Canadian organizations face complex and often overlapping compliance requirements. Failure to comply may be met with stiff penalties and, in some cases, prison terms. Annual compliance internal audits represent an essential tool for organizations to respond to these requirements. Annual internal compliance audits are particularly important for organizations that participate in transactions for the purchase
Managing the 2017 Nafta Challenge
President Trump’s campaign promise to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) will soon be formally underway. In fact, in Mexico the process began on February 1, 2017, as the Mexican government announced a 90 day consultation period with representatives of the domestic industry to discuss and agree on the main concerns and proposals
Foreign Supplier Verification Program Deadline Looms – Are You Ready?
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in May 2017.
When the Food Safety Modernization Act took effect in January 2011, there were many parts of it which would take time to figure out. FDA made a point of trying to work with the importing community so that when it rolled out the various regulations
Where Can Canadians Find President Trump’s Executive Orders And U.S. Legislation?
Canadians want read President Trump’s Executive Orders and Executive Memoranda in order to know the contents. We cannot know how the Executive Orders may affect Canadians without reading what has been written. Canadians also want to know the contents of President Trump’s Proclamations and Statements of Administration Policy. All of these documents are available
President Trump’s Entry Ban May Include Dual National Canadians
On January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order suspending entry into the United States of persons from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan or Yemen, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, 90 days from the date of this order (excluding those foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic visas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for
NAFTA Rules of Origin Renegotiation – Make Trump An Offer He Cannot Refuse
The Trump Administration has signaled that one of first areas of interest for North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) renegotiation is the rules of origin. Rules of origin are boring, technical rules in Annex 401, which are permit goods to receive preferential duty-free treatment. Only goods that originate in a NAFTA country are entitled to
Canada Continues To Impose Economic Sanctions Against Ivory Coast
Canada imposed economic sanctions against Ivory Coast to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1572. The multilateral economic sanctions are imposed pursuant to the United Nations Act and the United Nations Côte D’Ivoire Regulations. However, on April 28, 2016, the United Nations unanimously adopted resolution 2283 (2016) deciding to terminate all arms, travel and
Canadian Thanksgiving Survival Guide To Crossing The Border
The Canadian Thanksgiving long week-end is upon us. Canadians travel outside Canada to visit friends and family and to shop. Canadians living abroad come home to Canada to visit family. Often friends of Canadians come to visit for some turkey and pumpkin pie. And, the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) is on the lookout for
Making NAFTA Relevant Again! Why Did The Chicken Not Cross The Border?
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture, Mr. MacAulay, has said that five Canadian companies have lost their certification to import chicken, stemming from another trade problem related to U.S. imports. The revocations of import privileges relate to mislabeling of good chicken as spent fowl. An investigation was started after a surge in imports of high-quality made-for-meat “broiler”
What Did The Supreme Court of Canada Say About Appeals of CITT Tariff Classification Decisions?
On September 29, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) as reasonable. In Attorney General of Canada v. Igloo Vikski Inc., the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that imported hockey gloves should be classified as “gloves, mittens and mitts” under tariff