It is that time of year again – time to obtain or prepare new Certificates of Origin. A Certificate of Origin may apply to either a single importation of goods or to multiple importations of identical goods exported to a free trade partner within a 12-month period, (called a “blanket certificate”).  Blanket Certificates of Origin

Canada

joan_of_arc_by_michael_c_hayes-d3669mjOn June 5, 2017, Canada’s Minister of International Trade announced the “addition of a chapter on trade and gender to modernize the 20-year-old Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement.”  What this Gender Chapter contains has not yet been released publicly – so, no one knows what this all means.  The Global Affairs Canada announcement states the