"Luke Meisner, counsel for the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance, told the hearings that Canada and Mexico have become conduits for products from China, circumventing the hefty countervailing duties the U.S. imposed on Chinese-made cabinets and materials in 2020. "China didn't leave the U.S. market, it just changed the return address," Meisner said. "We closed the front door for China. Canada and Mexico became the side doors.""
"On Thursday, business leaders in Washington defended the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade (CUSMA) during the second day of high-stakes hearings. People testifying from all three countries have said the U.S. exiting CUSMA, as U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened, would be disastrous for North American economies. Over the past five years, Canada "dramatically increased" its imports of made-in-China cabinets and cabinet materials such as plywood, medium-density fibreboard (MDF) and moulding while at the same time boosting exports of finished cabinets to the U.S., Meisner said."
U.S. industries testified that Canadian and Mexican firms are exploiting CUSMA's preferential terms to channel products with significant Chinese content into the U.S., bypassing countervailing duties imposed on Chinese-made cabinets and materials in 2020. Sectors from steel producers to truck-parts suppliers and kitchen-cabinet makers raised concerns at Washington hearings about backdoor importation that undercuts U.S. companies. The American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance said Canada and Mexico became conduits for Chinese-made cabinets and materials, and that Canada dramatically increased imports of plywood, medium-density fibreboard and moulding while boosting finished cabinet exports to the U.S. Business leaders urged renewing CUSMA to protect North American trade.
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