October 29, 2019 – On October 22, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the initiation of a normal value and export price review respecting certain welded large diameter carbon and alloy steel line pipe (large line pipe) exported... Read more >

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) granted a third round of exclusions from Section 301 additional duties on Chinese origin products, found on List 3. All 83 exclusions granted are product specific, covering 95 separate exclusion request, and are effective September... Read more >

October 22, 2019 – On October 16, 2019, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued its order regarding the expiry review on Certain Hollow Structural Sections originating in or exported from Korea and Turkey. The CITT has determined that the... Read more >

October 22, 2019 – The U.S. Trade Representative announced that they will be accepting requests for exclusions for Section 301, List 4a Chinese origin products beginning October 31, 2019 (at noon, EDT), through January 31, 2020. Exclusion requests may be... Read more >

October 18, 2019 – On October 11, 2019, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the initiation of a normal value and export price review respecting certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate exported to Canada from Ukraine by MetInvest International S.A.... Read more >

October 17, 2019 – The White House announced that President Trump agreed not to increase Section 301 duties for List 1, 2, and 3 Chinese origin products to 30% on October 15, 2019.  Additional duties will remain at 25% for... Read more >

October 17, 2019 – The Government of Canada recently implemented new reporting requirements for imports of certain steel and aluminum products. These new requirements are a result of amendments made to the Import Control List for imports of Carbon Steel,... Read more >

October 11, 2019 – The International Trade Commission (ITC) announced they are accepting Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) petitions for the period beginning January 1, 2021. Petitions may be filed on the ITC’s Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Petition System (MTBPS) portal, beginning... Read more >

October 11, 2019 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a notice advising of changes to guidelines for importing products of animal origin containing multiple ingredients (Section 9 of the Terrestrial animal products and by-products: Import policy framework). These changes... Read more >

This article was originally published in Global Trade Magazine on Oct. 8, 2019.  By Cora Di Pietro, Vice President, Global Trade Consulting In a recent Senate Finance Committee report, U.S. Trade Czar Robert Lighthizer opined that Vietnam must take action... Read more >