Tag: China
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Washington holds back the Section 301 structural excess capacity determination and its recommended 7.5 percent duty on Chinese goods until after the Sept. 24 Trump and Xi meeting, leaving sixteen economies and thousands of importers waiting on a decision that was supposed to land this week. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2026 The Trump administration is expected…
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With six weeks to the 1 November deadline, the European Union has still not set the level of its new handling charge on low-value parcels, leaving cross-border sellers to plan a cost they cannot yet quantify BRUSSELS, 18 September 2026. The European Union’s assault on the low-value parcel is entering its decisive phase, and the…
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Ursula von der Leyen tells the European Parliament that the second China shock has already arrived, converting a decade of academic argument into the operating doctrine of European trade policy STRASBOURG, 18 September 2026. The President of the European Commission used her annual State of the Union address on Wednesday to declare that the economic…
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Brussels asks Beijing to hold Chinese plug-in hybrids to 15 per cent of the European market or face a new duty investigation, after shipments rose from 3,800 vehicles a month to 50,000 in under two years BRUSSELS, 18 September 2026. The European Union has asked China to impose a voluntary ceiling on exports of hybrid…
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Brussels fixes 8 to 9 October in Beijing as the moment China must show “credible” movement on a trade gap running at more than one billion euros a day, and signals that failure will trigger the bloc’s harder instruments BRUSSELS, 18 September 2026. The European Union has put a date and a test on its…
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Washington and Beijing weigh reciprocal tariff cuts on roughly $30 billion in farm goods, energy and manufacturing inputs as Xi Jinping prepares for a Sept. 24 White House visit, with the survival of the one-year trade truce riding on the outcome. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2026. American and Chinese negotiators are discussing a package of mutual…
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India and China open first structured trade talks in years, targeting a 99 billion dollar deficit, tariff frictions and supply chain bottlenecks as Asia’s two giants test a commercial detente NEW DELHI, September 15, 2026 India and China have formally begun discussions to address their long-festering bilateral trade grievances, including one of the world’s largest…
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Commerce sets a 66.61 percent preliminary countervailing duty on Chinese tin mill steel, finds critical circumstances, and orders retroactive cash deposits as the second trade case over tinplate in three years reaches a decisive stage WASHINGTON, September 15, 2026. The United States Department of Commerce on Monday imposed a preliminary countervailing duty of 66.61 percent…
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Eleven-nation bloc closes New Delhi summit with a 140-paragraph declaration condemning unilateral tariffs, doubling down on local-currency trade and setting a reform agenda for a fractured global trading system NEW DELHI, September 15, 2026 The BRICS group of emerging economies concluded its 18th summit in New Delhi on Saturday, September 13, with a unanimous, 140-paragraph…
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Argentina walks away from its anti-dumping investigation into Chinese washing machines, a small case with large signals about Buenos Aires’ open-market turn and the shifting geography of trade defence BUENOS AIRES, September 15, 2026 Argentina has terminated its anti-dumping investigation into imports of washing machines from China without imposing duties, according to records published on…