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Navigating Tariffs & Tax Relief for Cross-Border Trade

Master 2025's new US tariffs and Canada's countermeasures. Strategically mitigate liabilities and unlock tax relief to protect profits and ensure cross-border trade success.

Created byContinuum Learning Group
BeginnerUpdated Nov 26, 2025

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleDissect the complex web of new US tariffs.
  • check_circleExplore Canada's strategic trade countermeasures.
  • check_circleUtilize critical tax relief mechanisms effectively.
  • check_circleNavigate economic shifts and limit liability.
  • check_circleCapitalize on available financial protections.
  • check_circleMaster CUSMA compliance for tariff exemptions.

About This Course

Navigate the intricate world of cross-border trade with "Navigating Tariffs & Tax Relief for Cross-Border Trade." This essential course dissects the complex web of 2025 US tariffs, including IEEPA and Section 232 actions, Canada's strategic countermeasures, and critical tax relief mechanisms available to businesses and individuals.

The course introduces the fundamental concept of tariffs as a tax on imported goods, explaining their economic implications and government motivations for implementation. You will gain a deep understanding of:

  • The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and its impact on Canadian goods, energy products, and agricultural inputs.
  • Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act, specifically targeting steel, aluminum, and the automotive sector.
  • The suspension of the Section 321 de minimis exception and its profound effect on small-value commercial shipments.
  • Canada's reciprocal countermeasures and their evolution, including the strategic repeal of specific tariffs to align with a shifting trade landscape.
  • The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and its role in mitigating tariff impacts, distinguishing between exemptions for IEEPA and Section 232 duties.
  • Financial implications for Canadian households, covering increased consumer prices, automotive costs, energy fluctuations, and employment security.
  • Critical tax strategies for individuals, including leveraging RRSPs and TFSAs, and optimizing employment expense claims to offset tariff-driven inflation.
  • Advanced transfer pricing strategies for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to mitigate tariff exposure, manage supply chain planning, and comply with evolving international tax regulations like the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA).
  • The heightened scrutiny from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on transfer pricing audits, covering government subsidies, intangible assets, and economic disruptions.
  • The accounting and tax treatment of tariffs, differentiating capitalized costs from recoverable GST/HST, and ensuring compliance for corporate tax planning.
  • A comprehensive overview of government support programs, including the United States Surtax Remission Order, CBSA programs (Duties Relief and Duty Drawback), and financial lifelines from EDC, BDC, and Farm Credit Canada.
  • Provincial and territorial initiatives designed to address local economic nuances and support regional industries.
  • Strategies for market diversification through the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) and the "Buy Canada" initiative to build resilience against protectionist trade policies.

By equipping you with the knowledge to navigate these economic shifts, limit liability, and capitalize on available financial protections, this course ensures you can approach this volatile environment with greater confidence and strategic foresight.

Course Content

5 activities • 23 videos • duration: 1h 13m

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Overview of the 2025 Trade and Tariff Landscape5 videos • 16 min
  • videocamUnderstanding Tariffs and Trade Deficits
    Duration 1:31
  • videocam2025 US Tariff Actions: IEEPA and Section 232
    Duration 4:31
  • videocamSuspension of the US De Minimis Exception
    Duration 3:32
  • videocamCanada's Countermeasures
    Duration 2:57
  • videocamThe Impact on CUSMA-Compliant Goods
    Duration 4:03
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Impacts on Consumers and Domestic Taxes4 videos • 8 min
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Strategic Considerations for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)5 videos • 17 min
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Business Tax Compliance and Financial Planning4 videos • 12 min
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Government Support Programs and Resources5 videos • 17 min

Your Instructor

Continuum Learning Group

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Continuum Learning Group is an international Continuing Professional Development provider delivering high-quality learning experiences across industries and regions. Designed for modern professionals navigating rapidly changing global standards, the organisation offers accessible CPD programs in law, finance, engineering, architecture, healthcare, technology, leadership, and more. Its courses are structured around universal competencies—ethics, compliance, technical proficiency, and emerging trends—ensuring that learners worldwide can maintain professional relevance and meet regulatory expectations. Continuum Learning Group’s mission is to make lifelong learning seamless, borderless, and adaptable to every profession.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.5 out of 5
Student's Choice
31 reviews
  • JK
    Jenny K.
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    Good overview on the tariffs.

  • JG
    Joseph G.
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    Comprehensive course on the many effects of tariffs on Canadians and Canadian industry and strategies to deal with them.

  • DS
    Dan S.
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    not exactly what was expected but informational

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