📦USMCA Panel Decision on Softwood Lumber
On July 21, 2025 the Binational Panel issued its Decision in the matter of Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2017-2018 (Secretariat File Number: USA-CDA-2020-10.12-02). The Binational Panel affirmed in part and remanded in part the Department of Commerce's Final Determination.
Learn More⚖️USMCA Binational Panel Review and Its Business Implications
A Request for Panel Review was filed in the matter of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Canada: Final Determination of the Five Year- Review of the Antidumping Order with the U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat on May 30, 2025. The final results were determined by the United States International Trade Commission and were published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2025. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-CDA-2025-10.12-01 to this request.
Learn More🚗Procedures for USMCA Automobile Importers on Tariff Treatment
In the Proclamation of March 26, 2025, "Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States," the President imposed additional tariffs on imports of specified automobiles and automobile parts to eliminate the threat to national security posed by such imports. That Proclamation also provided that for automobiles that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), importers of such automobiles may submit documentation to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) identifying the amount of U.S. content in each model imported into the United States. This notice establishes procedures for submission and review of such documentation by the Department of Commerce (Department).
Learn More📜Compliance and Trade Implications for USMCA Textile and Automotive Industries
This interim final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to add implementing regulations for the preferential tariff treatment and related customs provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) with respect to general definitions, drawback and duty-deferral programs, textile and apparel goods, and automotive goods. This document also amends the regulations to implement the temporary admission of goods, to delineate recordkeeping and protest requirements, to clarify the fee provisions, and to make conforming amendments, including technical corrections to other laws as required by statute.
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