Canadian companies whose business operations involve Controlled Goods must report changes to their Controlled Goods Directorate registration before an acquisition. This means that companies and their in-house and outside lawyers must ensure that the closing checklist includes the Controlled Goods Directorate reporting requirement. The due diligence checklist should also include questions about Controlled Goods registrations
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal Has Posted Expiry Review Dates for Existing AD/CVD Orders
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) has changed their website and have added a page listing all the target dates for expiry reviews (5 year sunset reviews) of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
This is helpful to importers and foreign producers because Canada made changes to the Special Import Measures Act a few years
Canada-US Preclearance Agreement enters into effect
On August 15, 2019, the Canada-United States Preclearance Agreement (officially known as the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America) entered into effect. The Canada-United States Preclearance Agreement was signed on March 16, 2015.
Global Affairs Canada announced
Canada added two Neo-Nazi extremist groups to domestic economic sanctions list
Canada has implemented economic sanctions to suppress international terrorism under three complimentary legal mechanisms:
1. The United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations, imposed pursuant to the United Nations Act;
2. The Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Suppression of Terrorism, also imposed pursuant to the United Nations Act; and
Canada Grants Exception to Fabricated Industrial Steel Components Antidumping Order
On August 9, 2019, Canada’s Department of Finance announced that “Canada Welcomes Anticipated Construction of One of the World’s Cleanest LNG Facilities” and hidden in the announcement is an unusual exception to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (“CITT”) antidumping order on Fabricated Industrial Steel Components (“FISC”). On May 25, 2017, the CITT issued
Global Affairs Canada is consulting on whether South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom should join CPTPP
On July 27, 2019, Global Affairs Canada started a consultation on whether South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom should join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”). An announcement was published in the Canada Gazette, Part 1. Global Affairs Canada has also indicated in a backgrounder that they “welcome views on
Canada and the EU Agree to WTO Dispute Settlement Work-Around
On July 25, 2019, Canada and the European Union issued a joint statement confirming they had reached an Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement to resolve World Trade Organization (“WTO”) disputes (at the Appellate Body stage). Starting on December 10, 2019, the Appellate Body will be unable to hear new appeals due to the United States blocking
Only 50% of EU countries have ratified the Canada-EU CETA
On July 23, 3019, the Parliament of France approved the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (the “Canada-EU CETA”). Even though the French Senate must also approve ratification of the Canada-EU CETA, we are going to mark this as a ratification. So far half of the countries have completed sets to ratify the Canada-EU
Canada’s Company-Specific Anti-Dumping Normal Value Review Process
In June 2018, Canada implemented a company-specific normal value review process. Normal value reviews are administrative proceedings conducted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA”) upon request by an exporter – here is the link to normal value reviews that have been conducted or that are underway. This new normal value review process is
Speak UP!: Canada is consulting with stakeholders on allocation and administration of TRQs for dairy, eggs and poultry
The Government of Canada 
is consulting with stakeholders concerning the allocation and administration of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for dairy (e.g., cheese, milk, butter), eggs and poultry (e.g., chicken, turkey). Canada’s dairy, poultry and egg TRQs are implemented and administered by Global Affairs Canada in accordance with the Export and Import Permits Act and its