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.
Four more WTO members formally accept the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies
Four more members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) – Barbados, Dominica, Senegal, and Uruguay – deposited their instruments of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 14 February 2024. High-level officials of Barbados, Dominica, Senegal and Uruguay presented the instruments of acceptance to Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
OECD forecasts global economic growth will continue, but at a modest pace
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) latest Interim Economic Outlook indicates that global growth is holding up, while the pace of growth remains uneven across countries and regions, and inflation is still above targets.
ICC and business groups urge WTO to extend e-commerce duty moratorium
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and over 170 business associations from across the world are calling on members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to renew the WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions at the WTO’s upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference, which will take place in Abu Dhabi, UAE on 26-29 February 2024.
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.
Statistics Canada reports $312 million merchandise trade deficit of in December
Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise exports decreased 1.9% in December, while imports edged up 0.2%.
Tin mill steel products from Canada do not injure U.S. industry says American commission
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, and Germany that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized […]
U.S. signals possible increase of duties on Canadian softwood lumber
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the preliminary results for the fifth administrative review of anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on Canadian softwood lumber.
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 processed 5,360,208 commercial trucks into Canada in 2023
In a recent news release the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) indicated that, in 2023, it processed 5,360,208 commercial trucks into Canada.