On April 22, Mexico increased import duties to 544 tariff lines ranging between 5% and 50%. The increase will be enforced for two years, ending in April 2026....more
On March 17, Mexico published new provisions to ban the importation of goods into the country produced by forced labor, including child labor. The new provisions will enter into force on May 18, 2023, 90 days after its...more
A five-member arbitral panel (“Panel”) issued its Final Report on the dispute over the interpretation of the automotive rules of origin under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), marking a win for Canada and...more
On April 18, Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador (AMLO) sent a bill to the country’s congress to amend the Mining Law to restrict private investment in the lithium industry and ensure that the Mexican government...more
On Sept. 30, the Mexican Government introduced a bill to amend the country’s Constitution, which would impose substantial limitations to the energy sector to the detriment of private power generators. The bill seeks to give...more
On Aug. 20, Mexico requested consultations with the United States on the interpretation of the automotive rules of origin under the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement. A week later, Canada joined Mexico in the...more
A new U.S. antidumping (“AD”) duty petition was filed on June 30 by Zeon Chemicals L.P. and Zeon GP, LLC against imports of non-latex, non-hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (“NBR”) from France, Mexico, and South...more
A new U.S. antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) petition was filed on June 30, 2020, by Insteel Industries Inc., Mid South Wire Company, National Wire LLC, Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., and Wire Mesh Corp. against...more