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What DSV’s Luxembourg–Indianapolis Pharma Air Route Reveals About the New Tariff Era Peacock Tariff Consulting · June 2026 On 9 June 2026, DSV did something that, on its face, looks like a routine logistics announcement: the world’s largest freight forwarder opened a dedicated pharmaceutical air corridor between Luxembourg and Indianapolis. A new lane, a new…
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What Happened on July 20, 2026 On July 20, 2026, President Trump signed three proclamations imposing an additional 50 percent ad valorem tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods, invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 a Depression-era statute that, by most accounts, has never before been used to actually impose duties…
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Washington and Mexico City open a decisive third round of USMCA review talks this week, with tougher auto content rules, metals verification, and China’s growing footprint in Mexican factories at the center of the table By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 The United States and Mexico begin their third…
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A 25 percent US tariff on Brazilian goods takes effect Wednesday as Brasilia moves to activate its Reciprocity Law, revives a WTO challenge, and counts the exemptions that spared coffee, beef, and aircraft By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 Two days before a sweeping 25 percent tariff on Brazilian…
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The United States finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on Brazilian goods, the first pillar of a rebuilt tariff wall, as Brasilia weighs retaliation and importers race a July 22 deadline WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026 The United States will begin collecting a 25 percent tariff on thousands of Brazilian goods on Tuesday, July 22, after the…
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China shipped fewer rare earths in the first half of 2026 but earned dramatically more for them, and customs figures reported Monday reveal how Beijing’s licensing wall, backed by a new enforcement campaign, is converting geology into leverage over Europe, Japan and the wider world. BEIJING, July 20, 2026. China is selling fewer rare earths…
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MERCOSUR’s Trade Commission clears Argentina to renew a 160 tonne, 2 percent import window for food grade calcium caseinate, a narrow technical fix that lands squarely inside Buenos Aires’ wider drive to lower trade barriers. BUENOS AIRES, July 20, 2026. The Trade Commission of MERCOSUR has authorized Argentina to reopen a preferential import channel for…
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South Korea extends its provisional anti-dumping duty on Thai seamless copper tubes, the newest move in an East Asian trade defence wave that now runs from copper piping to stainless steel coil. SEOUL, July 20, 2026. South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday extended the provisional anti-dumping duty on seamless copper tubes and…
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China’s trade surplus with the European Union hits an all-time high just as Brussels switches on its toughest trade defences in a generation, with duties on Chinese plug-in hybrids waiting in the wings. BRUSSELS, July 20, 2026. The uncomfortable arithmetic of Europe’s trade relationship with China caught up with Brussels this month. China’s trade surplus…
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India’s trade remedies authority has extended anti-dumping duties on Chinese seamless steel tubes and stretched the comment clock in its hot rolled steel probe against China, Japan and Russia, the latest reinforcements in a widening wall of trade defenses around the world’s second largest steel market. NEW DELHI, July 18. India’s steel trade defense wall…