Please be advised that due to the outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) in Ontario, the export certification of poultry meat destined to Taiwan from Canada is immediately suspended. Presently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is negotiating poultry meat certificates with Taiwan.
The CFIA website will be amended accordingly.
The WCO has published the 81st edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the global Customs community.
This edition features a special dossier on the 2016 Council Sessions, in particular the latest developments in the core WCO areas of work: tariff and trade affairs, trade facilitation, enforcement, and capacity building.
The premier of the Belgian region that is the main impediment to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Wednesday advised postponing a summit next week to sign the deal and taking a few more months to fix outstanding issues.
In anticipation of a possible investigation by the United States into imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada, the Government of Canada has developed an e-portal. The e-portal will assist companies to apply to be considered for exclusion from any countervailing duties that could result from this investigation.
Last-ditch efforts to salvage Canada's trade deal with the European Union appear to have collapsed Friday, as International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland walked out of talks with the regional government of Wallonia that's been blocking the deal that was supposed to be signed next week.
