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Britain forces out China’s Jingye Group and nationalises British Steel, deepening a trade rift with Beijing as sweeping new import curbs reshape global steel flows. LONDON, July 18, 2026: Britain took British Steel into full public ownership on Thursday, forcibly removing China’s Jingye Group as owner of the country’s last primary steelmaker and igniting the…
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President Trump vows to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire pollution into existing U.S. duties, opening a strange new front in a trade fight already barrelling toward an August 1 deadline. A cross-border grievance becomes a tariff threat U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to increase tariffs on Canadian goods over wildfire smoke drifting south…
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With the continental pact unrenewed and rolling annual reviews now the rule, Washington opens a third bilateral round with Mexico while Ottawa waits for a seat at the table OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. The trilateral trade agreement that has governed the North American economy since 2020 has entered an uncertain new chapter, and Canada is…
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Trump order lifts duties on non-CUSMA goods to 35 per cent; Carney freezes Windsor to Detroit bridge tolls as the loonie sinks to a two-year low OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday raising United States tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent, an abrupt escalation that rattled…
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India walks away with the largest duty-free steel allocation Britain has granted any trading partner as the two countries’ new trade pact takes effect, carving a rare opening in the 50 percent safeguard tariff wall now rising around the UK market. By the International Trade Desk NEW DELHI, July 17, 2026 When the India-UK Comprehensive…
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Canada’s softwood producers brace for a summer duty ruling as a fresh British Columbia mill closure lays bare the human cost of a tariff wall that has climbed past 45 per cent, even as CUSMA drifts and Ottawa’s former chief negotiator warns relief may not arrive before the U.S. midterms. PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., July 17,…
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Washington imposes 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian imports from July 22, sparing coffee and beef but exposing more than 4,000 products, as Brasilia vows reciprocal measures and a WTO challenge By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting Washington, July 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The United States imposed a 25 percent…
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India and the United Kingdom activate the largest bilateral tariff deal either nation has signed in a decade, granting duty free access for nearly all Indian goods sold into Britain and slashing Indian import duties on whisky, cars, cosmetics and thousands of other products. By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting July 16, 2026…
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Washington’s Section 301 clock on Brazil runs out today, with a 25 percent tariff on more than 4,000 products expected within hours, a second duty stacked behind it for July 24, and a year of negotiations that one official summed up in four words: they want the impossible By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff…
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Brussels warns that dialogue with Beijing “will not suffice” and signals unilateral tariff action, as China’s trade surplus with the European Union surges to a record high ahead of an October deadline for talks. By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 15, 2026. The European Commission has put Beijing on notice that…