On October 27, 2020 President Trump issued Proclamation 10106 of October 27, 2020 Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States (published in the Federal Register on October 30, 2020), which modifies the terms of Proclamations 9704, 9893 and 10060 with respect to imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum products from Canada. In the Proclamation the President states that, as a result of talks with the Canadian government, imports of aluminum from Canada will no longer…
On October 29, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #44591106 – UPDATE: Section 232 on Imports of Aluminum Articles from Canada, reproduced below: Background On October 27, 2020 the President issued a Presidential Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States, reinstating Canada’s exclusion from additional 10 percent duties under Section 232 on certain non-alloyed unwrought aluminum articles. This Proclamation amends Presidential Proclamation 10060 of August 6, 2020. As a result, effective with respect to…
On October 22, 2020, Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notification of continuation of temporary travel restrictions at land ports of entry from October 22 until November 21, 2020. For purposes of the temporary alteration in certain designated ports of entry operations authorized under 19 U.S.C. 1318(b)(1)(C) and (b)(2), travel through the land ports of entry and…
On October 19, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register an invitation for applicants [Docket Number USTR-2020-0039] for a roster of individuals to serve on binational panels convened to review final determinations in antidumping or countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings and amendments to AD/CVD statutes of a USMCA Party. The United States annually renews its selections for the roster. The USTR invites applications from eligible individuals wishing to…
On October 16, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the issuance of an Order suspending the right to introduce certain persons into the United States from countries where a quarantinable communicable disease exists. This Order is based on the CDC Director’s determination that introduction of aliens, regardless of their country of origin, migrating through Canada and…
On October 5, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a technical correction to the HTSUS modifications that were made in the Annexes to Proclamation 10053 of June 29, 2020 (85 FR 39821), which implemented the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or Agreement). These corrections are contained in an Annex to the document and are retroactive to July 1, 2020: Annex Effective with respect to goods of USMCA countries…
On September 23, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue until October 21, 2020, to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in the document. In a separate notice published…
On September 15, 2020, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it was suspending the 10% additional duty on Canadian non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum retroactively to September 1, 2020 after consultations with the Canadian government. The US originally imposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel in 2018 under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 through Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018. Negotiations with Canada resulted in Proclamation 9893 of May 19, 2019 excluding…
On 9 September 2020, the Department for International Trade (DIT) announced that the UK has taken a major step in the process of joining CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership), one of the world’s largest and most dynamic free trade areas. The press release stated in part: International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, alongside the current chair of the CPTPP Commission, Mexican Economy Minister Graciela Márquez, opened discussions between senior UK trade officials and…
On August 21, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) to continue until September 21, 2020, to temporarily limit the travel of individuals from Canada into the United States at land ports of entry along the United States-Canada border. Such travel will be limited to “essential travel,” as further defined in the document. In a separate notice published…