The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of July 21 (some may also be given separate headlines):
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
The government of Canada recently issued the following trade-related notices as of July 10 (some may also be given separate headlines):
China was the primary driver of global aluminum production and consumption growth from 2011 to 2015, accounting for more than half of the world’s production and consumption of primary unwrought and wrought aluminum, according to an International Trade Commission report on U.S. competitiveness in the global aluminum industry released July 7 (here). During that period, China strengthened its position as the world’s leading exporter of wrought aluminum, followed by Germany and the U.S., but export restraints limited China’s exports of unwrought aluminum. Russia, Canada, Norway and Australia continued as the world’s leading exporters of unwrought aluminum throughout the five years.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Russia (A-821-809) (here). Commerce assigned an AD rate of 184.56% to the only company under review, Severstal PAO and its affiliate Severstal Export. Commerce will assess AD duties at this rate on subject merchandise from Severstal entered Dec. 19, 2014, through Nov. 30, 2015. A 184.56% AD duty cash deposit rate for Severstal takes effect July 7.
The World Trade Organization recently posted the following notices:
Chinese exports of downstream aluminum products, many of which are used in U.S. military and critical infrastructure applications, have eaten into other companies' market share, and the Trump administration should assess tariffs on all aluminum products in Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Chapter 76, Economic Policy Institute senior economist Robert Scott told Trump administration officials June 22. During a Commerce Department hearing on the administration’s ongoing review of the national security impacts of aluminum imports and potential responses, Scott recommended that the administration exempt Canadian imports from any trade restraints, and said (here) U.S. and Canadian aluminum could supply virtually the entire U.S. market if necessary. He said trade relief should be “predicated on adjusting for China’s attempt to capture control of the entire value chain” through “massive production subsidies and an export tax on primary aluminum designed to channel cheap inputs into manufacturing downstream aluminum products.”
The Senate on June 15 passed a bill that would expand Iran and Russia sanctions. The legislation now goes to the House for consideration. Specifically, S. 722, the Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017, would expand sanctions on Iran for ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, transfers of conventional weapons, and human rights violations, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in a statement (here). The bill would also expand Russia sanctions responding to the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Crimea, Russia’s cyber-attacks and interference in elections, and its continuing aggression in Syria.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
President Donald Trump could announce the tightening of some commercial and travel restrictions with Cuba during a trip to Miami on June 14, the Miami Herald reported (here). A congressional staffer closely focused on Cuba matters said he believes Trump will follow through with such an announcement, which is likely to make use of advice from Cuba hard-liners Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. The announcement may result in the rollback of some regulatory liberalization of U.S.-Cuba relations shepherded through the final years of the Obama administration. The White House didn't comment.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 26, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.