On July 22, 2020 the Canada Gazette published a series or orders and regulations to implement the Canada, United States, Mexico Agreement (CUSMA in Canada, USMCA in the United States and T-MEC in Mexico) which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement on July 1, 2020. The orders and regulations are [links are to the Canada Gazette, not individual regulations] Order Repealing Certain Orders Made Under the Customs Tariff (CUSMA) (SOR/2020-154, June 30, 2020)CUSMA Rules…
On July 20, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted on its website a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests, as specified in the Annex to the notice, and make certain amendments to previously announced exclusions. The product exclusions announced in the notice apply as of September 1, 2019, and extend to September 1, 2020. The products covered by…
On July 17, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket Number USTR-2020-0029] regarding possible extensions to particular product exclusions that are scheduled to expire on September 1, 2020. USTR previously decided to consider a possible extension for up to twelve months of particular exclusions granted under the initial five product exclusion notices. USTR has decided to consider a possible extension for up to twelve…
On July 16, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USTR-2019-0009] that announces USTR’s determination to take action in the form of additional duties of 25 percent on products of France specified in Annex A to the notice as a result of France’s Digital Service Tax (DST). USTR has further determined to suspend application of the additional duties for a period of up…
On July 15, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice of product exclusion amendments from the action involving products from China with an annual trade volume of $200 Bn. The notice announces USTR’s determination to make technical amendments to previously announced exclusions. The Annex to the notice contains 14 technical amendments to US notes 20(ll)(24) and (25); US notes 20(vv)(71) and (116); US notes 20(xx)(20),…
On July 15, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice that announces USTR’s determination to make a technical amendment to a previously granted exclusion, which is retroactive to the date of publication of the original exclusion and does not extend the period for the original exclusion. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation. The Annex to this notice makes…
On July 10, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted on its website, a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces USTR’s determination to take action in the form of additional duties of 25 percent on products of France specified in Annex A to the notice as a result of France’s Digital Service Tax (DST. USTR has further determined to suspend application of the additional duties for a…
On July 10, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will publish in the Federal Register a notice of product exclusions from the action involving imposition of 15% additional duties (lowered to 7.5% on January 22, 2020) on approximately $300Bn in Chinese products. The USTR initiated a product exclusion process in October 2019, and interested persons have submitted requests for the exclusion of specific products. This notice announces USTR’s determination to grant…
On July 9, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) will publish in the Federal Register a notice of product exclusions extensions under the $34Bn (Tranche 1) action. USTR initiated the exclusion process in July 2018 and, to date, has granted 10 sets of exclusions under the $34 billion action. The sixth set of exclusions was published in July 2019 and will expire in July 2020. On April 30, 2020, USTR established…
On July 6, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a report that summarizes the findings of an investigation conducted by the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232), into the effect of imports of steel mill products (“steel”) on the national security of the United States. This report was completed on January 11, 2018 and…