Worldwide: Export Controls & Trade & Investment Sanctions

Canada's steel surtax regime offers remission opportunities through automatic relief under specific Remission Orders and general remission applications, but navigating these complex processes requires careful attention to eligibility criteria and compliance requirements.

President Trump has invoked a rarely used 1930 tariff statute to impose sweeping 50% duties on over 550 categories of Canadian goods, targeting sectors from motor vehicles and dairy to alcoholic beverages, cement, and consumer products. The tariffs take effect August 19, 2026, and apply regardless of CUSMA/USMCA preferential origin status, marking an unprecedented escalation in U.S.-Canada trade relations. Will this aggressive use of Section 338 authority withstand legal challenges, and how should Canadian

The United States Trade Representative has concluded that Canada's enforcement of its forced labour import prohibition is deficient, grouping it with five other economies that have laws in place but fail to effectively enforce them.