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Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2024 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2025’s burgeoning issues. This article focuses on Canada’s trade remedies regime. Before we dive into the trade remedies outlook, here is an overview of the current state of politics in Canada, which includes a discussion of the legislative powers that remain while Canadian Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025.…

Baker McKenzie’s Canadian international trade and customs team is publishing a series of articles reviewing 2024 trade and customs compliance developments and looking ahead to 2025’s burgeoning issues. This article focuses on Canada’s customs regime. Before we dive into the customs outlook, here is an overview of the current state of politics in Canada, which includes a discussion of the legislative powers that remain while Canadian Parliament is prorogued until March 24, 2025. (Click the…

On Thursday 12 December, we hosted the webinar “Trump and Tariffs: A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead”. The session focused on the potential tariff impacts of President-Elect Trump’s second term in office, giving a global perspective on what to look out for, and how best to prepare. Speakers from across the globe discussed the potential impacts in their respective jurisdictions, the key takeaways of which can be found here. Highlights from our Canadian speaker…

On Thursday 12 December, we hosted the webinar “Trump and Tariffs: A Global Perspective of What Lies Ahead”. The session focused on the potential tariff impacts of President-Elect Trump’s second term in office, giving a global perspective on what to look out for, and how best to prepare. Highlights from our speakers are set out below. To listen to the full webinar, please click here. US Canada Mexico Latin America EU / UK Africa Middle…

Transfer pricing refers to the pricing of transactions between related parties within a multinational corporation, and ensuring these prices reflect market conditions and are not influenced by the parties’ relationship. Incorrect transfer pricing and customs valuations, including when importing goods across the Canada-US border, can lead to significant financial consequences, making it crucial for organizations to understand and apply the arm’s length principle.In this episode of In Focus, Baker McKenzie’s Julia Webster, Chris Raybould and Patrick de Laperouse…

This is not Canada’s first rodeo with an America-first, U.S. presidential administration. The President-elect’s recent announcement of 25% tariffs on “all” Canadian (and Mexican) imports echoes of 2018, where in his first term, President Trump applied 25% tariffs on Canadian-origin steel and aluminum products (2018 Tariffs). In response, Canada applied countermeasures targeting U.S. origin steel and aluminum and a range of U.S. origin goods. In this article we examine lessons from the tit-for-tat tariffs applied…

Following the first year of reporting under Canada’s Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the “Supply Chains Act”), Public Safety Canada has presented its inaugural annual report to Parliament and published updated guidance on the reporting requirements. As we look ahead to the upcoming year, it is important for companies to assess their reporting obligations and maintain their current momentum in preparation for the next reporting period. On November 15,…

As the final weeks of calendar-year 2024 draw to a close, we have highlighted some of the top trade issues impacting entities doing business in Canada and Canadian companies operating abroad. Businesses should continue to stay focused on trade compliance. We expect the developments noted below will occupy the time and attention of c-suite executives and trade compliance teams, alike. Summer 2024 was busy with government initiated-consultations focused on economic resilience and national security. After…

During a cabinet retreat focused on the economy, the Government of Canada announced the implementation of a 100% surtax on Chinese EVs, a 25% surtax on steel and aluminum products from China, limitations on EV tax incentives, and an additional consultation on proposed measures related to batteries, semiconductors, solar products and critical minerals. The Government cites the risk of trade diversion due to trade measures implemented by the EU (read our overview here) and USA (read our overview here) in its…

On July 4, 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced its compliance priorities for commercial imports and it updated its 2024 trade verification priorities. In the coming months, the CBSA will closely scrutinize the application of customs procedures and programs and the declared tariff classification, value, and origin of certain goods. An analysis of the July 2024 compliance and trade verification priorities is outlined below. Compliance Priorities Tariff rate quota and classification of supply…