On 21 November 2020, the Governments of Canada and the United Kingdom (UK) announced the successful conclusion of talks for an interim post-Brexit trade agreement, the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement (CUKTCA). The UK is one of Canada’s largest trading partners and the largest export market for Canadian goods in Europe. In 2019, under the Canada-EU Comprehensive… Continue reading Preparing for BREXIT – Canada and the United Kingdom Clinch…
On Sunday 15 November, fifteen Indo-Pacific countries signed the text of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is set to become the world’s single largest regional trade agreement to date. The parties to the RCEP include the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) — Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and… Continue reading Fifteen Countries Conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RECP)
On October 27, 2020, President Trump signed a Proclamation that formally exempted Canadian non-alloyed unwrought aluminum exports from the punitive tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. This exemption formalizes USTR’s September 15th announcement of the return of tariff-free treatment of Canadian aluminum retroactively in response to Canada’s threatened countermeasures (see U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs… Continue reading It’s Official – No U.S. Tariffs on Imports of Canadian…
On 7 October 2020, Canada released its preliminary list of banned single-use plastic items. The list is included in Table 3a of Environment Canada’s Discussion paper: A proposed integrated management approach to plastic products to prevent waste and pollution. The listed products are: plastic checkout bags stir sticks 6-pack rings food service ware made from problematic… Continue reading Canada’s Ban of Certain Single Use Plastic Items will have…
On 15 September 2020, the report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel in United States – Tariff Measures on Certain Goods from China (DS543) was released. This dispute concerned China’s challenge of US “Section 301” tariff measures that impose additional ad valorem customs duties on certain products imported into the United States from China. This was the first WTO ruling… Continue reading WTO Panel Rules that U.S. Section 301 Tariffs on Imports…
Facing imminent Canadian countermeasures against the United States’ Section 232 tariffs on Canadian articles of aluminum (see What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed Countermeasures against U.S. Aluminum Duties), on September 15, 2020, the United States withdrew its duties, retroactive to September 1, 2020. Harking back to the days of Voluntary Restraint Agreements (VRAs),… Continue reading The U.S. Blinks First – No Tariffs on Imports of…
On 22 August 2020, the Canadian Statement on Implementation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement was published in the Canada Gazette, Part 1. The Statement sets out Canada’s interpretation of the CUSMA (which is called the USMCA by the United States and the T-MEC by Mexico). Its objective is to explain the basic rights and obligations in the CUSMA… Continue reading Canada Publishes Its Interpretation of the CUSMA (USMCA)
On 14 August 2020 the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an anti-dumping investigation respecting the alleged injurious dumping of certain wheat gluten from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Lithuania. The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed by ADM Agri‑Industries. Wheat gluten consists of natural protein found in wheat. It is used as an ingredient… Continue reading Wheat Gluten Imports from Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and…
As anticipated, Canada issued on August 13th a Notice of intent to impose countermeasures against the United States in response to the Section 232 tariffs that the U.S. administration imposed on Canadian articles of non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum on August 6th. Canada intends to impose 10 percent surtaxes on imports of aluminum and aluminum-containing products from the U.S.,… Continue reading What goes around comes around… Canada Issues List of Proposed…
On August 6th, President Trump signed a Proclamation imposing aluminum tariffs on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada. The Proclamation bases the imposition of the tariff on the substantial increase in imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum from Canada between June 2019 and May 2020, after President Trumps decision in May 19, 2019 to exclude Canada from… Continue reading The U.S. Reimposes 10% Tariffs on Imports of Non-Alloyed Unwrought…
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