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Export Compliance For Canadian Aerospace & Defence: Latest Developments In 2025–2026

As geopolitical tensions continue to shape global trade and security dynamics, export controls remain a critical area of compliance for Canada’s aerospace and defence industries. In our Defence Forecast 2025...

Canada International

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Gowling WLG

2026 Defence Outlook

On February 17, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy (“the Strategy”), a foundational policy framework that links Canada’s national defence...

Canada Government

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Gowling WLG

Canada Extending Surtax Regimes

Canada is extending its steel surtax regimes and related tariff relief measures through 2027, aiming to protect domestic steel workers and provide greater business certainty. The Department of Finance has confirmed extensions to tariff-rate quotas, remission categories for US steel and aluminum surtaxes, and exemptions for derivative surtaxes, while also exploring a potential shift to an allocation-based approach for certain steel goods.

Canada International

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Millar Kreklewetz

U.S.–Canada Tariffs: Timeline Of Key Dates And Documents

This comprehensive timeline tracks the escalating trade tensions between the United States and Canada from January 2025 through July 2026, documenting tariff implementations, retaliatory measures...

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

CITT Finding: Dumping Of OCTG – Again!

Canada International

MK

Millar Kreklewetz

Le Canada ratifie l’adhésion du Royaume-Uni au PTPGP : Conséquences pour le commerce et les investissements

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Proposed Expansion Of CRA Audit Powers: The Latest

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Creation Of Canada’s Financial Crimes Agency: A New Era In Financial Crime Enforcement

Canada Criminal

DW

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Sanctions Trump Contracts: Canadian Court Interprets “Control” Under Russian Sanctions

Canada International

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Cassels

加拿大对中国钢制货架进行调查

Worldwide International

MK

Millar Kreklewetz

CBSA Investigating Steel Racks From China

Worldwide International

MK

Millar Kreklewetz

Safeguard Inquiry: Certain Wood Goods

Canada International

MK

Millar Kreklewetz

Canada Launches Safeguard Inquiry Into Imports Of Certain Wood Products

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Launches Safeguard Inquiry Into Certain Wood Product Imports

Canada International

GW

Gowling WLG

Should You Incorporate? The Tax Advantages Of A Canadian-Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC)

Canada Commercial

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Devry Smith Frank LLP

Closing The Loophole On Indirect Trust Transfers And The 21-Year Deemed Disposition Rule: New Measure In Budget 2025

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Crypto Tax Reporting: Canada vs. U.S. (2026); CRA Digital Asset Rules Compared To IRS Form 1099-DA Reporting

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

QSBC Shares And The 24 Month Holding Period Requirement

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Linmac

How The Canadian Foreign Accrual Property Income (FAPI) Regime Works—and Why It Matters To Foreign Corporations, Foreign Trusts

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Ontario Court Sets Aside ICSID Award In NAFTA Arbitration: Key Lessons On Jurisdiction And Arbitrator Impartiality

In Grace et al v. The United Mexican States, 2026 ONSC 2104, (Grace), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) set aside an investment treaty arbitration award rendered by an arbitral tribunal...

Worldwide International

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Bennett Jones LLP

Agribusiness And Food Tariff Update: Recent Developments In China, India And The United States

Canadian agricultural exporters navigate shifting tariff landscapes as China partially suspends retaliatory measures on canola and pulses, India reinstates duties on yellow peas, and U.S. trade policy continues to evolve under CUSMA. Saskatchewan introduces workforce support funding to help businesses adapt to tariff-driven market disruptions.

Canada International

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Canada Launches Safeguard Inquiry Into Imports Of Certain Vegetable Goods

On March 16, 2026, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the CITT or Tribunal) formally initiated a safeguard inquiry into imports of certain frozen...

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

L'arbitrage entre investisseurs et États comme outil de contestation des sanctions contre la Russie

Le 14 janvier 2026, le milliardaire moldave Igor Viktorovich Makarov, visé par des sanctions, a déposé une demande d'arbitrage auprès du Centre international pour le règlement des différends...

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

International Trade Issues In Mining

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Cassels

Investor-State Arbitration Used As Battleground Over Russian Sanctions

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Conflit armé en Iran et tensions grandissantes au Moyen-Orient : les quatre pièges qui guettent les organismes de bienfaisance canadiens mal informés

Canada Commercial

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Le Gouvernement Du Canada Assouplit Les Vastes Sanctions Visant La Syrie

Worldwide International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Venezuela’s Oil Sector Reopens Under Continuing Sanctions Constraints

Worldwide International

ML

McMillan LLP

Introduction Aux Lois Canadiennes Sur Les Sanctions

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A Primer On Canadian Sanctions Legislation

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Sanctions Update: Canada, US, And EU Ease Syria Measures

Worldwide International

C

Cassels

Tariff Risk And Cross-Border M&A: What Canadian Companies Need To Know Before 2026 CUSMA Review

Canada Commercial

OL

Origin Law

Unpacking Canada's Economic Sanctions Guidance Refresh

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

A Primer On Canadian Sanctions Legislation

Canada, like other major jurisdictions, has a broad range of economic and financial sanctions targeting foreign states and their nationals, as well as various terrorist organizations.

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Sanctions Update: Canada, US, And EU Ease Syria Measures

Canada, the United States, and the European Union have each introduced significant — though not uniform — changes to their sanctions regimes targeting Syria.

Worldwide International

C

Cassels

Tariff Risk And Cross-Border M&A: What Canadian Companies Need To Know Before 2026 CUSMA Review

For decades, the Canada-U.S. trade relationship operated on a foundation of relative predictability. Deal teams could structure cross-border transactions with reasonable confidence that the regulatory and tariff environment at signing would resemble the one at closing.

Canada Commercial

OL

Origin Law

Unpacking Canada's Economic Sanctions Guidance Refresh

Global Affairs Canada ("GAC") has updated its guidance on its interpretation of Canada's economic sanctions and its expectations regarding compliance and due diligence.

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Comprendre les contrôles à l'exportation dans les nuages : le Canada précise les règles sur les solutions de stockage et de transfert infonuagiques

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Budget 2025 : Points clés à retenir en matière de commerce international et d'investissement

Le 17 novembre 2025, la Chambre des communes du Canada a adopté le budget de 2025 tant attendu du gouvernement, initialement déposé le 4 novembre 2025...

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Affaires mondiales Canada publie des lignes directrices sur les technologies contrôlées et le stockage dans le nuage

Le 5 novembre 2025, Affaires mondiales Canada a publié l'Avis aux exportateurs no 1159 (les « lignes directrices »)...

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Beyond Tariffs: Compliance Implications Of Shifting U.S. Trade Relations

Canada's economic crime enforcement and trade policies in 2025 were largely influenced by the evolving relationship with the U.S. The dynamic nature of tariffs and other measures introduced by both the Canadian...

Canada International

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Budget 2025: Key International Trade And Investment Highlights

On November 17, 2025, Canada's House of Commons adopted the government's long-awaited 2025 budget, initially tabled on November 4, 2025, as the Canada Strong Budget Act ("Budget 2025").

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal Sanctions TeknoScan Systems Inc. And Three Of Its Executives For Misleading Disclosure

Canada Criminal

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Budget 2025: What's New In Sanctions And Financial Crimes Enforcement

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

Reminder: New FINTRAC Requirements Effective October 1, 2025

Canada Technology

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Addressing Tariffs And Other Impediments To Market Access With Investor-State Dispute Settlement Claims

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Tendances actuelles d'août : nouveaux contrôles à l'exportation, traitement fiscal d'un paiement versé à la suite du règlement d'un différend, et plus encore

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

August Timely Topics: New Canadian Export Controls, Taxing Dispute Settlements And More

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Mise en place de nouveaux contrôles à l'exportation par le Canada : signe d'un recours accru à des mesures unilatérales

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

La Nouvelle Politique D'autodénonciation De L'AMF

Canada Commercial

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Implements New Export Controls Reflecting Increasing Use Of Unilateral Measures

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

On décolle! Le Canada entreprend l'expropriation d'un avion russe

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Le Canada annonce le plus important ensemble de sanctions contre la Russie depuis 2022

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada Targets Russia With Sweeping Sanctions Package, Including New Import And Export Prohibitions

Canada International

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Announces 'Major' Additional Sanctions On Russia

Canada International

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Canada Announces "Biggest-Ever" Trade And Vessel-Related Sanctions Against Russia

Canada International

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Unveils Sweeping New Russia Sanctions Targeting Trade, Sanctions Evasion And Key Industries

Canada International

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Bennett Jones LLP

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Sanctions, Corruption, Money Laundering (Video)

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CITO Energy Law

Gowlings Associate Ali Amadee On CBC Radio One - Daybreak Montréal With Mike Finnerty 02/02/2016 (Video Content)

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Gowling WLG

Foreign Policy vs. Corporate Interests In Russia (Video Content)

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Bennett Jones LLP

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