The Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) earlier this week released a highly anticipated decision in Remington Sales Co dba Hyundai Heavy Industries (Canada) v President of the Canada Border Services Agency, 2024 FCA 25 (the “Decision”). In this case, …
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently updated its sanctions regulations with respect to several countries, including Russia, North Korea, and Yemen. These updates consist of:
On January 29, 2024, Canada made amendments to Notice to Exporters Serial No. 992 issued on April 16, 2020 (Serial No. 992) concerning its export and brokering policies for items listed on the Export Control List and the Brokering Control …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released Cargo System Messaging Service (CSMS) #59311800 on February 9 reminding importers of their compliance obligations concerning certain imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules (also known as solar cells and solar …
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual statistics on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services. The data show that in 2023 Mexico was the United States’ top source of official imports ($475.6 billion), beating out China …
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) last week issued updated guidance for various U.S. sanctions programs. These included a planned expiry of temporary sanctions relief for the Venezuelan oil and mining sectors, new authority to …
Last Friday the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system will soon have a new feature allowing importers to identify entries that are the subject …
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) this week issued a notice of proposed rulemaking soliciting comments on proposed regulations that would establish new requirements for U.S. Infrastructure as a Service providers (IaaS or cloud infrastructure …
Today the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule imposing additional sanctions and clarifying existing controls on Russia and Belarus under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These new measures enhance the effectiveness of …