Importers of food, including manufactured food, obliged to ensure products’ safety: lawyer
Canadian Lawyer Heather Innes, of counsel at LexSage Professional Corporation, has called attention to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s notice requiring that, for food import transactions, a valid Safe Food for Canadians licence be entered in the integrated import declaration. As of Mar. 15, unless a valid licence has been entered, food import transactions will […]
Canada’s latest Covid-19 wave threatens to prolong border closure
Buffalo News Suddenly, the pandemic that has ravaged the world is raging far worse not in the United States, but on the other side of the Peace Bridge. The province of Ontario issued its third stay-at-home order of the pandemic on Wednesday as rapidly spreading Covid-19 variants overwhelmed hospitals. Canada, which previously seemed to control […]
CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar slides to one-week low as exports fall
Reuters The Canadian dollar weakened to a one-week low against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as Canada deals with a variant-driven third wave of the coronavirus pandemic and domestic data showed the trade surplus narrowing in February. Canada's trade surplus with the world narrowed in February to C$1 billion as a global shortage of semiconductor […]
Free Trade Zone Scheme: Model for Infrastructure Devolution
The Day The periods when nations’ development indices, growth and viability were measured based on solid infrastructure are gone. The parameters shifted slightly to include income capita per head powered by both National Domestic Product (NDP) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) respectively. These economic trajectories are like rockets as they propel seamlessly without special consideration […]
USD/CAD – Canadian Dollar Grinding Higher
Baystreet The Canadian dollar is moving forward with difficulty in early Toronto trading. FX volumes are significantly reduced because of holidays around the world. Australia, New Zealand, most of Europe, and the U.K. were closed Friday and again today for Easter Monday. China and Hong Kong markets were shuttered for national holidays. Friday, the U.S. […]
TFO Canada and the Camara de Comercio e Industrias de Cortes join efforts to improve the capacities of women-led SMEs exporters.
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, March 25th, 2021 The Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Cortes (CCIC – in Spanish) established an important partnership by signing an agreement for the implementation of the "Women in Trade for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth" project, focused in the agri-food sector (specialty […]
Vietnam-Canada trade revenue hits record high at US$8.9 billion in 2020
Nhan Dan Bilateral trade revenue between Vietnam and Canada reached a record high of US$8.9 billion in 2020after two years of implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The figure increased by 12% over 2019 and by 37% compared to 2018, when CPTPP began to take effect. The number was announced […]
UN Forum Opens With A Call For Greater Regional Cooperation In Asia And The Pacific
Scoop World The 8th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened today with a resounding call for countries to build resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency – the twin crises that threaten our future the most. More […]
Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of International Development and Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade on International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Government of Canada The Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, and the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, today issued the following statement: “The Government of Canada is committed to the fight against racism and systemic racial discrimination. We recognize […]