2019

U.S. launches anti-dumping investigation on imports of structural steel from Canada

The United States International Trade Commission investigates imports from Canada, China and Mexico. The United States International Trade Commission began preliminary phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico that are…

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Canadian businesses face challenges and opportunities in global trade

Companies face challenges in attempting to become an exporter or expand their export markets. Statistics Canada released its 2017 Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy which looks at Canadian businesses’ affiliations with foreign businesses, imports and exports of goods or…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Memorandum D10-18-6 First-come, First-served Agricultural Tariff Rate Quotas Mexico Steel Goods Remission Order Order Amending the Order Imposing a Surtax on the Importation of Certain Steel Goods Order Amending the Import Control List Textiles and Clothing Free Trade Agreement Tariff…

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Trade Facilitation Agreement now ratified by 141 of WTO’s 164 members

Zimbabwe, Cameroon and Ecuador were the latest to ratify the TFA, Egypt will soon ratify. Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) took stock of progress in implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) at the February 12-13 meeting of the…

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WTO says global trade growth will slow down in the first quarter of 2019

Sustained loss of momentum highlights the urgency of reducing trade tensions. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) latest trade indicator data (WTOI) indicates that global trade weakness is likely to extend into the first quarter of 2019. According to the international…

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Canada exempts Mexican steel tube and wire from steel surtax

Adjustments to regulations also addresses surtax on returned Canadian steel. Canada and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), on January 16, 2019, that ensures that provisional safeguards on steel product do not reduce imports originating in Mexico below their…

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Tribunal finds dumping of steel welded pipe from four countries injures Canadian industry

Anti-dumping duties will be collected by the CBSA on importations of these goods. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced on February 15, 2019 its finding that the dumping of certain carbon steel welded pipe originating in or exported from Pakistan,…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Certain Aluminum Extrusions from China – Notice of Scope Ruling Textiles and Clothing Free Trade Agreement Tariff Preference Level Utilization 2019 Imports – Updated Textiles and Clothing 2019 Tariff Preference Level Utilization NAFTA Exports – Updated Update to Appendix 2…

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U.S. sets final punitive duty on large welded pipe from Canada and three other countries

Commerce Department announces affirmative determination in antidumping duty investigation. The United States’ Department of Commerce announced on February 21 its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of certain large diameter welded…

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Canadian rail freight volume up 6.5% in December

Freight originating in Canada rose 9% and freight received from the United States fell 14.9%. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s railways carried a total of 32.7 million tonnes of freight in December, up 6.5% from the same month a…

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