International Trade committee  Unless we have a transitional agreement that outlines that, or some kind of interim directive, I have no idea.

International Trade committee  No.

International Trade committee  The only thing I can say is that, reading the tea leaves again through some of the press releases, it does sound like it was going to be an adaptation of CETA, but not a cut and paste. Of course, for someone who likes predictability and transparency, that is not making us 100% co

International Trade committee  It would only be because of the time frame. That might be part of the consideration for the transition, but you're right, knowing how these things work, it doesn't make sense that it would be exactly the same. It will have to have its own unique form or format at some point.

International Trade committee  I guess, in our submission, depending on the decision.... Obviously, the preferred path was to be able to use exactly what we have today, because it would be almost impossible at this point to go back to exporters to have these forms changed. The other alternative we've offered i

International Trade committee  No, our association was not consulted.

International Trade committee  Sure. My understanding is that if we don't have this agreement in place at the end of December, then importers and exporters whose goods will be going to the U.K. will then be dutiable. That would be an additional cost that is not on their balance sheets today, and that they woul

International Trade committee  Yes, and a direct cost. For sure, somebody is going to have to eat it.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for that great question. For us, because we're so close to a drop-dead date here, our request or recommendation was to adopt the existing way that you qualify for duty-free status at the border. That's an additional complication. When goods come across, you

International Trade committee  I would say, from an importer and exporter perspective, it would only be how the regulator then deals with them after the fact.

International Trade committee  That's a very fair statement. I think that would be applicable to any of our businesses. As you know, we still trade heavily with the North American space. I feel as though a lot of times we follow the markets where our importers want to go in terms of ease of use. Again, we ha

International Trade committee  That's a really great point. I have to be honest with you: Our association probably could do better in partnering with that great network. We find, though, really still the complication is in the technical pieces of this stuff. You're right. That would be a very smart way for

International Trade committee  Although it would make sense to have a “hard down”, I have to be honest that the last year or so around these trade agreements has wrecked havoc on importers. It would depend on the clarity of the text. I can tell you that we went into CUSMA weeks before with no regulations and n

International Trade committee  Thank you very much for your question. I definitely would concur that it's the non-technical trade barriers that seem to be the challenge, especially in the food space. It's things like what kind of ingredients have to go into foods. The U.K. might have restrictions, and actual

International Trade committee  No.