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Trading Goods: Ever More Complicated
Source: Canada US Link: Trading Goods: Ever More Complicated Originally published by the Journal of Commerce in October 2018 While a lot of well-deserved attention is being paid to the steel, aluminum and China tariffs, and the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, change is afoot in many other ways. For example, in July 2018, the Office of Foreign Ass
Read moreThe New Cannabis Possession Pardon
Source: All Cleared Link: The New Cannabis Possession Pardon The New Pot Possession Pardon On October 17th, 2018, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced further plans by the Liberal Government to introduce legislation for a new pot possession pardon. This pardon will be aimed specifically at individuals that were previously convicted for po
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Canada Is Imposing Emergency Steel Safeguards on 7 Steel Products and Conducting an Injury Inquiry
Source: Canada US Link: Canada Is Imposing Emergency Steel Safeguards on 7 Steel Products and Conducting an Injury Inquiry On October 11, 2018, Canada’s Department of Finance announced that effective October 25, 2018, Canada will be imposing emergency tariff rate quotas on 7 categories of steel products. The Department of Finance has prepar
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Canada’s Process to Ratify USMCA
Source: Canada US Link: Canada’s Process to Ratify USMCA On September, 2018, the United States, Canada, and Mexico announced that a new NAFTA was agreed and would be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) (also known as NAFTA 2.0). The text of the USMCA was posted on the United States Trade Representative website. LexSag
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The USMCA Rules of Origin: Changes Affecting Auto Manufacturers and Auto Parts Makers
Source: Canada US Link: The USMCA Rules of Origin: Changes Affecting Auto Manufacturers and Auto Parts Makers Late in the evening on September 30, 2018, the United States, Canada and Mexico announced the conclusion of negotiations of the United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (”USMCA”) (also known as NAFTA 2.0). While the text of USMCA r
Read moreKeeping up with the U.S. imposed 301 tariffs on China
Source: Canada US Link: Keeping up with the U.S. imposed 301 tariffs on China For the latest information, check out this posting – China Tariffs – List 3 Finalized and Taking Effect The post Keeping up with the U.S. imposed 301 tariffs on China appeared first on Canada-U.S. Blog.
Read moreKORUS – Who Gets the Benefits?
Source: Canada US Link: KORUS – Who Gets the Benefits? Published by the Journal of Commerce in September 2018. While we are all understandably caught up in the trade war with China and wait to see whether additional tariffs will be imposed on more Chinese-made goods, the Korea – U.S. Free Trade Agreement revisions have been made public by t
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Sunita Doobay and Vitaly Timokhov to present at the Law Society of Ontario’s “Choosing the Right Business Structure”
Source: Tax Law Link: Sunita Doobay and Vitaly Timokhov to present at the Law Society of Ontario’s “Choosing the Right Business Structure” On October 4th, Sunita D. Doobay and Vitaly Timokhov will be featured presenters at the Law Society of Ontario’s, Choosing the Right Business Structure symposium in Toronto. As part of the symposiu
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A Review of Rectification in a Post-Fairmont World
Source: Tax Law Link: A Review of Rectification in a Post-Fairmont World Please see David Piccolo’s latest article for the September issue of the Tax Advocate titled, “A Review of Rectification in a Post-Fairmont World,” where he discusses the post Supreme Court of Canada decisions in Canada (Attorney General) v Fairmont Hotels I
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Guidance on Withholding on US Partnership Interest’s Sale
Source: Tax Law Link: Guidance on Withholding on US Partnership Interest’s Sale Please see Sunita Doobay’s latest article for the Canadian Tax Foundation’s newsletter Canadian Tax Highlights which covers the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS Notice 2018-29, which makes three exceptions to the withholding requirement. The Treasury department a
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