Tag: Customs
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With 132 billion dollars in invalidated IEEPA tariffs moving through CBP’s refund pipeline, a delayed third phase, 1.7 billion dollars stranded over missing bank details, and a government appeal threaten to slow the largest duty giveback in American history WASHINGTON, September 1, 2026: The largest customs refund operation ever attempted by the United States government…
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China and Switzerland conclude an upgraded free trade agreement scrapping tariffs on 99.8 percent of Swiss exports, a pact analysts read as Beijing’s pointed signal to a wary European Union BERN, Aug. 26: China and Switzerland have concluded negotiations to upgrade their twelve-year-old free trade agreement, a deal that will eventually eliminate tariffs on 99.8…
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Ottawa pulls seafood off its September 8 counter-tariff list within 24 hours of publishing it, then backfills the lost duty revenue with copper wire, charcoal and glass jars. The reversal is a case study in how retaliation lists get built, and how quickly they can break. OTTAWA, August 29, 2026. Two days after the Government…
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While the trade war with Washington dominates headlines, Canada has quietly opened a second front, imposing provisional anti-dumping and countervailing duties of up to 227.5 percent on decorative plywood from China and testing the durability of this year’s hard-won thaw with Beijing. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canadian importers of Chinese plywood woke up this week…
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With less than two weeks before Canada’s new counter-tariffs on US goods take effect, importers face a compliance scramble over origin rules, remission claims and in-transit shipments, and new government guidance issued this week answers some questions while raising others. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canadian importers have eleven days to prepare for the most consequential…
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In a single day, the Canada Border Services Agency finalizes anti-dumping findings on Chinese grinding media and slaps provisional duties of up to 227.5 percent on Chinese plywood, underscoring that Canada’s second trade front is very much open OTTAWA, August 24, 2026 While the country’s attention was fixed on the escalating tariff confrontation with Washington,…
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Australia withdraws dormant tariff concessions on eight product lines, lifting duties from zero to 5 percent and reminding importers that unused concessions have a shelf life SYDNEY, August 19, 2026 The Australian government on Tuesday published a gazette notice withdrawing import tariff concessions on eight categories of goods, lifting the applicable customs duty from zero…
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Washington postpones 50 per cent Section 338 duties on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian goods until the end of day August 21 as President Trump declares a deal is done. Ottawa is more guarded, warning that “important work” remains before anything is signed. OTTAWA, August 19, 2026 Canadian exporters woke up on Wednesday to a…
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More than $121 billion in claims and roughly $100 billion paid out, yet the small importers who absorbed the cost of the invalidated IEEPA tariffs say the money is landing everywhere except with them. A refund program built for importers of record is now colliding with class actions, congressional bills and the midterm campaign. WASHINGTON,…