CPA Applauds Passage of House China Competition Bill
The bill, Import Security and Fairness Act (H.R. 6412), will narrow an import loophole, known as de minimis, that is used by non-market economies and counterfeiters to ship hundreds of…
Canada Lumber Set to Pay Less U.S. Duties as Trade Spat Drags On
The U.S. is setting duties on Canadian softwood lumber that would effectively lower the punitive tariffs on most producers as the long-simmering trade dispute drags on. Average preliminary anti-dumping and countervailing…
Key takeaways from China’s tariff victory over U.S. at WTO
From 2010 to 2020, there were 759 anti-dumping and 159 countervailing investigations launched against China, data showed. Among them, 87 anti-dumping and 81 countervailing investigations were filed by the United…
WTO Grants China a $645 Million Tariff Weapon Against U.S.
On Wednesday, a WTO arbitrator in Geneva said China can retaliate against $645 million worth of annual American exports as part of a decade-old trade dispute over U.S. anti-subsidy duties…
In 2021, Biden Didn’t Meet Free Traders’ Already-Low Expectations
As if Biden’s continuation of Trump’s trade policies wasn’t bad enough, there are at least three areas where he’s probably been even worse. Perhaps most surprisingly, Biden has expressly rejected…
Time Biden team turned rhetoric into action on trade agreements
Many countries that rely on the Chinese market have long had to swallow China’s conditions regarding trade and investment. For example, the Chinese authorities often require foreign firms making direct…
Biden Says ‘Uncertain’ Whether China Tariffs Will Be Lifted
President Joe Biden said that he’s not ready to lift tariffs his predecessor imposed on Chinese imports, despite calls from U.S. businesses to relieve the duties. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai…
Nations must secure global supply chains, prevent inflation shocks: Xi Jinping at WEF
“History has proved time and again that confrontation does not solve problems, it only invites catastrophic consequences. Protectionism and unilateralism can protect no one, they ultimately hurt the interests of…
Macron tipped to use France’s EU presidency to make bloc ‘ever more protectionist’
“The post-Brexit EU is getting ever more protectionist, certainly with the French EU Presidency, which is pushing for a protectionist external EU ‘climate’ tariff, something that will hit EU consumers…
The China tightrope — and other trade developments that will define 2022
The second year of the Biden presidency opens with a widening realization that a Democrat-run White House is keeping Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policies: tariffs on steel, aluminum, and Chinese…