Survival Guide – How to Successfully survive Dumping and Subsidy Investigations & Verification Visits

AUDIENCE

For Governments, Manufactures, Exporters, Trading Companies, Importers & Associations

DURATION HALF-DAY SEMINAR
Audience – Training Groups of 10 to 25 for Training Purposes

SEMINAR CONTENT

Learn the secrets of surviving Dumping & Subsidy Investigations and the verification visits by the Trade and Anti-dumping Directorate of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Agency charged with administration of SMIA. Know your rights under the Special Import Measures Act, (SIMA) and the WTO Agreements. Learn the secrets of dealing with aggressive investigators.

This seminar covers the objectives of the verification visits by the CBSA and how to prepare for the verification visit. It will provide guidance through the verification activities of the exporter’s responses to the CBSA Request for Information (RFI) as it relates to the corporate structure of the organisation, export sales, domestic sales and the financial and costing information. Special sections relative to Governments will be included where appropriate, to cover subsidies and CBSA current policies in dealing with certain subsidy programs.

At the end of the seminar, course participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the verification proceedings conducted by the CBSA and will have a better understanding of the rationale behind the questions asked by the CBSA investigators during the verification proceedings.