International Trade Compliance

Import Licensing Concerns Raised at WTO Meeting

May 13, 2015

An April 21 meeting at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva illustrated that import licensing remains a key topic of concern for those involved in the global marketplace.

ACE Deployment E - April 2015 Release of Capabilities for the Trade Community

May 6, 2015

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is working to complete the development of core trade processing capabilities in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and decommission corresponding capabilities in legacy systems by the end of 2016. This notice documents the new capabilities that will be deployed to ACE on April 18, 2015.

Government Announces Modernization of Free Trade Agreement with Chile

April 29, 2015

...The modernized agreement contains a new chapter on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and technical amendments to the existing government procurement chapter. In addition, both countries agreed to bring amendments to CCFTA rules of origin into force as soon as possible...

Quick Facts

2015-16 CBSA Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP)

April 18, 2015

The CBSA has released the Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) for 2015-16.

Members will be particularly interested in the following sections and programs included in this report:

CFIA Web-based Industry Labelling Tool

April 4, 2015

As part of continuous improvement, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is always looking for ways to support industry compliance with federal requirements.

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