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Indonesia opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese superabsorbent polymers, the invisible ingredient in every diaper, as Southeast Asia’s trade defenses harden JAKARTA, August 19, 2026 Indonesia has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of superabsorbent polymers from China, training its trade defense apparatus on the unseen but indispensable material at the heart of every disposable…
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Australia withdraws dormant tariff concessions on eight product lines, lifting duties from zero to 5 percent and reminding importers that unused concessions have a shelf life SYDNEY, August 19, 2026 The Australian government on Tuesday published a gazette notice withdrawing import tariff concessions on eight categories of goods, lifting the applicable customs duty from zero…
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Brasilia’s tariff on imported polyurethanes jumps from 14 to 20 percent as a new GECEX resolution takes effect, squeezing suppliers from Europe, Asia and beyond SAO PAULO, August 19, 2026 A significant increase in Brazil’s import tariff on certain polyurethanes entered into force on Monday, August 17, raising the duty from 14 percent to 20…
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South Africa races the clock with a sunset review of decade-old anti-dumping duties on European bone-in chicken, days before the tariffs were set to lapse JOHANNESBURG, August 19, 2026 South Africa’s trade regulator has launched a last-minute sunset review of the anti-dumping duties that have shielded the Southern African Customs Union’s poultry industry from European…
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Korea opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate as the country’s embattled chemical sector reaches for every trade defense tool it has left SEOUL, August 19, 2026 South Korea’s trade authorities on Monday opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, adding another front to what has become one of…
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Washington postpones 50 per cent Section 338 duties on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian goods until the end of day August 21 as President Trump declares a deal is done. Ottawa is more guarded, warning that “important work” remains before anything is signed. OTTAWA, August 19, 2026 Canadian exporters woke up on Wednesday to a…
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Negotiators are working toward cutting the American tariff on Canadian-built vehicles from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, but the two sides remain split on whose content gets deducted. The difference between American-only and North American content is worth billions, and Brampton is the cautionary example. OTTAWA, August 19, 2026 The headline number in…
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Beijing rejects a White House report accusing more than 40 countries of helping Chinese exporters dodge US tariffs, as Washington signals an aggressive new enforcement front that could reshape sourcing decisions across the globe By the US Trade Desk | peacocktariffconsulting.com | August 18, 2026 WASHINGTON, August 18, 2026. The diplomatic fallout from the White…
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Russia will more than double its wheat export levy for the week of August 19 to 25 even as strikes on Novorossiysk have taken most of the country’s Black Sea loading capacity offline, leaving exporters squeezed between a rising fiscal charge and a physical inability to ship. MOSCOW, August 18, 2026 Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture…
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The Eurasian Economic Commission has wiped out import duties on manganese ores and concentrates through August 2028, a move designed to keep the bloc’s struggling ferroalloy furnaces fed as Kazakh mine output falls short of demand. MOSCOW, August 18, 2026 The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has decided to temporarily eliminate import customs…