Tag: Electronics

  • China DCS Blow

    Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, striking at a critical semiconductor input and raising the stakes in East Asia’s chip supply chain rivalry BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after…

  • Chip Tariff Row

    Washington readies Phase Two semiconductor duties as Seoul and Taipei bargain for relief and markets brace for higher electronics prices WASHINGTON, September 8, 2026. The Trump administration’s plan for a second, far broader round of semiconductor tariffs hardened into the dominant story in global trade over the past several days, as negotiators from South Korea…

  • Chip Levy Looms

    Commerce Secretary puts semiconductor tariff Phase Two on the record at the G20, and the exemption math threatens laptops, servers, consoles and the AI buildout itself WASHINGTON, September 7, 2026 The Trump administration’s long-signaled second wave of semiconductor tariffs moved from anonymous deliberation to on-record policy this week, after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed on…

  • Brazil Recasts

    Brasilia rewrites duty relief for 491 capital goods, zeroes tariffs on 34 IT and telecom products, and reshuffles its truck and farm machinery lists in a single September package, sharpening a year-long recalibration of the ex-tarifário regime that global equipment suppliers can no longer afford to ignore. BRASILIA, September 7, 2026 Brazil’s foreign trade authorities…

  • 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…

  • Brazil Duty Cut

    Brasilia’s foreign trade chamber has rolled out a fresh package of import duty relief covering nearly 500 capital goods, dozens of IT and telecom products, and a reworked exemption list for trucks, trailers, and farm machinery, extending a year of rapid-fire tariff engineering aimed at cutting the cost of industrial modernization. BRASILIA, September 4, 2026…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Chip Tax Redux

    The White House is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would reach laptops, servers and gaming consoles, and may scrap January’s data center exemptions, setting up a collision between reshoring policy and the AI buildout By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | August 31, 2026 WASHINGTON, August 31, 2026. The Trump…