Canada's Free Trade agreements

If you want to check out Canada's Free trade agreements, here is the link for the government of Canada site. 

Purchasing large amounts of inventory and big ticket items may require high outlays of duties and taxes so buying from the right country is important to the bottom line. 

https://www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/agr-acc/index.aspx?lang=eng&_ga=1.246023751.2103505446.1493477828

Dangerous Goods Program - UPS 

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—UPS has expanded its global dangerous goods shipping program by adding more than 400 new commodities that can be accepted in its global air network and more than 300 products across its ground network in Europe. The company also increased the allowable quantity of select hazardous goods accepted for shipment.
There is a growing demand from companies in a variety of industries to ship products that are classified as dangerous goods.....Read More
http://www.canadianshipper.com/transportation-and-logistics/ups-adds-dangerous-goods/1003373512/

1.) UPS, FedEx declare additional handling charges on ground packages (May)​ 

When it comes to pricing changes, transportation and logistics bellwethers are usually on the same page. And that was again made clear with changes each company made for additional handling charges on ground ....

read more at http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/ups_fedex_announce_similar_additional_handling_charges_on_ground_packages