Commerce Department, International Trade Administration Briefing 2025-11-19
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1. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. Estructurales, S.A. de C.V. with the United States Section of the USMCA Secretariat, pursuant to USMCA Article 10.12. Panel Review was requested of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Final Results in the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-MEX-2025-10.12-01 to this request. The Request for Panel Review was timely filed on October 2, 2025. Due to a lapse in appropriations for the U.S. federal government, the United States Section of the USMCA Secretariat was closed from October 1, 2025, through November 12, 2025. Thus, the Request for Panel Review was docketed on November 13, 2025, upon the office resuming operations; as such, November 13, 2025, shall be considered the start date for the dispute. The dispute timeline has been determined based on this date.
2. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The USA-CDA-2020-10.12-02 Panel has granted a joint motion for voluntary dismissal filed on behalf of: The Government of Canada; Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd. (collectively, “Canfor”); Resolute FP Canada Inc. and affiliates (“Resolute”); West Fraser Mills Ltd.; and the Ontario Forest Industries Association (“OFIA”), the Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (“CIFQ”), and the individual members of OFIA and CIFQ (collectively, the “Canadian Parties”). The motion requested the termination of panel review in the Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2017-2018 (Softwood Lumber AD AR) dispute. Given the Panel’s ruling on this motion, and pursuant to Rule 75(1) of the USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 10.12 Binational Panel Reviews (Rules), the Softwood Lumber from Canada AD AR dispute has been dismissed. As a result, and in accordance with Rules 81(a) and 82(b), notice is hereby given that panel review of the Softwood Lumber from Canada AD AR dispute has been completed effective October 30, 2025.
3. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12: Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The USA-CDA-2021-10.12-04 Panel has granted a joint motion for voluntary dismissal filed on behalf of: The Government of Canada; the Governments of Ontario and Québec; the British Columbia Lumber Trade Council; Resolute FP Canada Inc. and affiliates; the Ontario Forest Industries Association, the Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec, and individual members of each; Canfor Corporation, Canadian Forest Products, Ltd., and Canfor Wood Products Marketing, Ltd.; Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd., Tolko Industries Ltd., and Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd.; and West Fraser Mills Ltd.; the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations; and Sierra Pacific Industries, including its subsidiary Seneca Sawmill Company. The motion requested the termination of panel review in the Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019 (Softwood Lumber AD AR2) dispute. Given the Panel’s ruling on this motion, and pursuant to Rule 75(1) of the USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 10.12 Binational Panel Reviews (Rules), the Softwood Lumber from Canada AD AR2 dispute has been dismissed. As a result, and in accordance with Rules 81(a) and 82(b), notice is hereby given that panel review of the Softwood Lumber from Canada AD AR2 dispute has been completed effective October 23, 2025.
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