Category Archives: Section 232

US, Canada, Mexico Trade Pact Will Have To Wait Until Next Congress

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

by Metals Service Center Institute The United States, Canada, and Mexico have reached an agreement to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Lawmakers in the US Congress have acknowledged the deal, called the United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement, or USMCA, will not be considered by lawmakers before this current congress adjourns in December. … Continue reading US, Canada, Mexico Trade Pact Will Have To Wait Until Next Congress →

Need to Watch your Product Exclusion for Rebuttals?

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs, Trade Cases

Exclusion requesters will have seven days from the opening of the rebuttal period to submit rebuttals. Objectors to exclusion requests will then have a seven-day surrebuttal period to post responses, which will be opened once rebuttals are posted by the Department and the case file is reopened. To further assist industry moving through the process, … Continue reading Need to Watch your Product Exclusion for Rebuttals? →

EXCLUSION GRANTED – How to Request a Refund of Tariffs Paid

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs, Trade Cases

This is an involved process which will require the expertise of your Customs Broker! To request an administrative refund for previous imports of excluded products granted by the US Department of Commerce (Commerce), importers may file a post summary correction (PSC) and provide the product exclusion number in the Importer Additional Declaration Field. Once products … Continue reading EXCLUSION GRANTED – How to Request a Refund of Tariffs Paid →

NAFTA No More: Introducing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

By Bracewell, LLC What just happened? The US, Mexico, and Canada agreed to a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA. The new agreement is called “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement” (USMCA). The Trump Administration framed the deal as a new model for trade agreements that balances the concerns of business groups that depend … Continue reading NAFTA No More: Introducing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement →

Section 232 Product Exclusion Requests – By The Numbers

Section 232, Trade and Tariffs, Trade Cases

The AWPA has been tracking Section 232 Product Exclusion Requests, Objections and Decisions in the Bar, Rod and Wire sector.  These include products of Carbon, Alloy and Stainless material. By the Numbers 12,215 Product Exclusion Requests were posted, as of September 4, 2018 1597 Objections to Product Exclusion Requests were posted, as of September 4 … Continue reading Section 232 Product Exclusion Requests – By The Numbers →

Lighthizer Meets with EU, Japan Counterparts on Joint Activity on China, WTO

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

By Ryan Ong, National Association of Manufacturers On September 25, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USTR Robert Lighthizer met with his counterparts from the European Union (Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade) and Japan (Hiroshige Seko, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan). The three parties discussed a … Continue reading Lighthizer Meets with EU, Japan Counterparts on Joint Activity on China, WTO →

China Hits US Exports with $60b in Retaliatory Tariffs

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

by the National Association of Manufacturers Top Line: The Chinese government overnight responded directly to yesterday’s formal announcements from President Trump and USTR to impose 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports (List 3), announcing plans to impose its own retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. exports at either a … Continue reading China Hits US Exports with $60b in Retaliatory Tariffs →

Trump Imposes More Tariffs on China – List 3

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Yesterday evening, the President formally announced tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports starting one week from today on September 24.  The final version of List 3 retained the vast majority of tariff lines on the original proposed list, including 5,745 of the original 6,031 lines.  The US Trade Representative (USTR) removed just under … Continue reading Trump Imposes More Tariffs on China – List 3 →

Product Exclusion Request Process Now Includes Rebuttal

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

The Commerce Department (Commerce) released its Interim Final Rule (IFR) for submission of exclusion requests and objections in connection with the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum tariffs.  The IFR  was officially published in the Federal Register on September 11 and it went into effect that day.  The most significant change is that Commerce now allows … Continue reading Product Exclusion Request Process Now Includes Rebuttal →

What Do We Really Know about the State of NAFTA Negotiations?

Government Relations, Section 232, Trade and Tariffs

BY Janet Kopenhaver, AWPA Director of Government Relations FACTS – Timeline On August 31, the White House sent to Congress a formal notification of the Administration’s intention to sign a trade agreement, 90 days from now (by November 30th) with Mexico, and Canada “if it is willing.” Under Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) rules, the submission … Continue reading What Do We Really Know about the State of NAFTA Negotiations? →