Supply chain and your FTA: do your goods qualify?
It's always a good idea to regularly check in with your vendors to make sure your goods still qualify for the applicable Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Canada’s Free Trade Agreements: getting the most out of global trade
Canada partners with the international trade community through several types of trade and investment agreements.
Will there be duty-relief after Brexit?
The United Kingdom left the European Union at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 2020. This also marked the end of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the UK.
NAFTA update: September, 2018
*USMCA/CUSMA replaced NAFTA on July 1st, 2020. Read More... NAFTA is again in the news as the three parties – Canada, Mexico and the U.S. – have wrapped up a series of meetings and a new agreement could finally be in sight. But only maybe. Background information on this important agreement and some of the earlier.
So, there’s NAFTA… But what other free trade agreements are out there?
*USMCA/CUSMA replaced NAFTA on July 1st, 2020. Read More... We all know about NAFTA… It’s undergoing its own renegotiation at this very moment, and the trade community needs to continue to keep an eye on what’s happening with NAFTA.
CETA update: September 21 = Implementation Day!
CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, is an agreement between Canada and European Union member states (see the list of countries in our CETA blog from last fall) and is on the verge of being a reality.
Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement
Canadian importers and exporters can now count Ukraine among the nations with which they can engage in duty-free trade.
CETA finally has an implementation date.
The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) finally has an implementation date. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker made a joint statement on the weekend [July 8] announcing that the provisional application of the massive deal will come into effect on.
Going global – Is it time to take the leap?
According to the latest analysis, of Canada’s one million small- and medium-sized businesses, only about 40,000 are exporters - and just 10,000 of those export outside the U.S. Sure, our big neighbour to the south is our closest and largest trading partner but, given the current climate of uncertainty there – not to.
