Tag: China


  • Glass War Opens

    Brazil launches an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese tempered glass for stoves, ovens, washers and dishwashers, the latest in a string of 2026 trade-defence actions that test Brasilia’s balancing act between its biggest trading partner and its own factories. BRASILIA, September 5, 2026 Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretariat has opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of…

  • Duties Locked

    Mexico finalizes anti-dumping duties of up to 30.87 US cents per kilogram on hot-rolled steel from China and Vietnam, stacking company-specific levies on a 35 percent tariff wall. MEXICO CITY, September 7, 2026 Mexico has closed the book on one of the most consequential trade remedy cases in its recent history. On September 3, the…

  • Chip Gas Duty

    China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a specialty gas critical to semiconductor manufacturing, deepening trade friction between Asia’s two largest economies BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting steep security deposits on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after the Ministry of Commerce announced a preliminary…

  • Silane Squeeze

    China slaps preliminary anti-dumping deposits of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade rift with Tokyo that now runs straight through the semiconductor supply chain. BEIJING, September 7, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday issued a preliminary anti-dumping ruling against dichlorosilane imported from Japan, finding that Japanese…

  • Japan AD Blitz

    Once among the world’s most reluctant users of trade remedies, Japan has stacked two provisional anti-dumping orders on imported steel in five weeks, launched a third sweeping probe, and armed itself with new anti-circumvention powers. A fresh legal analysis published this week frames the campaign as a structural break in Japanese trade policy. TOKYO, September…

  • Grid Import Ban

    Trump invokes emergency powers to bar foreign adversary equipment from the power grid, opening a new front in the trade war that tariffs alone could not reach WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2026. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared a national emergency over the security of the American power grid and signed an executive order that empowers…

  • Grid Lockout

    Executive Order 14420 declares a national emergency over foreign-made bulk-power equipment, gives the Energy Secretary 120 days to write rules, and reaches software, firmware, and remote access as well as transformers and inverters WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday declaring a national emergency over foreign produced equipment in…

  • Beijing Warns

    Beijing reserves the right to retaliate as Washington prepares a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity duty that would push second-term tariffs on Chinese goods back toward 20 percent, weeks before a Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026. The Trump administration is preparing to impose a new 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods as the remedy…

  • China Chip Levy

    Washington readies a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity duty on Chinese goods that would lift second-term replacement tariffs to the exact 20 percent ceiling Beijing says it was promised, one month before a White House summit WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a new 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods…

  • China Gap Levy

    The White House moves toward a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity tariff that would lift total new duties on Chinese goods to the 20 percent truce ceiling just weeks before the planned Xi-Trump summit in Washington WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2026 – The Trump administration is moving toward imposing a new 7.5 percent tariff on imports…