CMKZ 2023 Mid-Year International Trade Law Forecast
Canada | Forced Labor | Trade Disputes | China | United States | European Union | National Security | World Trade Organization | International Taxation | CMKZ’ Advice CMKZ wishes to thank André-Philippe Ouellet and Bernad Colas for preparing this blog together with the team. Half-through 2023 constitutes an opportunity…
CMKZ 2023 International Trade Law Forecast
Canada | Indo-Pacific Region | National Security | Intellectual Property | China | Trade Disputes | Energy | United States | Buy America | European Union | World Trade Organization | Private Law | Corporate Advice CMKZ would like to thank André-Philippe Ouellet, CMKZ Collaborator, and Bernard Colas for preparing…
Border Carbon Adjustments: Preparing Canadian companies to European Union, Canadian and American reforms
CMKZ would like to thank André-Philippe Ouellet, CMKZ Collaborator, and Bernard Colas, for preparing this blog. Canadian companies exporting goods should remain alert and be prepared to face an increased administrative burden when dealing with partners abroad. Most Western governments are currently working on border carbon adjustment mechanisms—often referred to as…
CMKZ 2022 Mid-Year International Trade Law Forecast
Western Economic Front | Intellectual Property | Energy | Trade Agreements | Canada’s Trade Disputes | United States | European Union | United Kingdom | Forced Labor | Digital Taxation | CMKZ’s Advice CMKZ would like to thank André-Philippe Ouellet and Bernard Colas for preparing this blog. Half through 2022,…
WTO: Return of Multilateral Cooperation
CMKZ would like to thank André-Philippe Ouellet, CMKZ Collaborator, and Bernard Colas, for preparing this blog. The last WTO Ministerial Conference held in Geneva between June 12 and 17, 2022 finally bore fruit by leading to various improvements in the multilateral trading system despite successive postponements due to Covid-19. One…
Export Controls and Human Rights: Corporate Accountability
CMKZ would like to thank Bernard Colas, as well as Éléonore Gauthier, CMKZ Collaborator, for preparing this blog. Import and export controls are increasingly used to uphold democracy and sanction violations of human rights. We have previously written about the use of import restrictions in relation to human rights abuses,…
Batería de sanciones contra Rusia
El alcance de las sanciones impuestas por Canadá y sus aliados contra Rusia nunca ha alcanzado tal umbral. Estas sanciones se basan en i) la adición casi diaria de personas y entidades sujetas a prohibiciones en virtud del Reglamento de Medidas Económicas Especiales entre Rusia y Ucrania y ii) el…
CMKZ 2022 International Trade Law Forecast
Canada | United States | European Union | Brexit | CPTPP | China | Forced Labor | World Trade Organization | Environment | International taxation | Business advice CMKZ would like to thank Bernard Colas, as well as André-Philippe Ouellet and Éléonore Gauthier, CMKZ Collaborators, for their significant contribution to…
Consultations for the Establishment of a Border Carbon Adjustment Scheme
Many of Canada’s partners are about to set into motion border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes that will likely take the form of additional customs duty on products imported from countries with lower environmental standards. The setting up of carbon mechanisms in the industrialised world is also likely to end up…
CMKZ 2021 mid-Year International Trade Law Forecast
Canada | United States | United Kingdom | Europe | China | World Trade Organization | Environment | Digital Tax | Public Health For the first time, CMKZ is releasing midyear forecasts that complement its traditional early-year 2021 Forecasts. They provide an update on developments anticipated by CMKZ at the…
