CBSA can help Canadian rights holders to fight counterfeit imports
Since most counterfeit goods are produced abroad, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has established a process under which intellectual property rights holders/owners can ask the Agency to temporarily detain suspected counterfeit and/or pirated goods encountered at the border while the rights holders/owners seek legal redress.
Prime Minister Carney appoints chief negotiator for upcoming CUSMA trade review
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the appointment of Ms. Janice Charette as the next Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States.
Canada’s merchandise trade deficit narrows to $1.3 billion in December
Statistics Canada announced that Canada’s merchandise exports increased 2.6% in December, while imports were up 0.6%. As a result, Canada’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $2.6 billion in November to $1.3 billion in December.
Selected Government Memorandums, Notices and Decisions
Here is a selection of relevant memorandums, notices, and decisions published this week. If you have any questions, be sure to contact your Axxess specialist.
Generate detailed reports of import and export statistics with this online tool
Industry Canada’s Trade Data Online provides the ability to generate, free of charge, customized reports on Canadian and U.S. trade in goods with over 200 countries.
Tribunal issues final determination of injury on cast iron soil pipe from China
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced it found that the dumping and subsidizing of certain cast iron soil pipe, originating in or exported from China, have caused injury to the domestic industry.
CBSA finds dumping would resume if duties expired on certain steel sheet from Türkiye and Vietnam
In September 2025, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) initiated an expiry review of its finding made in November 2020 concerning the dumping of certain corrosion-resistant steel sheet from Türkiye and Vietnam, and the subsidizing of the aforementioned goods originating in or exported from Türkiye.
Selected Government Memorandums, Notices and Decisions
Here is a selection of relevant memorandums, notices, and decisions published this week. If you have any questions, be sure to contact your Axxess specialist.
CBSA initiates a dumping investigation on oil and gas well casing from Austria
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an investigation respecting the alleged injurious dumping of oil and gas well casing originating in or exported from the Republic of Austria.
U.S. Customs officially establishes Gordie Howe International Bridge as a port of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a Fedreral Register Notice that it is officially establishing the Gordie Howe International Bridge (GHIB) border crossing as a port of entry (part of the port of Detroit) for customs purposes and as a Class A port of entry for immigration purposes.