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NAFTA Chapter 19 Panel Remands ITC Determination Against Imports of...

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…

Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Enters into Force

The modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) entered into force today (1st September 2019). Compared to the original text of the CIFTA, which entered into force in 1997, the modernized CIFTA updates the provisions relating to trade in goods (including the rules of origin) and also adds new chapters focusing on trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and… Continue reading Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Enters into Force

Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Implemented and Ready to...

On 21 August 2019, the regulations implementing the modernized CIFTA were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. The Regulations are the final step in Canada’s implementation of the modernized agreement. The CIFTA Rules of Origin Regulations repeal and replace the previous regulations and implement the modernized rules of origin that will now be used to determine when… Continue reading Modernized Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement (CIFTA) Implemented and Ready to…

Legislation to Implement the CUSMA / USMCA / T-MEC Introduced...

On Wednesday 29th May 2019, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented a “ways and means” motion to the House of Commons that paved the way for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to introduce Bill C-100, “An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States” (the “CUSMA Implementation Act”),… Continue reading Legislation to Implement the CUSMA / USMCA / T-MEC Introduced…

Agreement to Eliminate the U.S. Section 232 Tariffs on Canadian...

On the afternoon of Friday 17th May 2019, the United States and Canada issued a joint statement to announce that the U.S. tariffs imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (the “section 232 tariffs”) and the countermeasures imposed by Canada in the form of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel,… Continue reading Agreement to Eliminate the U.S. Section 232 Tariffs on Canadian…

And They’re off… CPTPP Commission Concludes its First Meeting

On 30 December 2018, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) entered into force among the first six countries to ratify the agreement: Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore. On 14 January 2019, the CPTPP entered into force for Vietnam. The first meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Commission, the institution that oversees the… Continue reading And They’re off… CPTPP Commission Concludes its First Meeting

Mexico, Canada and the United States sign the “T-MEC” (and...

On 30th November 2018, Mexico, Canada and the United States signed the updated free trade agreement that will replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (the “NAFTA”, which is specifically referred to in the text of the new agreement as the “NAFTA 1994”). Unlike the NAFTA, the new agreement does not appear to have a uniform name… Continue reading Mexico, Canada and the United States sign the “T-MEC” (and…

Australia Makes Six, Triggering the Countdown to the CPTPP’s Entry...

On October 31st, Australia became the sixth country to formally ratify the the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by providing written notice to the CPTPP Depository in New Zealand that its internal legal procedures to implement the Agreement are complete (see “Canada Ratifies the CETA — Is Australia Next”). Article 3 of the CPTPP provides that the Agreement shall… Continue reading Australia Makes Six, Triggering the Countdown to the CPTPP’s Entry…

Canada Ratifies the CPTPP – Is Australia Next ?

On October 29th, Canada formally ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by providing written notice to the CPTPP Depository in New Zealand that Canada’s internal legal procedures to implement the Agreement are complete. (see e.g., Global Affairs Canada, “Statement by Minister Carr on Canada’s Ratification of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership”) Although Canada has not yet… Continue reading Canada Ratifies the CPTPP – Is Australia Next ?

Canada Passes Federal Legislation to Implement CPTPP

On October 25th, the federal legislation to implement Canada’s obligations under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) received royal assent. The next step is implementation at the regulatory and administrative levels, which ordinarily begins with the publication of proposed regulatory changes in the Canada Gazette – Part I for a period of public review. Article 3 of the CPTPP text… Continue reading Canada Passes Federal Legislation to Implement CPTPP

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