The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and NAFTA: The impact on Canadian goods and services exports
On December 10, 2019, Canada, Mexico and the United States convened to revise the text of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) initially concluded on September 30, 2018. The agreement has been ratified by Mexico in 2019 and by the United States in early 2020. Canada’s implementation bill has been successfully introduced…
CMKZ 2020 International Trade Law Forecast
Free Trade | China | United States | Brexit | European Union | World Trade Organization | Private Law | 2020 Incoterms | CMKZ Advices The beginning of the year is an opportunity to take stock of the foreseeable developments in international trade law for 2020 which are likely to affect…
United States-China “Phase I” Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities
The “Phase One” Deal concluded between the United States and China on January 15, will enter into force on February 15. Canada will benefit from the improves to be made to the Chinese intellectual property regime. The chapters relating specifically to the US-China relation is however likely to cause a…
CMKZ 2019 International Trade Law Forecast
American pressures | World Trade Organization | Free Trade | Brexit | Intellectual Property | Tax evasion | Investments | Privacy | International Contracts The beginning of the year is an opportunity to take stock of the foreseeable developments in international trade law for 2019 which are likely to affect companies active internationally. According to CMKZ, 2019 will be dominated by tensions…
Incorporation of the joint stock company: federal or provincial law?
Many of our clients willing to create a company do not know which legislative regime is right for their business, nor how to choose it, between the federal regime under the Canada Business Corporations Act or the provincial regime under the Business Corporations Act(Quebec)? Any entrepreneur will often come to ask himself…
Secret virtues of slow immigration in Canada
Today, numerous European wealthy families ask us questions that wouldn’t have crossed their minds few years ago: How to make sure to be legally able to live and work in North America if the EU disintegrates into national states? While no one expects the European Union (“EU”) to disintegrate in…
CMKZ 2018 International Trade Law Forecast
NAFTA | Trade Remedies | Asia-Pacific, Europe and South America | Progressive Trade | World Trade Organization | Economic sanctions | Tax | Mediation and International Arbitration The beginning of the year provides CMKZ with an opportunity to inform companies trading internationally of developments that may affect their activities and…
Advantages of the Canadian-controlled private corporation
Our clients are often concerned about maintaining or obtaining the CCPC status. What does it mean to be a Canadian-controlled private corporation? How to obtain this title and what are the consequences? A Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (“CCPC”) is a notion defined by section 125 (7) of the Income Tax Act…
Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union (CETA)
As announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) came into force on September 21, 2017. This statement should be clarified: its application will be partial, since the chapters on investment will be excluded and provisional pending European ratifications….
Transformative Mediation in Nunavik: Intervention of Paul Fauteux
During the Ninth International Meetings of the Institute of Mediation in the Francophone Space recently held in Montreal, Mr Paul Fauteux of CMKZ participated on August 16, 2017 in a session on “Mediation at the heart of the company: managing beliefs, rules, values and rituals”. In front of an audience…
