Yesterday I shared with you the Bloomberg Businessweek article “Buy American and Fairer Trade Can Solve Job Woes: Alan Tonelson“. In this article, Alan Tonelson suggests that the United States should impose additional duties at the border on goods coming from a country with a value-added tax. Canadians should be concerned because under the goods and… Continue Reading
Category Archives: NAFTA
Subscribe to NAFTA RSS FeedStudy on Canada-US Price Differences Yields Many Benefits
Posted in Border Security, Canada's Federal Government, Cross-border trade, NAFTABy: Chuck Andary Canadians who live in border cities know all too well the savings that can be had by shopping on the American side of the border. With the American and Canadian dollars near parity, however, one would expect that price gaps would be narrower. Sure, we have to consider that there are, generally,… Continue Reading
NAFTA Verifications: Trust But Verify
Posted in Cross-border trade, Customs Law, NAFTA, UncategorizedMost Canadian businesses that sell goods to the United States know that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) may want to someday verify their NAFTA certificates of origin (if they are provided). NAFTA Article 506 sets out the authority for each Party to NAFTA (Canada, Mexico and the United States) to conduct verifications of… Continue Reading
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Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She has practiced for almost 20 years at Canada’s top Bay Street law firms.
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Su represents companies and entities, in both the administrative and commercial setting, regarding the importation and exportation of goods before various government entities, administrations, federal and state courts and agencies.
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