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D15-2-64, Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe

December 10, 2013

The following is available on the CBSA website:
Memorandum D15-2-64, Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe Originating In or Exported From Chinese Taipei, the Republic of India, the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey and the United Arab Emirates

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

December 10, 2013

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 23 November 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette.

Canadian International Trade Tribunal

WTO Decision on EU Ban on Seal Products

December 10, 2013

The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, today issued the following statement:

WTO talks fail to agree on global trade deal text

December 10, 2013

Marathon talks on the World Trade Organization's first-ever worldwide trade reform in Geneva failed early on Monday to agree on a text to put to ministers who meet in Bali next month.

Canada must learn from NAFTA legal battles

December 10, 2013

With a wary eye on Mexico, the drafters of 1994's North American free-trade agreement gave investors a powerful weapon to sue governments.

The worry at the time was that Canadian and U.S. investors needed extra tools to protect against discrimination from unfair and opaque laws in Mexico, a country with a history of nationalizing industries. Thus, NAFTA's Chapter 11 was born.

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