20 01, 2024

Canada challenges U.S. decision to maintain softwood lumber duties

By | 2024-01-20T03:51:55+00:00 January 20th, 2024|Imports, Legislation|

Canada has filed a notice of intent to challenge the United States International Trade Commission’s (USITC’s) decision to maintain duties on Canadian softwood lumber products, under Chapter 10 of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA). In a statement, the Canadian Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Mary Ng [...]

2 12, 2023

Panel rules in favor of Canada in U.S.-Canada dairy trade dispute

By | 2023-12-02T16:29:24+00:00 December 2nd, 2023|Tariffs|

A recent USMCA ruling seems to have put an end to the long-running dispute between the U.S. and Canada over tariffs on dairy imports. The USMCA dispute panel determined that Canada had not acted unreasonably, and under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Canada has the right to maintain tariff rate quotas (TRQs) [...]

27 01, 2023

US challenges Canada’s dairy tariff rate quota policies (again)

By | 2023-01-27T03:59:41+00:00 January 27th, 2023|Tariffs|

The US is expanding its challenge to Canada’s dairy tariff rate quota policies under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Under the USMCA, Canada has the right to maintain 14 tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on the following types of dairy products: milk cream skim milk powder butter and cream powder industrial [...]