CBP opens the final tranche of IEEPA tariff refunds to roughly 3,700 court plaintiffs, unlocking a claims pool reported at more than $134 billion and leaving thousands of non-litigating importers still waiting at the door WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2026 U.S. Customs and Border Protection today opened the third and most consequential phase of its Consolidated…
Calgary says two-thirds of its half-billion-dollar tariff exposure comes from Ottawa’s own retaliation, not Washington’s. Municipalities want a carve-out that the remission framework does not currently give them. CALGARY, Oct. 7, 2026. City councillors here are asking the federal government to exempt municipalities from Canada’s own counter-tariffs, after administration warned that between $308 million and…
Customs and Border Protection has told a federal court that the last stage of its IEEPA refund system opens on October 6. Roughly 11.4 billion dollars is at stake, and only importers who sued can touch it By the US Trade Desk WASHINGTON, September 20, 2026. United States Customs and Border Protection has confirmed that…
The Trade Tribunal rescinds an eleven-year-old order on Chinese photovoltaic modules and laminates, ending SIMA duties immediately and reshaping the economics of Canadian solar procurement OTTAWA, September 19, 2026 Canada has quietly removed one of its longest-standing trade barriers against Chinese clean energy equipment, and the effect was immediate. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal terminated…
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…
Thirteen days remain before packaged Canadian beer, wine and spirits, along with whey, molasses, non alcoholic beer and motorcycles above 800 cc, are excluded from entry into the United States altogether. Customs brokers are racing to clear inventory, trade counsel are parsing a transitional rule, and Canadian distillers are confronting a market closure rather than…
USTR brought representatives of more than 50 economies to Washington to learn how to build forced-labor import bans, the enforcement arm of a Section 301 tariff program that now touches 99.4 percent of American imports. WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2026. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative convened representatives of more than 50 trading partners on…
Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs, more than 100 billion dollars has flowed back to US importers, but small businesses, government appeals and a wall of class actions leave tens of billions in limbo WASHINGTON, September 14, 2026 The largest tax refund operation in American history is now well past…
Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs, more than $128 billion in refund claims are moving through Customs, a Wall Street market in refund rights is booming, and a Federal Circuit appeal could still upend it all By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, September 11, 2026 The largest…
Trump promises $5,000 “Trump Dividends” funded partly by tariff revenue if Republicans hold Congress, reviving a rebate idea that economists and some GOP senators have panned WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday night to send a $5,000 “dividend” to every American citizen after the midterm elections, funded in part by his administration’s…