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UL Gains Rights to Test Mexico-Bound Electronics Goods Outside Mexico
August 31, 2020 |Americas

Mexico’s General Directorate of Standards granted UL authority through a special “designation” to conduct safety and energy efficiency testing globally for electronics products and equipment imported into that country, the safety science company said Aug. 28. Included are safety tests for audio, video and information technology products and uninterruptible power systems, plus energy efficiency tests for major appliances, it said. With the ability now to test at UL or UL-approved labs outside Mexico, UL “can help reduce time and cost to market for product access to the Mexican marketplace,” it said. Navigating the regulatory landscape of global markets is a “complex and challenging task,” UL said, and COVID-19 “has added another layer of complexity.” The designation means companies can test their products closer to their factories “and mitigate delays due to the pandemic,” it said.

Canada Issues USMCA Statement on Implementation
August 26, 2020 |Americas

Global Affairs Canada released a “statement of implementation” for the USMCA, or CUSMA, as it is known in Canada, in the Aug. 22 Canada Gazette, Part I. The statement is meant “to explain the basic rights and obligations in the Agreement so that Canadians have a clearer understanding of the substance and benefits,” GAC said. “It also clearly sets out how Canada interprets the Agreement and intends to pursue the rights and obligations contained therein.”

Brazil Revokes Import Licensing Requirements for 210 Goods
August 25, 2020 |Americas

Brazil recently revoked its automatic and nonautomatic licensing requirements for 210 products with a total “import value” of about $5.6 billion (all dollar amounts in U.S. dollars), the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Aug. 24. The move is expected to save importers about $4.1 million in administrative fees, the HKTDC said, and will cut by about 267,000 the number of licenses issued by Brazil’s Secretariat of Foreign Trade. The measure is aimed at reducing government bureaucracy and “further improving the domestic business climate” surrounding trade, the report said.