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U.S. May Breach Most-Favoured-Nation Rules If It Imposes GST/HST Protectionist Measures

By Cyndee Todgham Cherniak on September 20, 2011

Posted in Buy America, Canada, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, GST/HST, NAFTA, World Trade Organization

Canada

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…

New Buy America Initiative Takes Aim At Canada’s GST/HST Regime

By Cyndee Todgham Cherniak on September 19, 2011

Posted in Buy America, Canada, Cross-border trade, Customs Law, Government Procurement, GST/HST

Canada

In an recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek printed online on September 18, 2011 entitled “Buy American and Fairer Trade Can Solve Job Woes: Alan Tonelson“, Canadians are put on notice that the U.S. is taking aim at value-added tax (“VAT”) regimes that do not charge VAT on exported goods. Canada’s goods and…

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak

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…

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.

Su Ross

Su’s practice focuses on compliance whether dealing with cybersecurity/privacy or import/export. She deals with regulatory, civil and criminal issues. Her clients come to her for…

Su’s practice focuses on compliance whether dealing with cybersecurity/privacy or import/export. She deals with regulatory, civil and criminal issues. Her clients come to her for assistance to solve current challenges but also to identify and manage risk

Heather Innes

Heather is a strategic negotiator and effective business communicator having worked with governments, institutions and corporations in North America, Asia, the Middle East, South America…

Heather is a strategic negotiator and effective business communicator having worked with governments, institutions and corporations in North America, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa and Europe.

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