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 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...
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...
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...
Given the expanding concern about the safety of the U.S. food supply, Congress is again taking action to change the rules. From what we have seen so far, those changes are likely to be dramatic and potentially quite costly,...
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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...
In the past, we have commented on the expansion of tools available to federal authorities for the prosecution of export violations. Specifically, 18 U.S.C. § 554 allows prosecution of any individual or entity for...
Given the rising importance placed on food safety, the Foreign Trade Association, iwhich is headquartered in the Greater Los Angeles area, is hosting a two-part series providing an international perspective on food safety. Laws...
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...
If you have been following CyndeeLaw on Twitter, you will have already seen the discussion that I have been having with Mexico Times. On Saturday, August 8, 2008, Mexico Times tweeted:
4500 #Mexico Trucking Cos will sue US...
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...
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...
The National Chamber of Autotransporte de Carga (CANACAR) has filed for arbitration under NAFTA. The Mexican truckers, perhaps not surprisingly, have gotten tired of being nice guys. They have been waiting since 1994 for the U.S....
The Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Pub.L. 107-56)) contains a provision which allows the U.S. to prosecute for export...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) contains Buy American provisions which are backfiring with our trading partners and causing lots of domestic complications. The Recovery Act holds that so long...
