Category: Tariff News & Policy Updates
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Brussels implements the Turnberry trade deal three days ahead of President Trump’s Independence Day ultimatum, averting a threatened tariff spike – but a digital-tax standoff, a sweeping new Section 301 action, and the looming expiry of the 10% global surcharge could unravel the transatlantic truce within weeks. WASHINGTON – July 5, 2026 The most consequential…
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Brussels scraps duties on American industrial goods, lobster and farm products as the transatlantic trade pact takes effect – days ahead of President Trump’s July 4 deadline and under the shadow of a new fight over digital taxes WASHINGTON – July 3, 2026 The most consequential trade agreement of President Donald Trump’s second term cleared…
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Brussels wipes out duties on American industrial goods, lobster and a raft of farm products as the Turnberry trade pact takes force – three days ahead of President Trump’s July 4 ultimatum, and with a loaded safeguard clause aimed back at Washington Peacock Tariff Consulting | U.S. Trade Desk WASHINGTON – July 2, 2026 The…
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What an open-ended joint review means for North American supply chains – and what importers should be doing now On June 10, 2026, speaking from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said the United States is “not looking to renew” the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trilateral pact that replaced NAFTA in 2020 and that…
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A warning from Parliament Hill When the head of the Canadian Truck Dealers Association stepped up to a microphone on Parliament Hill on May 21, 2026, the message was not the kind that usually draws crowds. There was no factory closure to announce, no jobs lost overnight, no dramatic tariff to denounce. Instead, Kevin Disher…
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How Madrid turned a transatlantic trade shock into a bid to reposition Europe between Washington and Beijing Peacock Tariff Consulting · Analysis · June 2026 When Donald Trump unveiled his sweeping “reciprocal” tariff regime in April 2025, the shock rippled outward in ways the White House may not have fully anticipated. Among the loudest responses…
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Two fires last year proved extremely disruptive to the auto industry, idling roughly 40% of America’s automotive aluminum sheet supply and forcing Ford to absorb a charge of up to $2 billion When Novelis confirmed on June 10, 2026 that its Oswego, New York hot mill was running again, the announcement read like a routine…
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A free-trade partner that pays more than countries with no free-trade deal at all There is a peculiar arithmetic at the heart of North American trade in the summer of 2026, and it has Mexican negotiators quietly furious. Mexico is the United States’ closest manufacturing partner, the largest single source of imported cars on American…
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With Frankfurt added to its Inspire freighter rotation, the Swiss logistics group now connects six major cargo hubs across North America, Europe and Asia, and doubles down on a pharma-first transatlantic strategy. SCHINDELLEGI, Switzerland – June 2026 Kuehne+Nagel has switched on a new transatlantic air freight connection between Chicago and Frankfurt, folding Europe’s busiest cargo…
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A 48-hour wave of protest from Tokyo, Seoul, Brasília and Beijing greets the European Union’s toughest-ever steel import regime, which halves duty-free access and doubles the out-of-quota tariff to 50 percent BRUSSELS – July 5, 2026 The European Union’s new steel import regime is barely four days old, and it has already triggered one of…