Trade Compliance

Trump’s Conflicting Trade Policies Confusing U.S. Importers

Posted September 18, 2018

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

Following nearly a decade of legislative delay and political wrangling to obtain duty relief for thousands of products not available from domestic production, the hard-fought victory achieved by U.S. manufacturers working to revive the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill has largely been squashed by the Trump administration’s move this week to impose an additional batch of tariffs on Chinese imports.  Continue Reading

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

Exclusion Process for Chinese Products Subject to Section 301 Tariffs

Posted July 09, 2018

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

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has published detailed information explaining the Trump administration’s exclusion process for importers seeking to avoid the Section 301 tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods that were announced last week.  Continue Reading

Understanding the Trump Administration’s “National Security” Rationale (Part I)

Posted June 12, 2018

Under International Trade Issues

A testy phone call last month between the leaders of Canada and the United States, that went viral after it was learned that President Trump had inaccurately quipped about a notable incident from the War of 1812, brought new focus to the officially stated reason behind the U.S. administration’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum products.  Continue Reading

Expect Harder Days Ahead for NAFTA Talks: Commerce Secretary Ross

Posted September 11, 2017

Under International Trade Issues

Negotiators from the United States, Canada and Mexico are have been tackling the least controversial issues in the talks to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement in an attempt to gain impetus for the harder bargaining expected to come in subsequent rounds, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.  Continue Reading

Retroactive Anti-Dumping Softwood Lumber Duties Now Applicable

Posted June 30, 2017

Under International Trade Issues, U.S. Customs Issues

Further to the announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce made earlier this week respecting the affirmative preliminary determination in the anti-dumping duty investigation of softwood lumber from Canada, a Notice has now been published in the Federal Register, triggering the application of retroactive duties going back 90 days from today.  Continue Reading