On March 6, 2025, following discussions with the heads of major U.S. automakers, the White House announced a one-month suspension of the IEEPA tariffs on Mexico and Canada for certain USMCA-originating automotive sector products. The White House subsequently expanded that temporary suspension to all products from Canada and Mexico that satisfy USMCA’s “origination” requirements. Products that qualify for exemption from “ordinary” customs duties under USMCA’s terms and requirements will now be exempt from the IEEPA tariffs for one month, to facilitate supply chain adjustments and onshoring of manufacturing operations.  See below for language that is a direct quotation from the White House Fact Sheet:

  • Duties imposed to address the flow of illicit drugs across our borders are now:
    • 25% tariffs on goods that do not satisfy U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) rules of origin.
    • A lower 10% tariff on those energy products imported from Canada that fall outside the USMCA preference.
    • A lower 10% tariff on any potash imported from Canada and Mexico that falls outside the USMCA preference.
    • No tariffs on those goods from Canada and Mexico that claim and qualify for USMCA preference.

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Dan Cannistra is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on legislative, executive and regulatory representation of domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of international trade matters. Dan has represented domestic and foreign companies in over 75

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Dan Cannistra is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on legislative, executive and regulatory representation of domestic and international clients on a broad spectrum of international trade matters. Dan has represented domestic and foreign companies in over 75 U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty cases before the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission under the Tariff Act of 1930. Many of these matters involved appeals to the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, binational panels under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and dispute settlement proceedings before the World Trade Organization (WTO). Dan has also represented clients in antidumping proceedings in the European Union, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, India, Thailand, Singapore, Guatemala and Taiwan.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Dan was a director in a national accounting firm providing customs and international trade guidance to multinational clients related to the supply and distribution of goods and services across international borders. Areas of specialization included antidumping and countervailing duties and policy, trade remedies and litigation, free trade agreements and negotiations, classification and valuation, and international trade and development.

Dan’s government appointments include service to U.S. Trade Representative on the roster of international trade practitioners to resolve antidumping disputes involving NAFTA members. For the European Commission, Dan provided advice and training on international trade and antidumping methodology and practice. In addition, Dan has served as an international trade consultant to the governments of Guatemala and Singapore, providing technical advice to these governments on the application of international trade regulations consistent with international law and World Trade Organization agreements and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Agreement on Antidumping.

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