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On August 27, Canada announced that, effective September 1, 2025, U.S. goods certified as CUSMA (USMCA) qualifying will be exempt from the country’s 25% retaliatory tariffs. This decision follows a similar exemption...more
Effective September 1, 2025, Canada will remove its 25% retaliatory tariffs on United States goods that qualify as originating under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), as announced by Prime Minister Mark...more
The U.S. has put 35% tariffs on Canadian products entering the US market, including Canadian lumber. It does beg the question, how much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood....more
From a Mexican resident’s perspective, who is also involved in international trade, it appears that since the Trump administration took office, the global economic scenario has been altered by an escalating trade war,...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump promulgated Executive Order 14257, which implemented the “reciprocal tariff” program, designed to bolster domestic manufacturing and address trade imbalances with U.S. trading partners. These...more
Last week, the Trump administration sent letters to some of the country’s largest trading partners threatening to impose new tariff rates unless agreements were reached before Aug. 1. While the rates for each country vary,...more
The news of trade negotiations – those that have succeeded and those that are faltering – continues to come in as we are a week away from the country-specific reciprocal tariffs coming into effect. Today, President Trump...more
Both the House and Senate are in session this week, with the upper chamber scheduled to begin a vote-a-rama on amendments to the reconciliation bill on Monday morning. During the vote-a-rama, senators may offer unlimited...more
We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, in the context of the changing global trade situation, and will continue to update the following as required. This post updates the situation to include (i) the U.S....more
As of June 19, 2025, U.S. import tariffs vary widely depending on the product and country of origin. Goods from China face layered duties, including Section 301 tariffs ranging from 7.5% to 100% (with electric vehicles hit...more
Provided below is a status update and summary of tariffs that have been implemented since February 1, 2025, and its impacts on imports from multiple countries. IEEPA Tariffs - IEEPA tariffs were announced on February 1,...more
We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, in the context of the changing global trade situation, and will continue to update the following as required. This post updates the situation to include (i) the Government...more
For many reasons, companies in the U.S. have recently invested significantly in “nearshoring,” relocating supply chains to Mexico and Canada. In April, as part of the FBT Connect™ Manufacturing program hosted by Frost Brown...more
Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre de l’Énergie et des Mines de l’Ontario a publié une lettre (la « lettre du ministre ») demandant notamment à la Commission de l’énergie de l’Ontario et à la Société indépendante d’exploitation du...more
Le 2 avril 2025, le président Trump a signé un décret imposant des tarifs douaniers « réciproques » sur les importations aux États-Unis (disponible en anglais seulement); ce décret établit des tarifs douaniers de base de 10 %...more
The Government of Ontario has issued the Procurement Restriction Policy (the “Policy”) which aims to restrict U.S. businesses from accessing public sector procurements in Ontario, including public procurements administered by...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump signed executive order Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff, establishing a 10% baseline tariff on most worldwide imports to the United States and higher tariffs on approximately 60...more
In fewer than three months, the Trump administration has upended decades of US trade policy and practice in the wake of the administration’s America First Trade Policy articulated in the January 20, 2025, Presidential...more
Key Takeaways - President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on all the “reciprocal” tariffs, with the exception of China, which will see tariffs increased to 125%. The president said he also expects Beijing to reach an...more
Contexte Le 4 avril 2025, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a publié une Politique de restriction en matière d’approvisionnement (la « Politique ») en vertu de la Loi sur le Conseil de gestion du gouvernement et de la Loi de 2010...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump walked back his April 2, 2025 announcement of increased global tariffs (see our client alert here). Under the April 9 Executive Order, the country-specific tariffs — except those on the...more
While the country- and region-specific tariffs went into effect as of midnight, a post on Truth Social by President Donald Trump indicates some immediate changes to tariffs on imports from China and country-specific...more
On April 8, 2025, the Ontario Minister of Energy and Mines issued a letter to the Ontario Energy Board and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) requesting they apply the provincial government’s Procurement...more