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A Quebec remanufacturer that spent seven years outside the U.S. countervailing duty order on softwood lumber has been put back inside it, and the case that did it is a warning about how long trade litigation can run and how little finality a favourable rate confers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026. The U.S. Department of Commerce…
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Ottawa revives tariff rate quotas on steel and aluminum exports in a bid to buy relief from Section 232 duties, even as officials dispute how close the two sides really are with 12 days left before a new 50 percent tariff wave lands. OTTAWA, Aug. 7, 2026. Canadian negotiators have put export quotas on steel…
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Commerce proposes sweeping 14 more product categories into the Section 232 metal tariffs, from brass instruments and fire extinguishers to cranes and trailers, giving importers until August 27 to object WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Commerce Department has proposed adding 14 more categories of products to the Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper,…
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The White House prepares a hybrid price floor and tariff regime on the raw material behind every chip and solar panel, aiming at China’s 93.5 percent grip on global supply while U.S. solar developers brace for higher costs WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a combination of minimum import prices…
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A 25-state coalition asks the Court of International Trade to strike down the Section 301 forced labor tariffs, calling the levies on 60 trading partners an unlawful revival of a tariff regime the Supreme Court already rejected WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The legal siege around the Trump administration’s rebuilt tariff wall tightened this week, as…
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South Korea’s fast-expanding chemical trade-defense docket hit both Chinese and European suppliers this week, as a definitive duty on European PVC paste resin took effect and new records documented a finalized levy on Chinese butyl acrylate. SEOUL, August 6, 2026 – South Korea’s campaign to shield its embattled chemical producers from cheap imports reached a…
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Riyadh imposes definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 29.94 percent on Indian ductile iron pipes for five years, striking at one of India’s strongest engineering export lines just as Saudi Arabia’s water infrastructure boom reaches full speed. RIYADH, August 6, 2026 – Saudi Arabia has slapped definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of ductile iron pipes…
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Russia’s grain damper turns positive again as Moscow ends wheat’s duty-free run with a token levy of 5.7 rubles per tonne, a signal watched closely from Cairo to Jakarta. MOSCOW, August 6, 2026 – Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has put a price back on shipping its most important crop abroad. As of yesterday,…
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Beijing’s first-ever foreign trade national security investigation targets imported printers and copiers running foreign software, and Japanese and European equipment makers are squarely in the blast radius. BEIJING, August 6, 2026 – China has switched on a trade weapon it has never used before, and the first target is sitting in nearly every office in…
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Ottawa pushes for relief across every Section 232 sector as a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff wall closes in on August 19, with steel and aluminum export quotas back on the negotiating table OTTAWA, August 6, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian negotiators are pressing Washington for relief across “all strategic sectors” of…