The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 22 (some may also be given separate headlines):

Mexico’s Supreme Court should affirm a draft ruling that would reverse a ban on potato imports from the U.S., the National Potato Council said last week. The ban stems from a lower court ruling siding with a Mexican potato cartel that argued the government has no authority to allow the imports. The high court's draft ruling rejected that argument, saying the government “broadly has the authority to make such a determination” and “acted appropriately,” the NPC said. The Supreme Court is expected to make a final decision Feb. 24. U.S. potato access in Mexico has been one of the NPC’s “highest priorities” for over two decades, the group said. “We are hopeful the majority of justices will agree with this draft ruling and finally allow the Mexican government to live up to its global trade responsibilities,” Jared Balcom, the NPC’s vice president-trade affairs, said in a statement. Despite the trade restrictions, Mexico ranks as the second-largest market for fresh potato exports, the NPC said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 12 (some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 10 (some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 8 (some may also be given separate headlines):

The importance and size of the Mexico-U.S. trading relationship does not receive enough recognition in the U.S., Mexico's outgoing ambassador to the U.S., Martha Barcena, said Feb. 5 during an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mexico is the U.S.'s no. 1 trading partner, she said, and the economies are inexorably linked, with the automobile supply chain as just one example of it. One piece of a car will cross the border an average of seven times before final assembly, she said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 5 (some may also be given separate headlines):

Honduras set a 118,800 metric ton import quota for certain rice for 2021 in response to the impacts of hurricanes Eta and Iota on local rice production, according to a Jan. 29 U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report. The country began issuing import licenses last month, USDA said, and they will be valid until Dec. 31. USDA said U.S. rice exporters should contact their clients in Honduras to determine what volume of rice imports they have been allocated.

Argentina and Canada recently made antidumping and countervailing duty determinations on products from China, according to a Jan. 27 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Argentina ended its antidumping investigation on lawn mowers and weeders from China after finding a “lack of sufficient domestic industry support,” the HKTDC said. Canada determined that it will impose antidumping and countervailing duties on certain mainland Chinese decorative and other non‑structural plywood. Canada also began “re-investigations of the normal values and export prices” of certain carbon steel fasteners originating in or exported from China by Qifeng Precision Industry SCI‑TECH Corp. and Jiaxing-based Robertson Inc., the HKTDC said.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Feb. 3 (some may also be given separate headlines):