Commerce continues antidumping and countervailing duty orders on standard steel welded wire mesh from Mexico

Commerce initiates changed circumstances review of heavy-walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Mexico

Commerce extends deadline to decide adequacy of AD/CVD petitions on railway tank cars from Mexico

Commerce's International Trade Administration extended the deadline for determining whether the antidumping and countervailing duty petitions on certain railway tank cars and parts thereof from Mexico are adequate. The notice does not state the new deadline or the petition case numbers.

United States resolves USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism matter at Amphenol Optimize in Nogales, Mexico

The United States announced the resolution of the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism matter at the Amphenol Optimize México, S.A. de C.V. facility in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, which manufactures automotive and aerospace connectors, cables and components, after the remediation plan addressing employer interference in union activity and retaliatory dismissals was implemented. The facility reinstated nine workers with full backpay and benefits, adopted a neutrality statement and guidelines on freedom of association and collective bargaining, and set up a worker complaint mechanism, while Mexico delivered training, monitored the facility and maintained anonymous reporting channels.

Commerce postpones preliminary determinations in countervailing duty investigations of linear hydraulic cylinders from China, India and Mexico

Commerce's International Trade Administration has postponed the preliminary determinations in its countervailing duty investigations of certain linear hydraulic cylinders and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China, India and Mexico. The notice does not state the new preliminary determination dates or any cash deposit rates.

USTR resolves USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism matter at Alimentos Grole in Sonora, Mexico

The U.S. Trade Representative announced the resolution of the USMCA facility-specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism matter at the Alimentos Grole, S.A. de C.V. facility in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico, after the course of remediation agreed with Mexico was implemented. The USTR has directed the Secretary of the Treasury to resume liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the facility. The remediation included reinstating nine dismissed workers with full backpay and benefits, disbanding the company-aligned internal labor committee, and facility access for the union SITIES.

USTR invokes USMCA Rapid Response Mechanism for review of workers' rights at Carolina Performance Fabrics in Mexico

USTR has invoked the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism and asked Mexico to review whether workers at Carolina Performance Fabrics, S.A. de C.V., a high-performance automotive textile plant in Guanajuato, are being denied freedom of association and collective bargaining. The Trade Representative directed the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the Carolina facility. Mexico has 10 days to agree to a review and 45 days from today to complete it. The action follows a September 10, 2026 RRM petition from a Mexican union affiliated with COCENA alleging interference in union activity, harassment, threats and unlawful dismissals.

USTR invokes USMCA Rapid Response Mechanism for review of alleged workers' rights denial at GLM Components Mexico

USTR has invoked the USMCA Rapid Response Labor Mechanism and asked Mexico to review whether workers at GLM Components Mexico, S.A. de C.V., an auto parts facility in Puebla, Mexico, are being denied freedom of association and collective bargaining. The action follows a September 8, 2026 RRM petition from the Sindicato Regeneración Nacional de Trabajadores y Empleados de la República Mexicana "Morenas" and an Interagency Labor Committee determination of sufficient, credible evidence. The Trade Representative has directed the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend liquidation of unliquidated entries of goods from the GLM Components facility.

CIT remands Commerce redeterminations on freight rail couplers from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's antidumping and countervailing redeterminations in the investigations of freight rail couplers from China, Court No. 23-00160 and Court No. 23-00161, in Slip Op. 26-122 dated October 8, 2026. The court found Commerce again failed to adequately explain its decision not to exclude attached freight rail couplers from the scope and did not reasonably address Wabtec's argument that attached couplers cannot cause cognizable injury. Commerce had continued to find on remand that attached couplers were properly included in the scope of the orders.

USITC institutes AD/CVD investigations on railway tank cars and parts from Mexico

The USITC has instituted preliminary-phase antidumping and countervailing duty investigations Nos. 701-TA-809 and 731-TA-1810 (Preliminary) into railway tank cars and parts thereof from Mexico, provided for in HTS subheading 8606.10.00, alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and alleged to be subsidized by the government of Mexico. The Commission must reach a preliminary determination by November 16, 2026, unless Commerce extends the time for initiation, and must transmit its views to Commerce by November 23, 2026. The institution date is September 30, 2026.

USTR announces U.S., Mexico and Argentina statement on forced labor in supply chains

USTR states that the Trade Ministers of the United States, Mexico and Argentina agreed to issue a statement on eliminating forced labor in global supply chains on the margins of the G20 Trade Ministerial. Ambassador Jamieson Greer said he applauds his colleagues from Mexico and Argentina and called on all countries to work toward eradicating forced labor from global supply chains. The announcement does not state any product, HTS code, rate or effective date.

Commerce amends LWRPT dumping margins from Mexico after CIT remand in Consol. Court No. 23-00091

Commerce is amending the final results of the 2020-2021 antidumping duty administrative review of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico, applicable September 24, 2026, after the CIT's September 14, 2026 final judgment in Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. and Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. and Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 23-00091, Slip Op. 26-111, sustained Commerce's second remand results and was not in harmony with the final results. The amended margins apply to Maquilacero/TEFLU, reviewed as a single collapsed entity, and to non-selected companies Perfiles L.M., S.A. de C.V. and Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.

USITC votes to continue investigations on linear hydraulic cylinders from Canada, China, India, Mexico and South Korea

The USITC determined on September 30, 2026 that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by imports of linear hydraulic cylinders from Canada, China, India, Mexico and South Korea that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of China, India and Mexico. The affirmative vote, in Inv. Nos. 701-TA-802-804 and 731-TA-1799-1803 (Preliminary), means Commerce will continue its investigations of these imports. The USITC's public report, USITC Publication 5800, will be available on the USITC website by November 16, 2026.

USITC determines revocation of AD/CVD orders on welded wire mesh from Mexico would likely injure U.S. industry

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined in five-year reviews that revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on standard steel welded wire mesh from Mexico would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. The reviews cover Investigation Nos. 701-TA-653 and 731-TA-1527 (Review), instituted March 2, 2026 (91 FR 10136), with expedited reviews decided June 5, 2026 (91 FR 39632, June 30, 2026). The Commission filed its determinations on September 21, 2026; the views are in USITC Publication 5791 (September 2026).

CIT sustains ITC remand results in freight rail couplers injury case

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the U.S. International Trade Commission's remand results in Wabtec Corp. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 23-00157, Slip Op. 26-110, upholding the Commission's determinations that appropriate circumstances do not exist to exclude Amsted from the domestic industry and that the domestic industry was materially injured by reason of freight rail couplers from China sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of China. The court rejected plaintiffs Wabtec and Strato's challenges to Commissioner Kearns's further analysis and to the affirmative material-injury determination.

CIT sustains Commerce's second remand redetermination in light-walled rectangular pipe and tube review from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's Second Remand Redetermination in the 2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico, in which Commerce replaced the Cohen's d test with a new price difference test after the CAFC's decision in Marmen III. The revised analysis produced weighted-average dumping margins of 10.67% for Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. and Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. and 6.06% for non-selected parties such as Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V., replacing the amended final results margins of 9.2% and 5.32%. The opinion is Slip Op. 26-111 in Consol. Court No. 23-00091, dated September 14, 2026.

Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

Certain Linear Hydraulic Cylinders and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China, India, and Mexico: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations

USITC schedules final phase of antidumping investigation on fresh winter strawberries from Mexico

The USITC gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1770 (Final) on fresh winter strawberries from Mexico, provided for in subheading 0810.10.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by Commerce to be sold in the United States at less-than-fair-value. The Commission will determine whether a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry is materially retarded, by reason of those imports. The notice lists August 21, 2026.

CBP final rule requires ACE electronic export manifest for rail cargo to Mexico and Canada

CBP published a final rule on August 26, 2026 requiring electronic transmission of export manifest data in ACE for cargo departing the United States by rail, including trains to Mexico and Canada. The rule identifies the parties eligible to transmit and the time frames before departure in which the information is due. It is effective October 26, 2026, and CBP will begin enforcing it on October 26, 2027.

CIT remands Commerce's final AD determination on corrosion-resistant steel from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's final affirmative antidumping duty determination on certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Mexico, covering the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 period of investigation, in Galvasid S.A. de C.V. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-80, Court Nos. 25-00235 and 26-00825. The court held that Galvasid's challenge, filed October 28, 2025, was timely under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(g)(3)(A)(i) because no binational panel review was requested, and dismissed the later complaint in Court No. 26-00825. Commerce had assigned Galvasid a 24.05% weighted-average dumping margin using partial facts available with an adverse inference, amended to 24.09% after a ministerial error correction.

CIT sustains Commerce anticircumvention finding on PC strand from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-56, denied Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the agency record and sustained in full Commerce's final affirmative anticircumvention determination on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Mexico, Court No. 24-00212. The inquiry, initiated July 31, 2023, covered high carbon steel wire from Mexico assembled or completed into PC strand in the United States during January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The court rejected Deacero's challenges to Commerce's production comparison methodology, its minor-or-insignificant processing analysis under section 781(a)(2), and its treatment of patterns of trade.