Trade Cases
September 29, 2017
Written by Sandy Williams
President Trump lifted the shipping restrictions on Puerto Rico on Thursday, at least temporarily waiving the Jones Act that prohibits non-U.S. flagged vessels from delivering shipments between two U.S. ports.
With the decision, relief supplies can be brought from the mainland to devastated Puerto Rico by foreign-owned vessels. The waiver is limited to 10 days.
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The Biden administration issued three decisions last week that raise the question whether international trade will be harder or easier when it comes to infrastructure and commercial manufacturing in the US.
Mexico has decided to implement import tariffs on a number of products, among them, steel.
The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) endorsed the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) panel report regarding the Section 232 duties against China on steel and aluminum. The report recognized the duties as “security measures,” rejecting China’s arguments against them.
The US Department of Commerce has published its preliminary findings in the antidumping (AD) trade case investigating tin mill products from China and Canada.