U.S. import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium imposed in 2018 on products from most countries, including Canada (until Canada negotiated their withdrawal in the context of the United...more
2/15/2023
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Cross-Border Transactions ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
National Security ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
United States ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO
As the global economy is buffeted by the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, predictions of what it means for the future abound. Some argue that the regulation of global trade, including its institutions, requires a paradigm...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had, and will continue to have, far-reaching effects on international trade, and given its heavy reliance on trade, on the Canadian economy. In the three months that have followed the initial...more
On December 10, 2019, Canada, the United States and Mexico signed an Amending Protocol that revises the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and steers its path toward ratification....more
There have been a number of developments in recent weeks affecting Canada's surtaxes on imports of certain steel, aluminum, and other goods to Canada. This post summarizes the recent changes....more
6/13/2019
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Canada ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
CUSMA ,
Imports ,
NAFTA ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO
Safeguards are exceptional measures intended to temporarily assist domestic producers that have suffered, or are threatened by serious injury from increased imports of specific goods. Unlike anti-dumping or anti-subsidy...more
Safeguards are exceptional measures intended to temporarily assist domestic producers that have suffered, or are threatened by serious injury from increased imports of specific goods. Unlike anti-dumping or anti-subsidy...more
As of midnight on May 31, the Trump administration revoked the exemptions to the U.S. ad valorem tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum previously granted to Canada, the EU, and Mexico. In a swift response following the...more
6/6/2018
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Aluminum Sales ,
Canada ,
Exports ,
Imports ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA ,
National Security ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Expansion Act of 1962 ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
WTO
The election of U.S. President Donald Trump has heralded a new protectionist era of international trade. Since Trump's inauguration, the U.S. has withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, initiated discussions...more
6/14/2017
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Anti-Dumping Duty ,
Canada ,
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) ,
Countervailing Duties ,
NAFTA ,
Tariffs ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO