Trade Compliance

Finance Canada’s “Short Consultation” on Steel Imports

Posted August 16, 2018

Under Canadian Customs Issues, International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News

Reacting to fears that Canada may be at risk of a “surge” of steel imports from other countries that could seriously disrupt the domestic industry in the reverberating wake of Trump’s metals tariffs, Ottawa says it intends to step up the government’s crackdown on the diversion of “unfairly priced” foreign steel products with a new round of safeguard actions.  Continue Reading

U.S. Imposes Tariffs on Another $16 Billion Worth of Chinese Goods

Posted August 08, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

The U.S. Trade Representative yesterday published a final list of Chinese imports worth roughly $16 billion to be hit with 25% tariffs starting on August 23, 2018, completing the first wave of U.S. tariffs on $50 billion related to the administration's Section 301 action against Beijing's intellectual property practices and other “harmful industrial policies.”  Continue Reading

America’s Trade War

Posted July 26, 2018

Under GHY Blog, International Trade Issues, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

Corie Koropatnicki, the Account Manager of GHY USA, Inc., provides some insight into the consequences of the most recent U.S. trade actions and offers advice about steps you can take as an importer/trader to protect your bottom line and stay competitive.  Continue Reading

USTR Releases List of Chinese Goods Subject to Next Round of Tariffs

Posted July 11, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative yesterday released a list of $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that could be subject to a new 10% import tariff in a move that if implemented would represent a massive escalation of President Trump’s burgeoning trade war with China.  Continue Reading

U.S. Implements First Wave of Section 301 Tariffs on $34 Billion Worth of Chinese Imports

Posted July 06, 2018

Under International Trade Issues, U.S. Customs Issues

Following through on its threat to impose tariffs on $34 billion worth of products related to Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” strategic plan as part of a larger effort to pressure the Chinese government into altering it’s “unfair” trade practices, the Trump administration today launched the first salvo in what is expected to rapidly escalate into an all-out trade war between the world’s two largest economies.  Continue Reading

Canada’s New Trade Enforcement Measures Regarding Steel and Aluminum Products

Posted June 08, 2018

Under Canadian Customs Issues, International Trade Issues, Trade Compliance News, U.S. Customs Issues

Largely overlooked amid the escalating dispute over the Trump administration’s latest actions against steel and aluminum imports are several important new trade enforcement measures that were recently implemented by the Trudeau government to further restrict the dumping and transshipment of these sensitive goods from China.  Continue Reading