Canada's September 8 Origin Screen and the Section 301 Rate Test
Screen Canadian SKUs by tariff item and marking origin, but wait for the implementing order and CBSA instructions before final broker guidance. Keep current Section 301 duties as the base case while the litigation proceeds.
Good morning. Canada's September 8 counter-tariff list is ready for a SKU-level screen. The Section 301 forced-labor case separately puts USTR's rate justification in dispute, without changing current duties.
Canada listed 874 eight-digit tariff items at 15, 25, or 50 percent, effective September 8. A tariff-item match is only the first screen. U.S. marking origin must be tested separately, and the result should remain provisional until the implementing order and CBSA accounting instructions are available.
Read it in full: Canada's September 8 Tariffs: The U.S. Marking-Origin Test.
Plaintiffs' August 24 Rule 56.1 motion argues that USTR had to separately justify why the 10 percent and 12.5 percent rates can obtain elimination of the targeted practices. Keep current Section 301 duties in the live model while the court tests that argument.
Read it in full: Section 301 Forced-Labor Tariff Lawsuit Tests USTR's 10% and 12.5% Rates.