Direct sellers (also known as network sellers) enter the lucrative Canadian market, often without asking questions about whether there are any Canadian laws they should know about. Canadians sign up as independent sales contractors and start to build their sales
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China Tariffs – List 4 Formally Announced
On August 15, 2019, USTR issued a pre-publication version of the Federal Register in which the formal announcement regarding China 301 Tariffs List 4A/B will be made. In that notice, USTR clarified the September 1, 2019 effective date refers to
Tit for Tat Continues – Will the Tariffs Ever End?
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in August 2019
Much has been said recently in the general press about the latest round of tariffs and what did or did not prompt President Trump to decide that August 1st was
China Tariff Update: List 4, Next Steps
PS – The links USTR originally provided to List 4A and List 4B which are found below, are no longer available. In their place, please see 84 FR 43304 published August 20, 2019 or https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/enforcement/301Investigations/Notice_of_Modification_%28List_4A_and_List_4B%29.pdf.
While the Federal Register notice
The Trade War Wages On
As has been repeatedly mentioned in the general press, President Trump tweeted on August 1st that the U.S. “will start, on September 1st, putting a small additional Tariff of 10% on the remaining 300 Billion Dollars of goods and products
China 301 – List 3 Exclusion Process
Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in July 2019
Much to the surprise of many American companies, my cost is going to go through the roof with a 25% tariff and price my products out of the market is
Canada added two Neo-Nazi extremist groups to domestic economic sanctions list
Canada has implemented economic sanctions to suppress international terrorism under three complimentary legal mechanisms:
1. The United Nations Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations, imposed pursuant to the United Nations Act;
2. The Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the
Canada Grants Exception to Fabricated Industrial Steel Components Antidumping Order
On August 9, 2019, Canada’s Department of Finance announced that “Canada Welcomes Anticipated Construction of One of the World’s Cleanest LNG Facilities” and hidden in the announcement is an unusual exception to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s (“CITT”)
Global Affairs Canada is consulting on whether South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom should join CPTPP
On July 27, 2019, Global Affairs Canada started a consultation on whether South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom should join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (“CPTPP”). An announcement was published in the Canada Gazette, Part
NAFTA 2.0 Update
There have been a few developments in the NAFTA 2.0/USMCA/CUSMA process in the past few weeks.
1. The Government of Mexico published in the July 29, 2019 issue of the Official Gazette a decree that was signed by Mexican President