Last week, the European Commission published a report on trade defence instruments – anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and safeguards – during 2025, including both Commission investigations against imports from other countries and the trade remedy actions of other governments against EU exports.

Trade remedy actions that impose tariffs on solar products with a connection to China are continuing, as the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) announced final duties on imports from three Asian countries last week, with some of those products allegedly benefitting from Chinese subsidies.

The Canadian agency investigating whether imports of frozen and canned vegetables have injured the domestic industry has issued its determinations and recommendations, paving the way for a final government decision on import restrictions.

Australia's Productivity Commission has issued an interim report in a safeguard investigation on imports of fabricated structural steel, concluding that the increase in imports was not high enough to justify trade restrictions.

Two safeguards cases affecting Chinese imports and one case involving Chinese safeguard restrictions were discussed at a recent WTO meeting.

Pursuant to a safeguards investigation, the Trump administration has announced a tariff-rate quota on imports of quartz products, with products transshipped from China a key target.

Canada is moving forward with a provisional safeguards tariff on wood cabinets and vanities. The tariff will not become final until an injury investigation on a broader set of wood products is completed though.