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Topics: Mexico Issues AD Duty Order on Micro-Wire for Welding; Mexico Renews AD Duty Order on Coaxial Cable; Argentina Terminates AD Probe of Ceramic Sanitary Ware; Brazil Begins Sunset Reviews on Garlic, Certain Steel Products; Canada Considers Sunset Review of AD/CV Duty Orders on Copper Tube. More

A provision included in a relatively obscure chapter of the recently unveiled United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) could potentially hinder an eventual FTA between mainland China and Canada and/or Mexico. The clause reflects the continued fixation of the Trump administration with mainland China, which observers believe could become even more pointed in the weeks ahead now that the NAFTA modernisation negotiations have been successfully concluded. More

Following weeks of intense bi-lateral negotiations, the U.S. and Canada struck a deal 30 September on a new, modernised tri-lateral trade agreement to replace the NAFTA more than a month after the U.S. reached a separate deal with Mexico. The North American free trade area will remain essentially intact under the new deal although it will be more difficult for a number of products to qualify for duty-free treatment. More

Topics: Mexico Begins Anti-Circumvention Review of AD Duty Order on Ammonium Sulphate; Canada Considers Sunset Review of AD/CV Duty Orders on Thermoelectric Containers; Canada Begins Scope Reviews of AD/CV Duty Orders on Fabricated Steel Components; Mexico Issues List of AD duty Orders Scheduled to Expire in Coming Months; Argentina Announces Scheduled Expiration of AD Duty Orders on Two Products; More