NAFTA Watch: Canada’s Metals MAD May Allow A Final, Final, Final Deadline — Panjiva
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NAFTA Watch: Canada’s Metals MAD May Allow A Final, Final, Final Deadline

Canada 530 Materials - Metals/Mining 796 Metals - Aluminum 271 Metals - Steel 544 Tariffs 1870 U.S. 5404

Canadian steel and aluminum exporters may be granted another extension to talks to secure an exemption from America’s section 232 duties. That may be necessary given the risk that NAFTA negotiations stretch beyond the June 1 final deadline for such an exemption, which itself was stretched from the prior May 1 final deadline. Exporters appear to be preparing for duties though, with a 10.9% surge in shipments to the U.S. from Canada in 1Q sequentially. That resulted in a new record since at least 2009 in March. Yet, there is a degree of mutually assured destruction if Canada retaliates ...

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