[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 169 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16975]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12:
Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review
AGENCY: United States Section, USMCA Secretariat, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of USMCA Requests for Panel Review.
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SUMMARY: Two Requests for Panel Review were filed in the matter of
Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of
Administrative Review, and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2023
with the U.S. Section of the USMCA Secretariat on August 28, 2025. The
first Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Resolute FP
Canada Inc., the Conseil de l'industrie foresti[egrave]re du Quebec,
the Ontario Forest Industries Association, and each association's
respective individual members (collectively Central Canada) as well as
Plaster Rock Lumber Corporation and CHAP Alliance, Inc. The second was
filed by The Government of Canada, the Governments of Alberta, British
Columbia, Ontario, and Qu[eacute]bec; Alberta Softwood Lumber Trade
Council, British Columbia Lumber Trade Council; Canfor Corporation,
Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Canfor Wood Products Marketing Ltd.,
Canfor Fox Creek Ltd., Canfor Whitecourt Ltd., Interfor Corporation,
Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd., EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur
Forest Products Inc., Chaleur Forest Products LP, J.D. Irving, Limited,
Tolko Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko Industries Ltd., Gilbert Smith
Forest Products Ltd., and West Fraser Mills Ltd. The USMCA Secretariat
has assigned case number USA-CDA-2025-10.12-02 to this request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vidya Desai, United States Secretary,
USMCA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, 202-482-5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final results of the investigation under
review were determined by the United States Department of Commerce and
were published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2025 (90 FR 35,666).
Article 10.12 of Chapter 10 of USMCA provides a dispute settlement
mechanism involving trade remedy determinations issued by the
Government of the United States, the Government of Canada, and the
Government of Mexico. Following a Request for Panel Review, a
Binational Panel is composed to review the trade remedy determination
being challenged and issue a binding Panel Decision. There are
established USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 10.12 (Binational
Panel Reviews), which were adopted by the three governments for panels
requested pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of USMCA which requires Requests
for Panel Review to be published in accordance with Rule 40. For the
complete Rules, please see https://can-mex-usa-sec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/article-article-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may challenge the final
determination in whole or in part by filing a Complaint in accordance
with Rule 44 no later than 30 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is
September 29, 2025);
(b) A Party, an investigating authority or other interested person
who does not file a Complaint but who intends to participate in the
panel review shall file a Notice of Appearance in accordance with Rule
45 no later than 45 days after the filing of the first Request for
Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is October
14, 2025);
(c) The panel review will be limited to the allegations of error of
fact or law, including challenges to the jurisdiction of the
investigating authority, that are set out in the Complaints filed in
the panel review and to the procedural and substantive defenses raised
in the panel review.
Dated: September 2, 2025.
Vidya Desai,
United States Secretary, USMCA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2025-16975 Filed 9-3-25; 8:45 am]
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