September 6, 2019

NAFTA panel finds Canada’s softwood lumber industry hasn’t harmed U.S. producers

The panel found the USITC failed to take into account dissimilarities between Canadian and U.S. products. A NAFTA binational panel issued its decision on September 4 concerning the imposition by the U.S. of antidumping and/or countervailing duties on imports of…

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Technical documents: Government memorandums, notices and decisions

Export and brokering controls handbook – Amended August 2019 Application for Brokering Permit (General Information Form) EXT 1043 (pdf, 146 KB) Application for Brokering Permit (Controlled Goods Detail Form) EXT 1043-1 (pdf, 147 KB) Application for Brokering Permit (Firearm Detail…

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Canada’s trade balance drops to a $1.1 billion deficit in July

Exports edged down 0.9% to $49.8 billion while imports rose 1.2% to $50.9 billion. Statistics Canada announced that the country’s merchandise trade deficit with the world went from an essentially balanced position in June (slight deficit of $55 million) to…

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U.S. investigation finds no dumping of imports of structural steel from Canada

 The Department of Commerce assigned preliminary dumping rates of 0% and de minimis 0.69% The U.S. Department of Commerce announced its negative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of certain fabricated structural steel from Canada. The…

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G20 international merchandise trade continues to fall in the second quarter

Only a few G20 economies saw merchandise exports increase in the second quarter of 2019. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), international merchandise trade in G20 countries continued its downward trend in the second quarter of…

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