Tag: China


  • Overcapacity Case

    USTR’s Section 301 investigation into manufacturing overcapacity across 16 economies enters its decisive phase, with Greer signalling that current tariff levels are not the ceiling WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2026 – The largest unresolved item on the United States trade agenda is not a tariff that has been imposed. It is a set of determinations that…

  • Rare Earth Gap

    China’s suspension of its tightest rare earth export controls lapses on Nov. 10 while the broader truce runs to January, leaving American manufacturers to plan around a gap nobody has formally closed WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2026 – The one-year pause on China’s most expansive rare earth export controls is scheduled to expire on Nov. 10,…

  • Rare Earth Clock

    Beijing’s one-year suspension of its expanded rare earth export controls runs out on Nov. 10 with no renewal announced. American manufacturers of motors, magnets, chips and munitions are modeling a licensing regime that reaches into their supply chains by value. WASHINGTON, NOV. 5, 2026 The single most consequential trade deadline facing American manufacturers this month…

  • Waiver Snapback

    Section 301 waivers covering 178 Chinese product lines lapse at 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 9 with no renewal on the public record. Duties of 7.5 to 25 percent snap back the following morning, and a separate maritime suspension expires at the same hour. WASHINGTON, NOV. 5, 2026 American importers of Chinese industrial machinery, medical…

  • EAEU Tyre Duty

    The Eurasian Economic Commission has rolled its anti dumping duties on Chinese truck tyres forward to 13 February 2027 while a repeat investigation runs, keeping rates of up to 35.35 percent in force across a five country customs union and holding the line against a parallel surge from Thailand and Vietnam. MOSCOW, 5 November 2026…

  • EU Snapback Tool

    Brussels is drafting a rapid reaction trade instrument that could close the single market to a surge of imports within weeks rather than months, and Beijing has answered with an explicit promise of countermeasures. The design choices made before the end of December will determine whether the tool is a deterrent or a detonator. BRUSSELS,…

  • Canola Truce

    Ottawa and Beijing extend tariff relief on canola meal, peas, lobster and crab through the end of 2028, while Canada rolls over remission on certain Chinese steel and aluminum. Exporters gain two more years of visibility, but canola oil remains locked out behind a 100 percent wall. BEIJING, November 5, 2026 Canada and China have…

  • Farm Deal Gap

    China’s non-soybean purchases of American farm goods are running at a seven-year low, testing a $17 billion annual pledge whose starting date Washington has never defined By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2026 – China’s purchases of American agricultural goods other than soybeans are on course for their lowest…

  • PET Duty Final

    Five year anti dumping duties of 39.8 to 48.1 percent on Chinese polyester spunbond fabric came into force on 31 October, closing a case that began with an August 2025 complaint and handing Europe’s roofing and waterproofing industry a reset cost base. BRUSSELS, 3 November 2026 Definitive European Union anti dumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate…

  • EU Duty Wave

    Within five working days Brussels ordered customs registration of PVC, cellulose ethers, aspirin, silicon and steel wire rope imports, opened a new probe into battery grade fluoropolymers and published alleged dumping margins reaching 273 percent, putting importers on notice that duties may be collected retroactively. BRUSSELS, 3 November 2026 The European Commission closed October with…