Steve Verheul, Canada's chief trade negotiator during President Donald Trump's first term, who worked on NAFTA's replacement, says Canada wants a trade pact that has known rules, and whose stability allows companies to make long-term plans.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 8 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Former trade officials said the Trump administration's tariff policy in Asia is being tested by China’s concern over recently completed U.S. tariff arrangements with Malaysia and Cambodia, which could complicate the administration’s push to wrap up deals with Vietnam and Indonesia.
Think tank scholars and lawyers emphasized that Section 232 tariffs on Mexican and Canadian autos, steel, aluminum and lumber are engendering rancor and suspicion, and the uncertainty of future tariffs levels on Mexican and Canadian imports is a silent tax causing businesses to halt investments and expansions.
Manufacturing trade groups and companies mostly argued in comments to the U.S. Trade Representative that USMCA rules of origin for their sectors shouldn't change as part of the pact's review, and if they do, it should be only after extensive consultation with industry, and with adequate transition times.
Former trade negotiators said the removal of reciprocal tariffs on agricultural goods not grown at scale in the U.S. is a harbinger of things to come, as the administration starts to recognize that tariffs are politically unpopular.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 19 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 10-16:
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Nov. 28 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of semiconductor devices infringe patents held by Adeia, it said in a notice to be published Nov. 19 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, Adeia is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against ADM, Lenovo and Supermicro Computer to bar from entry "certain semiconductor devices, computing products containing the same, and components thereof" that violate their patents. Adeia said in the complaint that "arguments that attempt to label Adeia as a 'troll' or non-practicing entity are baseless."
Trade experts -- including the chief negotiator for the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement -- were puzzled by language in a joint statement on the recent Korea tariff deal Nov. 15.