An omnibus fiscal year 2014 appropriations bill making its way through Congress includes a provision urging the Department of Agriculture to delay revised regulations concerning the country of origin labeling of meat products...
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Mexico Amends Textile/Apparel TPL Allocation Procedures
January 29, 2014
Mexico’s Ministry of Economy recently published a regulation in the Diario Oficial de la Federación amending the tariff preference level allocation procedures for certain non-NAFTA-originating textile and apparel products.
Update to CFIA Meat Hygiene Directives
January 29, 2014
The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML versions at:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng/1331330793114/1331330868647
MHD 2013-56
Chapter 11 – section 11.7.3 Honduras (2013-12-03)
Canada-US Regulatory Cooperation Council Webinars
January 24, 2014
Ongoing stakeholder engagement is an important part of the Canada-United States Regulatory Cooperation Council’s (RCC) work.
Loonie continues slide below 92 cents US
January 24, 2014
The Canadian dollar continued to drop on Thursday, sinking below 92 cents US before recovering in early trading.
The currency is at lowest level since the fall of 2009, hammered by strong economic news in the U.S. and lower oil prices, as a widening Canadian trade deficit. At midday it was trading at 92.14...