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Trade News
Counter-Tariffs In Force: Customs Notice 26-23 Sets Out the New U.S. Surtax Order, and the Steel and Aluminum Surtax Doubles to 50% (Sep 8, 2026)
Canada’s counter-tariffs on U.S. goods took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. Two orders in council made on September 4 give them legal form: the United States Surtax Order (2026) (P.C. 2026-0785), which imposes new surtaxes of 15%,… READ MORE
Regulatory Roundup: UK Joins CPTPP With New Tariff Code 35, Fuel Excise Suspension Extended to 2027, China EV Quota Set, and Three September Deadlines (Sep 4, 2026)
Away from the tariff dispute with the United States, the first week of September delivered a new tariff treatment for goods from the United Kingdom, an extension of the federal fuel excise suspension, the second-period quota for electric vehicles from… READ MORE
Trade Remedy Roundup: Provisional Duties on Steel Racks, New Investigations into Paperboard Cups and Truck Tires, No Injury Found on Austrian Casing (Sep 3, 2026)
Late August and the first days of September brought a full slate of Special Import Measures Act activity: one set of provisional duties, two new investigations, two expiry reviews and a Tribunal finding of no injury. Here is what each… READ MORE
Provisional Duties of Up to 227.5% on Decorative Plywood from China, Final Margins on Forged Grinding Media, and New Values for Upholstered Seating Exporters (Aug 27, 2026)
The CBSA issued two significant Special Import Measures Act decisions on August 24, 2026, one at each end of the process: preliminary determinations that put provisional duties on decorative plywood from China, and final determinations that fix the dumping and… READ MORE
Canada Announces Counter-Tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on $27.6 Billion of U.S. Goods From September 8, Steel and Aluminum to 50%, and a $7.5 Billion Support Package (Aug 26, 2026)
The Department of Finance Canada has published the list of U.S. products that will be subject to counter-tariffs from 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. The measures respond to the U.S. decision to impose a 50% Section 338 tariff on… READ MORE
U.S. Section 338 Duties on Canadian Goods Take Effect August 22 After a Three-Day Suspension and the End of Trade Talks (Aug 22, 2026)
The 50% additional duties that the United States imposed on certain Canadian goods under section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 came into force at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on Saturday, August 22, 2026. They had been scheduled for… READ MORE
CBSA Operational Notices: Quebec Sufferance Warehouses Close, TRQ Goods in Bonded Warehouses, Aluminum Smelt-and-Cast Reporting, and Remote Border Permits (Aug 21, 2026)
A run of operational items from the Canada Border Services Agency in August affects highway carriers in the Eastern Townships, importers holding tariff-rate-quota goods in bond, EDI filers of aluminum declarations, anyone filing mass adjustments in CARM, and travellers who… READ MORE
Trade Remedy Roundup: Final Dumping Determination on Austrian Well Casing, Grinding Media Expiry Review, and Updated Values for Power Transformers (Aug 14, 2026)
Three Special Import Measures Act developments in the first half of August: a final determination of dumping on oil and gas well casing from Austria, the start of an expiry review of the 2021 finding on grinding media from India,… READ MORE
Latest NGBlogs
Canada’s New Counter-Tariffs Are Here: A Plain-Language Guide to the United States Surtax Order (2026)
If you import anything from the United States, September 8 changed your costs, and not in a small way. At 12:01 a.m. that morning, Canada’s new counter-tariffs came into force under the United States Surtax Order (2026). This is not a tweak to the steel and aluminum surtax that has been…
Canada’s Surtax on U.S. Steel and Aluminum Doubles to 50%: What Changed on September 8 and What Importers Should Do Now
Since March 13, 2025, steel and aluminum goods originating in the United States have carried a 25% surtax on entry into Canada under the United States Surtax Order (Steel and Aluminum 2025), Canada’s response to the U.S. Section 232 tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. For eighteen months…
CARM Part 2: Client Portal Onboarding Guide
(This is part 2 of our discussion of the CBSA's new CARM program. To see previous entries in the series, start here.) Every company that...
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