American anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders will remain in place on Canadian softwood lumber exports into the U.S. The U.S. international Trade Commission ruled 4-0 in favour of its own forestry sector that “dumped and subsidized lumber imports from Canada continue to be a threat to the U.S. industry.” Read the article.
The United Steelworkers (USW) allege that truck tires imported into the U.S. from Thailand are injuring, or threaten to injure, the domestic industry. The USW says truck and bus tires from Thailand are being dumped in the U.S. at less-than-market prices. The USW alleges the dumping margins are as high as 47.8%. Read the article.
“We urge the Administration to maintain the Section 301 and Section 232 tariff regimes as we continue our work with partners and allies to forge a sustainable approach to trade policy that supports American workers and fair global economic competitiveness. A 2022 report from USTR on China’s compliance with the World Trade Organization only underscores … Read More
Canada has protected its markets from U.S. milk production which far exceeds what Canadian farmers produce. American dairy farmers, including some from Wisconsin, have blamed the Canadian government for choking off sales of their products in Canada, especially when the U.S. industry relies on sales in foreign markets to balance inventories. Friday’s announcement was a … Read More
China gets a back door into America because Mexico is part of a free-trade agreement with the United States and Canada. Depending on what components they use, Chinese companies based in Mexico cannot enjoy all the benefits of the trading bloc, whose rules dictate what percentage of a product must originate in North America. But, … Read More
Who: A Federal Circuit panel reversed an appeal’s court decision to prevent the federal government from expanding safeguard tariffs on solar equipment. Why: The panel determined former President Donald Trump had not violated the Trade Act by expanding solar safeguard tariffs in 2020. Read the article.
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to President Joe Biden sharing concerns about reductions in Section 301 tariffs, which are currently under interagency review by the Biden Administration. In the letter, the Senators cited the tariffs as an important means of combating anticompetitive behavior by China and other nonmarket … Read More
Citing losses over the past three years, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and nearly 200 manufacturers and industry partners – including the Lancaster Chamber, Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, Hershey Company, the Northeast PA Manufacturers & Employers Association – asked Congress to pass the legislation that expired in 2020. The previous Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) … Read More
“Ever since Biden was elected, the trade community had hoped for a reversal of the Trump-era trade tariffs,” said Ashley Craig, a D.C.-based international trade lawyer at Venable LLP, in an interview this week. But his prediction for 2024 is that “the president’s not going to substantially modify the current status on US-Sino trade relations … Read More
As typical, in this article, free traders distort the pro-tariff (protectionist) point of view to make their fatally flawed logic look more sane. The article says: “Economists know that international integration creates winners and losers. But we do not fully understand why the ‘losers’ so often set the policy agenda. This column argues that economists … Read More
