Tag: Auto Parts


  • WTO Backs China

    A Geneva dispute panel finds Turkey’s 40 percent surtax on Chinese electric vehicles, related duties on hybrids and an import-licensing regime incompatible with core WTO obligations, handing Beijing a headline victory in case DS629 while an appeal, if Ankara files one, would vanish into a paralyzed Appellate Body. GENEVA, July 31, 2026. A World Trade…

  • Ankara EV Blow

    A World Trade Organization panel has found that Turkey’s steep additional duties on Chinese electric vehicles, together with tariffs on some hybrids and a discriminatory import licensing regime, violate global trade rules. The decision hands Beijing a notable legal victory, but it lands in a dispute settlement system that no longer has a functioning appeals…

  • 35% On Canada

    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…

  • Independent USMCA, Section 232 and tariff advisory for Detroit auto suppliers. Regional value content, steel derivatives, cross-border compliance.

  • USMCA and IMMEX tariff advisory for Texas importers, Houston exporters and Laredo cross-border traders. Auto, petrochem, steel, agriculture.

  • Section 232 and EU tariff advisory for Charleston auto suppliers. BMW, Volvo, Mercedes Sprinter Tier 1/2s. FTZ and refund strategy.

  • CUSMA, Section 232 and cross-border tariff advisory for Windsor-Essex auto suppliers. Ambassador + Gordie Howe Bridge specialists.

  • U.S. tariff advisory for Southampton-based vehicle exporters. JLR, Mini, BMW finished units. Section 232 auto, reciprocal tariff.

  • U.S. tariff advisory for German Mittelstand, auto Tier 1/2, and machinery exporters. Section 232 auto, reciprocal, routing via Canada.

  • U.S. tariff advisory for German finished-vehicle and wind-turbine exporters via Bremerhaven. Section 232 auto, wind AD/CVD.