Investigaciones de Panjiva

USMCA Watch: Relief for Swift and Tyson as Steel No Longer Presses Pork

May 20, 2019

The U.S. government has agreed to remove tariffs on steel and aluminum exports from Canada and Mexico, who in turn will remove their retaliatory duties. While removing one hurdle to ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement there are still concerns in the U.S. House of Representatives r... Read more →

USMCA Watch: Closure Not Close as Mexico’s Steel, Aluminum Exports Plummet

May 8, 2019

Steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Mexican exports are now the main sticking point in ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Mexico’s Undersecretary for North America Jesús Seade has stated “there cannot be a close” of USMCA implementation without re... Read more →

USMCA Watch: Grassley Draws a Steel Rule for Ratification That May Break The Deal

April 29, 2019

Senator Chuck Grassley has indicated that ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement through Congress “is dead” if section 232 duties on imports of steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico are not removed. Grassley’s concern appears centered on the impact of retaliator... Read more →

Scrap Supply Chain Set For Another Shakeup as China Reviews Rules

April 24, 2019

The Chinese government may soon impose additional restrictions on imports of scrap metals from the U.S., That comes as wider trade negotiations are supposed to be wrapping up. U.S. exports of scrap metals, plastics and paper to China have fallen 40.4% year over year in the 12 months to Feb. 28... Read more →

Tariff Quote Watch: Alcoa Worries About Quotas, Industry Concerns About Tariffs Wane

April 23, 2019

Corporate supply chains are steadily evolving as a response to uncertain government trade policies. Panjiva’s analysis of company transcripts since the start of April show that 125 of 617 companies, or 20.3%, have discussed trade policies including tariffs and Brexit. That’s down f... Read more →

USMCA Watch: Tangible Gains May Be Beaten by Tariff Politics

April 18, 2019

The U.S. ITC is scheduled to report on Apr. 19 as to the economic benefits of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement versus existing trade arrangements. The IMF has previously identified a net benefit from the new deal, but with reduced trade in some sectors. The analysis comes as trilateral trade b... Read more →

USMCA Watch: Mexican Metals Demand May Become Another Ratification Hurdle

April 16, 2019

Mexico’s Economy Secretary, Graciela Marquez Colin, has formally requested an exemption from U.S. section 232 duties on steel and aluminum. That could be a sign that the tariffs are becoming a sticking point for Mexican ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement alongside the need to imp... Read more →

Canada’s Solid Growth Belies U.S., China Trade Relations Issues

March 28, 2019

Canada’s international trade growth reached 5.8% year over year in January, led by an 8.1% surge in imports that outpaced a 3.1% rise in exports. Trade with the U.S. was much slower though with an increase of just 1.5% including a third straight drop in exports. That won’t help the passage of ... Read more →

USMCA Watch: Union Against Ratification as Canadian Steel Heads to Mexico

March 25, 2019

Canada’s United Steelworkers’ union has called on the government to reject the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) until U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum have been removed. If anything Canada has been “winning” the steel and aluminum trade war. U.S. imports from Canada fell $507... Read more →

Trump’s $19.9B Tariff Haul Could Be Dwarfed By Extra China, Autos Duties

March 25, 2019

The U.S. Treasury Department collected $5.1 billion of customs duties in February, up 89.8% compared to a year earlier. The increase came as a result of tariffs applied since last January on washing machines, solar panels, steel, aluminum and around $250 billion of Chinese exports. As a result... Read more →

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