of whether responses by member countries qualify as non-tariff barriers.
The WTO blurb mentions: Exporting countries...
Posted in Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, South Korea, USA, Developing Countries | No Comments
June 14, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
In March, there was a conference in Portland under the name COOL Cargoes Conference. It was subtitled "Linking up the Cold Chain" and focused on temperature controlled cargo. Its main themes, given that the topic was...
Posted in Border Security Initiatives, Africa, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
May 17, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
A high ranking Obama Administration official recently identified the four pillars of Obama's trade policy as the multilateral system, enforcing what was negotiated, free trade agreements, and how well does the trading system work...
Posted in Agriculture, Anti-Bribery/Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Corruption of Foreign Public Officials, Australia / New Zealand, Canada, China, European Economic Community, India, South Korea, Thailand | No Comments
April 28, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Okay, the country of origin labelling rules pre-dated the world attention to swine flu. However, swine flu will likely exacerbate the ongoing dispute between the United States and Canada over the United States Country Of...
Posted in Trade Law, Agriculture, Canada, USA, Food and Drug Regulation, Dispute Settlement, WTO Dispute Settlement, Global Compliance & Risk Management, Government Relations, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | No Comments
April 05, 2009By: Susan Kohn Ross
On May 22, 2008, the Lacey Act was amended to make it illegal to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, any plant—with limited exceptions—to be taken or traded in...
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March 12, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
It has been reported on Reuters that China and the United States are in the early stages of a dispute reagrding U.S. limits on imports of poultry from China. On March 12, 2009, China complained at a World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Posted in USA, China, Agriculture, WTO Developments, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Government Relations, Dispute Settlement | No Comments
March 09, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On Marhc 4, 2009, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued Customs Notice CN09-002 "New Canadian requirements for wood packaging material from China" (see...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, China, Border Security Initiatives, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Import Controls, Government Relations, Global Compliance & Risk Management | No Comments
February 04, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Once and a while a trade lawyer comes across a story of how the import laws saved lives. This is means international trade can save lives because another set of eyes are watching out for consumers. When the domestic...
Posted in Trade Law, Canada, USA, Border Security Initiatives, Export Controls and Economic Sanctions, Import Controls, Government Relations, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Consumer Protection Law | No Comments
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
December 28, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
In December 2008, FDA published an update regarding its Food Protection Plan. Perhaps of most interest to international traders are the following provisions.
FDA established an International Notification Coordinator position to...
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August 02, 2008By: Susan Kohn Ross
Purely Juice is a pomegranate juice manufacturer based in California. It was ordered to pay a $1.5 million judgment to a competitor for false and misleading claims. Claiming that its suppliers had given it faulty Certificates of...
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