Tag: Countervailing Duties
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American negotiators are refusing to lower softwood lumber duties that now sit near 45 percent, sources say, turning Canada’s oldest trade grievance into the loudest political fight of the final hours before Wednesday’s tariff deadline. VANCOUVER, August 18, 2026 As Canadian and American negotiators race toward Wednesday’s 50 percent tariff deadline, one file has emerged…
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Commerce and the International Trade Commission published more than fifteen antidumping, countervailing duty and Section 337 actions in three days, touching Chinese aluminum extrusions, Malaysian mattresses, Spanish olives, Indian fluoropolymers and Turkish stainless pipe. The traditional trade remedy system is running at full capacity beneath the headline tariffs. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2026 While Washington’s attention…
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A Quebec remanufacturer is pulled back inside the softwood countervailing duty order after a seven year court fight, and the ruling carries a warning for every Canadian lumber trading company WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 A Quebec lumber remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the United States countervailing duty order on Canadian softwood lumber has been…
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A holiday weekend burst of Special Import Measures Act activity at the border agency and the trade tribunal shows Canada’s trade remedy machinery running at full throttle, with Chinese and Vietnamese goods bearing most of the load OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 While Ottawa’s political attention stayed fixed on the August 19 deadline for new American…
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A temporary 10 per cent U.S. import tariff is set to lapse on July 24, but Canadian softwood still carries an effective burden near 35 per cent as the CUSMA review drifts and a December deadline looms. By the Canada Trade Desk | OTTAWA, July 18, 2026 A deadline that changes less than it seems…
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A temporary United States surcharge is set to lapse on July 24 and a long-delayed duty cut still sits unsigned, leaving Canadian softwood producers facing another week of tariff limbo and combined levies near 45 percent at the border. OTTAWA, July 20, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers are heading into a pivotal week with more…
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Quebec rolls out a fresh loan program for softwood producers as Canadian mills brace for a U.S. duty ruling due within weeks, the Section 232 tariff bites, and Ottawa presses Washington for a truce that may hinge on quotas. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk | Filed July 14, 2026 OTTAWA, July 14,…
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Commerce finds Chinese paper plate makers routed production through Cambodia and Malaysia to evade duties of up to 515.40 percent, orders cash deposits reaching back to August 2025 and puts a fast-growing transshipment playbook on notice. By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 13, 2026 The United States has slammed shut one…
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Answer Capsule Countervailing duties (CVDs) counteract subsidies granted by exporting countries. The EU Commission and UK Trade Remedies Authority investigate subsidized imports of products like steel, solar panels, and biodiesel, imposing additional tariffs based on injury and causal link tests. Importers face provisional and definitive duty measures that increase costs significantly. Strategic responses include exemption…