Category Archives: Special Import Measures Act

Recent Developments in Canada’s Trade Law Regime

In this short commentary, I describe some notable developments in Canada’s trade remedy system, heralding what seems to be a more agressive approach by the Federal government in dealing with imported goods, with China being in the focus. Trade Remedy Update-CD Howe Memo 11 May 2023

A Basic Trade Remedy Primer

Clients and friends of the firm have asked for a basic outline of the Canadian trade remedy system – meaning all about anti-dumping and countervailing duties. Here is that outline as a kind of primer, written in what I hope is plain English and with as little legal jargon as possible. Just click on the… Read More »

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal — 2015 in Review

The following is adapted from the 2015 update to my book, Canadian Trade Law: Practice & Procedure (Thomson Carswell 2007), which reviews the decisions of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on an annual basis, summarizing important elements in its decisions under the Special Import Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c/ S-15 (“SIMA”), The Tribunal celebrated its… Read More »