The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Jan. 31 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

President Donald Trump, in a signing ceremony Jan. 29, said he would be ending the devastation that NAFTA brought and said that its replacement will strengthen what he called the country's blue-collar boom, “delivering massive gains for the loyal citizens of our nation.” Democrats, who were not invited to the White House ceremony, during their own press conferences ahead of the signing, emphasized how much they'd changed what the president submitted to them, by strengthening labor enforcement and environmental provisions, and removing patent protections for certain kinds of prescription drugs.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, as he talked about attending the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement signing ceremony, acknowledged that there are a number of steps before the NAFTA replacement can come into force. He said on a Jan. 28 phone call with reporters that he thinks Canada will ratify “probably within the next 30 days,” but then all parties will have to show how they “will be able to carry out their USMCA obligations so that this can enter into force.” Here at home, uniform regulations for the new rules of origin have to be promulgated before the U.S. can certify it's ready for USMCA. Still, Grassley said, Trump will be running his re-election campaign on replacing NAFTA. “I'm glad he can say that, and I'm willing to say it for him, too,” he said. “He likes to brag, and this is legitimately something to brag about.”

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Jan. 27 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Brazil recently imposed tariff rate quotas on a range of imports to increase domestic market supply, according to a Jan. 24 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The changes will allow aluminum imports to continue to benefit from duty-free treatment through June 30, while certain paper imports will benefit from a reduced 2 percent duty through June 30. Other goods include chromium sulphate, p-Xilene, rutile pigments, polyamide-6, sardines, sodium hydroxide and disodium sulphate.

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Jan. 24 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Jan. 22 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices as of Jan. 17 (note that some may also be given separate headlines):

Canada’s tariff rate quota for barley products will be filled on Jan. 30, the Canada Border Services Agency said in an emailed alert. “Consequently, January 30, 2020 (at 11:59 pm local time) will be the cut-off date for accounting for imports of all barley products classified under a ’within access commitment’ tariff item number,” CBSA said. “All imports of barley products accounted for after the cut-off date and time will be classified at the ‘over access commitment’ tariff item number, even if they were imported, (or imported and released), before the quota has been filled,” it said. Even after the general TRQ limit is reached, some barley products that qualify for trade agreements with the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica or the European Union “will continue to be assessed at the ‘within access’ lower rate of duty,” CBSA said.

The Canada Border Services Agency updated the departmental consolidation of the customs tariff, it said in a Jan. 15 notice. “Effective January 10, 2020, Section Note XI of the Customs Tariff has been updated to give effect to Article 317 of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Short Supply Notes,” it said.