Canadian companies whose business operations involve Controlled Goods must report changes to their Controlled Goods Directorate registration before an acquisition. This means that companies and their in-house and outside lawyers must ensure that the closing checklist includes the Controlled Goods
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California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? (Part 2)
By Su Ross
In Part 1, see https://www.canada-usblog.com/2019/10/23/california-consumer-privacy-act-are-you-ready-part-1/, we summarized the recent legislative changes regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). Bearing in mind the CCPA takes effect on January 1, 2020 and the Attorney General is required to issue regulations by July…
California Consumer Privacy Act: Are You Ready? (Part 1)
By Su Ross
In the last few weeks we have seen both regulatory and legislative action that has helped to clarify the scope and impact of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). By way of a refresher, the CCPA seeks to protect the…
Mass Confusion re 301 Tariffs
By Su Ross
To this point, nothing official has been published about changes to the 301 tariffs on Chinese goods, not even a Tweet! What has circulated is the comments from President Trump on October 11 from the White House that negotiations with…
301 Breather : Trade Potpourri
By Su Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in October 2019
As the deadline to file List 3 exclusions requests for goods from China (the 301 investigation) has now expired, there is the opportunity to take a bit of a deep…
Have Independent Contractors in California? You May Need to Rethink That
By Su Ross
For more about the impact of AB-5, see https://www.msk.com/newsroom-alerts-2744
Life Beside the China Tariffs
By Su Ross
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in September 2019
As we continue to be engulfed by the ever changing landscape of the China 301 tariffs, a bit of fresh air – meaning other topics – were actually discussed as…
Tariff Turmoil Gets Hotter!
By Su Ross
Today (September 11, 2019), President Trump announced a short reprieve for goods on Lists 1, 2 and 3. The 301 tariff on those Chinese goods will still rise from 25% to 30%, but now instead of that happening on October…
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal Has Posted Expiry Review Dates for Existing AD/CVD Orders
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) has changed their website and have added a page listing all the target dates for expiry reviews (5 year sunset reviews) of existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
This is helpful to importers and…
Canada-US Preclearance Agreement opens “The Door to Enhanced Travel and Trade”
On August 15, 2019, the Canada-United States Preclearance Agreement (officially known as the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America) entered into effect.…