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Canada quietly moves to resolve steel spat with Mexico

February 16, 2019

CBSA has advised the CSCB that those affected by the remission and entitled to a refund have been contacted directly.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has quietly reversed a controversial decision to slap a surtax on two types of Mexican steel imports.

U.S. steel tariff 'boondoggle' offers more exclusions to China than Canada

February 12, 2019

If the Trump administration's tariff policy is meant to target unfair Chinese trade, it sure has a funny way of going about it.

Sleight of hand on the High Seas: How tankers are getting around tariffs to ship U.S. ethanol to China

February 12, 2019

In June, the High Seas tanker ship loaded up on ethanol in Texas and set off for Asia.

Two months later — after a circuitous journey that included a ship-to-ship transfer and a stop in Malaysia — its cargo arrived in China, according to shipping data analyzed by Reuters and interviews with Malaysian and Chinese port officials.

Canada Gazette - Notices and Proposed Regulations

February 8, 2019

The following was published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on January 5, 12, 19 2019.

Canada Border Services Agency

Special Import Measures Act

'It's going to be a mess': Confluence of challenges threaten new NAFTA vote

February 8, 2019

A record-breaking government shutdown, an unpredictable batch of first-time congressional Democrats and an intensifying U.S. presidential campaign cycle are muddying the path to ratification for the new NAFTA — with some observers questioning whether the deal will even make it to a vote this year.

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