A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit this week rejected a challenge of the national security-based statute President Trump has utilized to impose restrictions on steel imports.
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“Considering Brazil’s multiple failed attempts to uphold equivalent food safety standards, we believe a complete verification process of certified Brazilian facilities may be warranted.”
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Public stockholding has long been a critical sticking point in the WTO’s agricultural negotiations.
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“The Agreement’s economic impact on the Canadian economy is positive when compared to the effects of a scenario under which the United States withdraws from NAFTA”
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President Trump this week decided not to impose Section 232 duties on titanium sponge imports despite the Commerce Department’s determination that they threaten national security.
The lack of a functioning Appellate Body led to the suspension of a World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body meeting on Friday, as the Philippines seeks the right to retaliate against Thailand while the latter appeals -- the type of scenario many said was inevitable given the paralysis of the body.
European Parliament members this week met with U.S. trade officials and stakeholders seeking answers about whether the U.S. planned to raise its bound tariffs at the World Trade Organization or withdraw from the WTO Government Procurement Agreement, and they said on Thursday they were reassured but not convinced the U.S. would refrain from either move.
World Trade Organization members this week discussed agricultural outcomes that might be achieved by the June ministerial, with most members believing a deal on transparency is within reach, according to a Geneva trade official, while solutions on market access and a special safeguard mechanism are seen as unrealistic.
Congress should exercise its “power of the purse” to force the Commerce Department to release its Section 232 report on auto imports and compel testimony from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative if necessary, Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) said this week.
NAFTA
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The Canadian government plans to add several transparency requirements to its trade negotiation process in exchange for support from the left-leaning New Democratic Party for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to Canadian officials.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has pledged to renegotiate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement if elected president, but congressional Democrats who participated in the renegotiation of NAFTA say they have little appetite for a second revamp of the deal.
China
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Customs and Border Protection is “discriminating” against U.S. importers using foreign-trade zones by not applying a cut in Section 301 tariffs on some Chinese-made goods, according to National Association of Foreign Trade Zones President Erik Autor.
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The Commerce Department on Monday announced final affirmative antidumping and countervailing duty determinations in an unusually large case involving imported kitchen cabinets from China that has drawn the attention of Capitol Hill.
World Trade Organization
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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is skeptical of the benefits afforded to U.S. entities under the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement, Inside U.S. Trade has learned, and backs a plan to leave it.
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The chair of the World Trade Organization negotiations on how to curb harmful fishing subsidies is aiming to present members with a consolidated negotiating text next month, ahead of next ministerial in June.
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