Imposing Additional Duties To Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States With Respect to Alcoholic Beverages

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1. Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1338 ) (section 338) empowers the President to, among other things, impose duties on imports of a foreign country to offset the burden or disadvantage from a foreign country's discrimination against or unequal imposition on the commerce of the United States. 2. Canada, through discrimination or an unreasonable and unequal imposition, burdens U.S. commerce but not the commerce of other countries and disadvantages U.S. commerce compared to the commerce of other countries. Specifically, Canada unreasonably burdens and disadvantages U.S. alcoholic beverages but not alcoholic beverages of other countries.