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  • Booze Ban Fight

    Ottawa’s three part concession package on alcohol, dairy quota allocation and auto counter tariffs runs into a constitutional wall as Ontario attaches conditions and British Columbia refuses outright OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. The Canadian government has put a full concession package on the table in Washington in an effort to head off 50 per cent…

  • Tariff War Talk

    Carney concedes Canada is “in the middle of a tariff war” as Washington negotiations sour with twelve days left before a 50 per cent duty wall rises on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods OTTAWA, August 8, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly acknowledged this week that Canada and the United States are engaged in…

  • Scrap Lockdown

    A temporary Commerce Department rule issued under Defense Production Act authority orders United States sellers of battery black mass and tungsten scrap to route all monthly sales to domestic buyers from August 27 By the Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026. The Commerce Department has closed the export door on two recovered…

  • Refund Rift

    Treasury has pushed roughly 100 billion dollars of struck-down emergency tariffs back to importers. A growing line of consumer class actions is now asking whose money it was in the first place By the Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026. Roughly 100 billion dollars in refunded tariff duties has been transferred to…

  • 232 Net Widens

    Commerce proposes Section 232 duties on 14 more metal derivative articles, from aluminum powder and brass instruments to tanker trailers and filled steel cylinders, with public comments due August 27 By the Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026. The Commerce Department has proposed extending Section 232 metals tariffs to 14 additional categories…

  • Brazil PVC Duty

    Brasilia renews its 21.6 percent anti-dumping duty on Chinese suspension PVC resin for up to five more years while the companion measure on South Korean resin stays terminated, cementing a split outcome in a trade defense case that has run for nearly two decades. BRASILIA, August 7, 2026 Brazil will keep its anti-dumping shield against…

  • Aussie Mesh Hit

    Provisional anti-dumping securities on Chinese welded steel mesh sheets take effect at Australian ports on August 8, while a parallel investigation keeps Malaysian suppliers under the microscope. CANBERRA, August 7, 2026 A Border Charge Arrives Mid Investigation From Saturday, shipments of certain welded steel mesh sheets arriving in Australia from China will carry a new…

  • Gulf Glass Duty

    The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has finalized a definitive anti-dumping duty on Chinese glass imports that takes effect September 5, 2026, capping a 22-month investigation and opening a new Gulf front in the global pushback against China’s glass overcapacity. RIYADH, August 7, 2026 The Gulf Cooperation Council has finalized a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain…

  • UK Steel Lapse

    LONDON, August 7, 2026 The United Kingdom has terminated its definitive anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled flat steel from China and Russia, allowing one of the longest-running trade remedies on its books to lapse at the end of its statutory five-year term. HM Revenue and Customs confirmed the change in a tariff notice published on August…

  • Japan Steel Hit

    Tokyo’s provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 55.3 percent on hot-dipped galvanized steel from South Korea and China take effect August 8, a forceful turn toward trade defense by a country that has long avoided such measures. TOKYO, August 7, 2026 Japan will begin collecting provisional anti-dumping duties of 29.2 percent to 55.3 percent on…