19. 04. 2021  Port Operations: New Updates

 

Montreal

  • The employer exercised its right and gave a 72-hour notice to the union executive of the longshoremen before removing the income guarantee and stops paying the hours that are not worked, in order to mitigate the adverse effects of this volume drop.
  • The MEA will continue its efforts to conclude a negotiated collective agreement as soon as possible.
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19. 04. 2021  Port of Montreal Update: Strike Notice and MEA Efforts

 

  • The Port of Montreal suffered a substantial 11% volume drop in March, caused by the uncertainty and anxiety triggered by the labour relations situation.
  • The employer exercised its right and gave a 72-hour notice to the union executive of the longshoremen before removing the income guarantee and stops paying the hours that are not worked, in order to mitigate the
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13. 04. 2021  Port of Montreal Strike Notice & Pressure Tactics

 

The Maritime Employers Association issued the following notice on Monday.

On Saturday evening, the union executive of the Port of Montreal Longshoremen issued a 72-hour notice of an indefinite strike to the Maritime Employers Association.

The planned pressure tactics, namely the stopping of overtime work, of docking activities, of training and of weekend work, are being presented as a …

13. 04. 2021  Notice of normal value review of carbon steel welded pipe 2, UTP – United Arab Emirates. The normal value review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal’s order

 

Ottawa, 

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has today initiated a normal value review to update the normal values applicable to certain carbon steel welded pipe (CSWP) exported to Canada from United Arab Emirates by Universal Tube & Plastic Industries Ltd. (UTP).

The normal value review is part of the CBSA’s enforcement of the Canadian International …

13. 04. 2021  Tribunal to review expiry of duties on steel grating from China. Anti-dumping finding scheduled to expire unless CBSA and Tribunal decide to maintain it

 

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its finding of April 2016, which resulted on anti-dumping and countervailing duties being applied to steel grating originating in or exported from China.

The Tribunal will determine if the expiry of the finding is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping and subsidizing of the grating and if …

13. 04. 2021  Surtax order on certain steel goods could expire in October. Safeguard measures apply to imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire

 

Canada applies safeguard measures (surtax) to imports of heavy plate and stainless steel wire. The subject countries are all countries except the United States, Mexico, Chile, Israel, Korea, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, Peru and all countries benefitting from the General Preferential Tariff.

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain …

13. 04. 2021  Tribunal maintains injury finding on photovoltaic modules and laminates from China. The Trade Tribunal says resumption of dumping would result in injury to Canadian industry

 

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced that it continued its finding made in July 2015 concerning the dumping and subsidizing of photovoltaic modules and laminates originating in or exported from China.

The Tribunal found that the expiry of the finding with respect to subject goods from these countries was likely to result in injury to Canadian industry.

The Canada …

13. 04. 2021  Apparel for export to the European Union. Notice to Exporters Serial no. 1056 about Apparel for export to the European Union under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

 

This Notice replaces Notice to Exporters No. 215 dated January 16, 2019 and sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of apparel for export to the European Union (EU) and its member states under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the Export and Import Permits Act…