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The federal government says small and medium-sized businesses want Canada to use the review of the continental trade pact to push the Trump administration to restore the rule that lets low-value goods enter the U.S. duty free—or for a carve-out for packages sent within North America. (The Logic)
Talking point: It was one recommendation among many the government heard during consultations on the upcoming review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Businesses also called for consistency at the border. “Even minor variations in documentation standards across ports of entry or variances in how brokers and couriers apply tariff and origin rules can erase profit margins and deter U.S. customers,” said Friday’s report. The U.S. de minimis threshold was at US$800 before the U.S. suspended it last summer. Canada raised its own duty-free threshold for courier shipments from $20 to $150 for the U.S. and Mexico in 2020—a concession it made during the original USMCA talks.
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