On March 17, 2021, the European Union (EU) flexed its muscle by threatening to curb vaccine exports by banning them to certain countries. Canada, although not specifically targeted by the EU’s newest overture in the COVID-19 vaccine saga, could experience a spillover effect with disruptions in the vaccine supply. In the first quarter of this… Continue reading The European Union Takes a Jab at COVID-19 Vaccine Exports
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that as of March 15, 2021, importers must possess a valid Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) licence before importing food products that are covered under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations. The announcement explains that (i) unless importers enter a valid SFC licence into their import declaration, the CFIA will reject… Continue reading Dinner is Served – Food Importers in Canada Must Apply…
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Honourable Marc Garneau announced that effective February 18, 2021, Canada is imposing sanctions against 9 Myanmar military officials, under the Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations (“Regulations”). This action is followed by the coup d’état perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces. Earlier this month on February 3, 2021, the G7 Foreign Ministers made the… Continue reading Canada Imposes Sanctions on Myanmar Military Officials
Canada’s doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are made in and shipped from Europe. With AstraZeneca being unable to fill Europe’s contract for its vaccine in the first three months of the year, the European Union (EU) issued its temporary Transparency and Authorization Mechanism on 29 January 2021. One of the key highlights of the… Continue reading A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed – European…
While the full extent to which COVID-19 will affect global supply chains on which Canadian industries rely remains unknown, material disruptions are inevitable. In the near term, it is expected that the cost of supplies from outside Canada will increase. Limited transportation capacity, expedited freight costs, payment premiums to “buy up” the supply chain and… Continue reading COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruption
On 4 March 2020, the European Commission published a draft regulation prohibiting certain substances obtained from aloe plants from being used as ingredients in food products and supplements. Specifically, the draft regulation proposes that hydroxyanthracene derivatives including aloe-emodin and emodin, a structurally-related substance called danthron, and aloe extracts that contain these substances should be added to the list of… Continue reading European Union Set to Ban the Use of Aloe Extracts…
On 9th December 2019, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated expiry review proceedings (RR-2019-003) concernng the anti-dumping measures that are currently in force with respect to hot‑rolled deformed steel concrete reinforcing bar in straight lengths or coils (commonly referred to as “rebar”) from China, South Korea, and Turkey, and the countervailing duty measures that… Continue reading CBSA and CITT Initiate Expiry Review Proceedings Concerning Certain Steel…
On 8 November 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published a Notice of Initiation of Investigations (COR2-2019-IN) concerning allegations that dumped and subsidized imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet from Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam are causing or threatening to cause material injury to the domestic industry. On 12 November 2019, the… Continue reading CBSA and CITT Initiate Trade Remedies Proceedings Concerning Certain Corrosion-Resistant…
On 2nd October 2019, the decision of a World Trade Organization (WTO) Arbitrator was released in the long-running European Communities and Certain Member States – Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (DS316) dispute. The purpose of the arbitration was to determine the exact amount of the countermeasures that the United States is authorized to take against the European… Continue reading WTO Arbitration Authorizes United States to Impose $7.5 Billion in…
On 4 September 2019, a NAFTA binational panel established under Chapter 19 of the NAFTA issued a decision remanding the injury determination of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in the Softwood Lumber from Canada anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation. This is the ninth binational panel decision in the long-running Softwood Lumber dispute, with seven decisions previously being issued under the… Continue reading NAFTA Chapter 19 Panel Remands ITC Determination Against Imports of…
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