The following is excerpted from the 26 February 2010 edition of “globeandmail.com”.
Canada and U.S. authorities are talking about extending cross-border security measures that were implemented for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and were to end with the closing of the Winter Games.
The RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard have jointly patrolled the waters off [...]

In 2006, the BCCC created a sub-committee to undertake a fundamental review of the CBSA Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS). The purpose of the review was to make amendments to AMPS to ensure it was fair, consistent, and transparent, and was easy to administer. Streamlining the penalty regime and reducing the number of contraventions was [...]

The following was reported on in today’s edition of ST&R’s “WorldTrade Interactive”.
The European Commission (EC) issued a working paper this month that blasts a U.S. statute that requires all foreign cargo containers shipped to the United States (except U.S. and foreign military cargo) to be scanned by non-intrusive imaging equipment and radiation detection equipment [...]

The following article is excerpted from the 18 February 2010 edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”.
Trade issues, relatively neglected in 2009 as a new president and a strengthened Democratic majority in Congress focused on other issues, are set to take on a larger profile in 2010 as policymakers look to trade to help boost domestic employment. [...]

This article is excerpted from the 28 January 2010 edition of “American Shipper”.
The fact that big importers with large information technology resources are still not able to properly file the Importer Security Filing every time illustrates the compliance challenge facing businesses, a couple of international trade professionals said last week.
The U.S. government this [...]

The following was reported on in today’s edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”.
The Export Control Practitioners Group recently submitted to the Obama administration a number of recommendations for reform of the U.S. export control system, an issue the White House is currently reviewing. The ECPG’s recommendations were drafted by export controls professionals from industry, associations and [...]

The following was reported on in today’s edition of “WorldTrade Interactive”.
The Export Control Practitioners Group recently submitted to the Obama administration a number of recommendations for reform of the U.S. export control system, an issue the White House is currently reviewing. The ECPG’s recommendations were drafted by export controls professionals from industry, associations and [...]

The following is excerpted from today’s edition of “The Star”.
Already the biggest auto market and steel maker, China edged past Germany in 2009 to become the top exporter, yet another sign of its rapid rise and the spread of economic power from West to East.
Total 2009 exports were more than $1.2 trillion (U.S.), China’s [...]

The following article, by Jeffrey Simpson, is extracted from the 20 June 2009 edition of “globeandmail.com”.
Could it be that after so many delays, false starts, political wrangling, engineering studies, competing proposals and plain old-fashioned inertia, a new bridge might soon be under construction between Windsor and Detroit, the busiest border crossing in North America?
Yes, there [...]

The following is excerpted from today’s news release by DFAIT.
The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, and Viktor Zubkov, Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister, today concluded the Seventh Session of the Canada-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Commission (IEC) in Moscow, where they signed a joint statement on a range [...]