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On March 4, 2017, Global Affairs Canada announced consultations concerning a possible free trade agreement between Canada and China.

After almost ten years of preparatory work and negotiations, Canada and the European Union are now quickly moving towards implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

Canada's economic sanctions regime is undergoing major changes to its reporting obligations and enforcement mechanisms. On June 20, 2024, An Act to implement certain provisions...

On December 19, Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Export Controls Division (ECD) announced a number of changes to the Export Control List (ECL) which are effective December 16, 2011.

On January 16, 2016, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations announced a process for the lifting of key economic sanctions imposed against Iran in connection with Iran's nuclear program.

Venezuela has moved to expand participation in its hydrocarbons sector through amendments to its Organic Law on Hydrocarbons (the “LOH”). At the same time, OFAC has issued targeted general licenses authorizing specified categories of energy-sector activity, while leaving the broader Venezuela sanctions framework in place.

President Trump has invoked a rarely used 1930 tariff statute to impose sweeping 50% duties on over 550 categories of Canadian goods, targeting sectors from motor vehicles and dairy to alcoholic beverages, cement, and consumer products. The tariffs take effect August 19, 2026, and apply regardless of CUSMA/USMCA preferential origin status, marking an unprecedented escalation in U.S.-Canada trade relations. Will this aggressive use of Section 338 authority withstand legal challenges, and how should Canadian

Canada effectively imposes significantly restrictive economic sanctions against certain countries via Export Development Canada ("EDC") decisions about where they will and will not or business.

On November 3, 2017, Canada announced sanctions, promulgated regulations and published three lists of names under the Magnitsky Act, imposing sanctions against 52 individuals from Russian, Venezuela and South Sudan.

We get a general idea of what are the import and export activities of Canadian businesses (at least the import and export activities of the businesses that are watched more closely).

On October 3, 2022, the Honourable Melanie Joly, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada was imposing sanctions on 25 Iranian officials and 9 Iranian entities/organizations...

Canadian businesses are used to the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") customs procedures for verifying certificates of origin that effectively state that exported goods are "made in Canada".

Canada has targeted Russia and Belarus with a series of further economic sanctions. During the G7 Summit in Germany, Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada would introduce sanctions against state-sponsored disinformation and...

As we start the New Year, it is an opportune time for Canadian companies engaged in international or cross-border activities to review the key changes to Canada’s economic sanctions, anti-terrorism and trade and technology controls during 2013 to ensure compliance programs, including due diligence and screening processes, are fully up-to-date and risks of contravention and enforcement action are minimized.

Le 5 novembre 2025, Affaires mondiales Canada a publié l'Avis aux exportateurs no 1159 (les « lignes directrices »)...

On June 17, 2025, the Government of Canada unveiled a substantial expansion of its sanctions measures against Russia, introducing wide-ranging...

The evolution of the existing jurisprudence indicates that the Tribunal insists that for duties relief to be accorded to imported goods, the goods must be attached to a "host" good both physically as well as "functionally." In a decision dated March 20, 2006, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) clarified the circumstances in which the various so-called "end use" provisions apply to imported goods. In Jam Industries Ltd. v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency, the CITT de

On March 23, 2011, the "Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act" received Royal Assent and came into force in Canada. The same day, the Governor-in-Council promulgated regulations under the new legislation in respect of the assets of certain individuals connected to Tunisia and Egypt.