Tariffs and Trade

The tourism sector in Canada is in dire shape – the worst in its history, with international borders being effectively closed and domestic tourism being severely constrained by the impact of COVID-1...Learn More

The Government of Canada has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom to ensure that tariff benefits currently afforded to eligible imports from the UK under the Canada-European Union Comprehensiv...Learn More

UPDATE OCTOBER 1: CFIA has agreed to extend the implementation date of the new temporary control measures for imports of romaine lettuce from the United States to October 7, 2020. The Canadian Food In...Learn More

UPDATE: At the eleventh hour (actually two hours before the Canadian government was about to release a list of retaliatory measures), the US government lifted its recently-imposed tariffs on imports o...Learn More

Update: View RCC’s retail economic recovery plan 2021 Retail Council of Canada presented our pre-budget submission on behalf of retailers to the federal finance committee. In the economic recovery p...Learn More

Access across the Canada-US border will continue to be limited to essential travel. RCC has confirmed the latest extension will mean retail supply chains will continue to operate as they have during t...Learn More

Eliminating interprovincial trade barriers that impact retail business in Canada has been and remains a major RCC member priority and RCC has continually pushed for advancement in several key areas. T...Learn More

RCC was successful in its efforts to get the federal government to waive tariffs on a number of essential items to help Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic. This measure will reduce the cost of imp...Learn More

From the Daily Wire: Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu stated: “Now is the time to pull out all the stops to flatten the curve or slow the rate of infection. This will be very hard and it wi...Learn More

The Retail Council of Canada (RCC) was at the Standing Committee on International Trade on Feb 24, 2020, on Bill C-4. RCC’s Vice President Grocery Division and Regulatory Affairs in Ottawa, Jason Mc...Learn More