2019

St. Lawrence Seaway begins 2019 navigation season

The Seaway was inaugurated sixty years ago by Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation marked its 60th anniversary this week with the opening of the 2019 navigation season. The Federal Kumano served as the…

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Canadian rail freight volume jumps 7.8% in January

Freight originating in Canada rose 11% while freight received from the United States fell 16.8%. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s railways carried a total of 32.2 million tonnes of freight in January, up 7.8% from the same month a…

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U.S. Commission finds imports of structural steel from Canada hurt U.S. industry

Trade Commission gives same verdict to structural steel imports China and Mexico. The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced that it had found a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of fabricated…

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Canadian trade deficit narrowed to $4.2 billion in January

Statistics Canada says exports rose 2.9% while imports were up 1.5%. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world narrowed from $4.8 billion in December to $4.2 billion in January. The Federal agency says total exports…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Certain Carbon Steel Fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei. Notice of Re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices Notice of Conclusion of Normal Value Review – Oil Country Tubular Goods from Indonesia 2 – Citra Tubindo Thermoelectric Containers…

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Global trade growth faces strong headwinds as trade tensions persist

WTO economists expect merchandise trade volume growth to fall to 2.6% in 2019. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) global trade will continue to face strong headwinds in 2019 and 2020 after growing more slowly than expected in 2018…

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Tribunal maintains injury finding on carbon steel welded pipe from China

Tribunal says resumption of dumping and subsidies would result in injury to Canadian industry. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal announced on March 28 the continuation of its August 2008 order (extended in August 2013) concerning the dumping and subsidizing of…

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Dumping would resume if duties expired on thermoelectric containers, says CBSA

Tribunal will now determine whether the expiry would likely result in injury to Canadian industry.  On October 30, 2018, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its order made in December 2008 and renewed in December 9,…

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Reinvestigation of values of steel fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei

Revised amounts could change the rates of anti-dumping duty payable on imports. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated a re-investigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting certain carbon steel fasteners from China and Chinese Taipei, and…

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Tribunal recommends safeguards for two out of seven steel goods investigated

The Canadian Government is expected to make a final decision on safeguards by mid-May. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal was instructed in October 2018 to inquire to determine whether seven classes of steel goods were being imported into Canada in…

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