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On December 9, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published an interim final rule updating its regulations pertaining to the procedures and rules related to Article 1904 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (19 CFR part 356) with appropriate references to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which went into effect on July 1, 2020.  Article 10.12 of Chapter 10 of the USMCA, like NAFTA Article 1904, provides a dispute settlement mechanism for purposes of reviewing antidumping duty and countervailing duty determinations issued by the United States, Canada, and Mexico.  The procedures and rules for binational panel review of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative determinations under Article 10.12 of Chapter 10 of the USMCA are virtually unchanged from Article 1904 of NAFTA. In its interim final rule, Commerce amended 19 CFR part 356 to replace references to Article 1904 of NAFTA with references to Article 10.12 of the USMCA; to update outdated cross-references to Commerce’s antidumping and countervailing duty regulations (19 CFR part 351); update outdated service and protective order procedures; and adopt other minor changes.