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…
While the full extent to which COVID-19 will affect global supply chains on which Canadian industries rely remains unknown, material disruptions are inevitable. In the near term, it is expected that the cost of supplies from outside Canada will increase. Limited transportation capacity, expedited freight costs, payment premiums to “buy up” the supply chain and… Continue reading COVID-19 and Supply Chain Disruption
On 4 March 2020, the European Commission published a draft regulation prohibiting certain substances obtained from aloe plants from being used as ingredients in food products and supplements. Specifically, the draft regulation proposes that hydroxyanthracene derivatives including aloe-emodin and emodin, a structurally-related substance called danthron, and aloe extracts that contain these substances should be added to the list of… Continue reading European Union Set to Ban the Use of Aloe Extracts…
On 31st December 2019, the Trade Controls Bureau at Global Affairs Canada published a new Notice to Importers (Serial No. 983) concerning the administration of the safeguard tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for certain imports of heavy steel plate and stainless steel wire for the period from 1st February 2020 through 24th October 2021. Further to the public consultation… Continue reading New Notice to Importers Published concerning the Administration of the…
On Wednesday 29th May 2019, the Government of Canada published an Order in Council that grants a refund of the provisional steel safeguard surtax of 25 percent that was paid by importers on shipments of concrete reinforcing bar (rebar), energy tubular products, hot-rolled steel sheet, pre-painted steel, and wire rod entering Canada between 25th October… Continue reading Government of Canada Announces Refunds of Provisional Steel Safeguard Surtax
On the afternoon of Friday 17th May 2019, the United States and Canada issued a joint statement to announce that the U.S. tariffs imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (the “section 232 tariffs”) and the countermeasures imposed by Canada in the form of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel,… Continue reading Agreement to Eliminate the U.S. Section 232 Tariffs on Canadian…
The long running disputes between the United States and European Union concerning subsidies granted to Boeing and Airbus are moving into the trade retaliation stage. If the US and the EU impose countermeasures on one another in the form of tariffs applied strategically to certain traded goods or other measures applied to services, this could… Continue reading From “Soup to Nuts” to Services – Potential Market Opportunities…
Today the Supreme Court of Canada issued its highly anticipated decision on free trade within Canada. The decision concerned the New Brunswick legal regime that restricts the imports of beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverage products into the province, but it has implications for the regulation of inter-provincial trade across Canada. The appeal arose from the… Continue reading SCC says “No” to Unrestricted Inter-Provincial Free Trade
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