Trade rules are changing. Your strategy has to change with them.
Tariffs, sanctions, export controls and trade remedies are reshaping cross-border commerce. We advise Canadian importers, exporters, manufacturers and investors operating under CUSMA, CETA, CPTPP and Canada's full international trade framework.
The reality for Canadian trade
Most trade exposure is discovered — at the border, in an audit, or in a dumping investigation.
Goods get held. Drawback claims get denied. Tariffs get reclassified. Anti-dumping duties get imposed retroactively. Sanctions screening is missed. The cost of getting trade compliance wrong is rarely a fine — it is a supply chain that stops moving.
Canadian trade law sits across CBSA, Global Affairs Canada, the CITT, OSFI and foreign regulators including OFAC and the EU. The companies that move freely are the ones that built compliance positions before they were tested.
"Trade compliance is not paperwork. It is whether your goods clear the border."
What we handle
Across imports , exports and trade remedies.
CUSMA, CETA & CPTPP
Origin certification, tariff treatment, rules of origin opinions and preferential access strategy across Canada's agreement network.
Export Controls & Permits
Export Control List analysis, Global Affairs Canada permits, US EAR / ITAR overlay and end-user screening.
Sanctions Compliance
SEMA, Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act, OFAC overlay and sanctions diligence programmes.
SIMA & Trade Remedies
Anti-dumping and countervailing investigations before the CBSA and the CITT — exporter, importer and domestic-producer side.
Customs & CBSA
Tariff classification, valuation, drawback, AMPS, voluntary disclosures and customs audit defence.
Trade Finance & Documentary Credits
Letters of credit, UCP 600, Incoterms, trade insurance and documentary risk allocation.
The difference
We treat trade as a strategic discipline, not a customs filing.
Most firms treat trade law as customs paperwork. We treat it as a strategic discipline that determines where you manufacture, what you can ship, who you can sell to and how much margin survives the border. That changes how the work is done.
We act for Canadian and cross-border clients before the CBSA, the CITT, Global Affairs Canada and in parallel proceedings abroad. We design trade positions to be defensible across regulators — not just one.
- Goods that clear the border consistently — without holds, reclassifications or surprise duties
- Preferential tariff access under CUSMA, CETA and CPTPP that actually applies to your goods
- Export and sanctions screening that protects directors and officers from personal exposure
- Anti-dumping investigations defended with a strategy, not a reaction
- A documented compliance position that holds up to CBSA, CITT and foreign authorities
The outcome
Borders stop being a risk. They start being a strategy.
Our trade clients ship without delays, qualify for preferential tariff treatment, defend trade remedy investigations and operate sanctions and export control programmes that hold up to scrutiny.
Compliant
Your customs, sanctions and export control posture is documented and defensible.
Predictable
Your goods clear, your duties are known, and your trade costs stop being a surprise.
Protected
Your directors, officers and shareholders are insulated from personal trade exposure.
Who we work with
Canadian importers, exporters, manufacturers, distributors and foreign producers shipping into Canada.
One missed classification can cost everything you shipped.
One consultation. We assess your CUSMA position, export control exposure, sanctions risk, customs classification and trade remedy posture — and design a compliance position that holds up to CBSA, CITT and foreign authorities.