The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of May 7(some may also be given separate headlines):
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of May 4 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The World Customs Organization issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The World Customs Organization launched a new e-learning portal "aimed at building the Customs skills of trade professionals," it said in a news release. There will be industry-specific courses on the harmonized system, as well as classes on valuation issues and WCO data model, it said. Currently available in English and French, more languages will be added later, it said.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of May 2 (some may also be given separate headlines):
Because the U.S. has stepped away from a leadership role in free trade, Japan has had to step in, Japanese politicians told an audience at the Brookings Institution. That's why it worked to save the Trans-Pacific Partnership after the Trump administration pulled out. Politicians and experts speaking on the panel on the future of U.S.-Japan trade said the TPP would have been more effective for dealing with China's intellectual property rights violations than the course the U.S. is on now.
The U.S. appealed the World Trade Organization's compliance panel decision that said the U.S. had to change its countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods, solar panels, pressure pipe and line pipe. The CVD cases were brought between 2007 and 2012. The core issue in the case is whether the Commerce Department properly described the government's intervention in Chinese firms that made those products when it targeted them for trade remedies. The appeal was published at the WTO on April 30.
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of April 30 (some may also be given separate headlines):
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of April 27 (some may also be given separate headlines):
Canada is publishing regulatory changes expanding the scope of steel and aluminum products that have to be marked with their country of origin, harmonizing the list with U.S. requirements, according to a press release from the prime minister's office. The move comes amid other measures related to steel and aluminum, including more than $30 million in additional funding to the Canada Border Services Agency and Global Affairs Canada to bolster the country's efforts "to prevent transshipment and diversion of unfairly priced foreign steel and aluminum into the North American market," it said. The new funding, which will be set at $6.8 million annually for five years, will pay for more than 40 new officers to investigate trade complaints. This April 26 announcement follows one in March (see 1803270026) also designed to address America's concerns about illegally subsidized steel and aluminum imports, the subject of the Section 232 action.