Tag: European Union
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Brussels hits Chinese benzyl alcohol and sodium benzoate with steep provisional anti-dumping duties, opening a new chemicals front in Europe’s widening trade-defence campaign. BRUSSELS, July 29, 2026 – Provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 116.4 percent on two workhorse industrial chemicals from China took effect across the European Union today, the latest and most pointed…
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Jakarta mounts a high-level diplomatic push to sign and ratify its landmark trade pact with the European Union before the end of 2026, targeting entry into force in early 2027 as new tariff pressure from Washington and a mixed WTO ruling sharpen the case for market diversification. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting JAKARTA,…
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Beijing bars dual-use exports to 14 European entities, including truck, motor, materials and drone makers, in direct retaliation for the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package, deepening a trade standoff that already spans steel, small parcels, rare earths and electric vehicles. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 28 – China has opened a…
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The Council’s 21st Russia sanctions package puts an unprecedented cohort of mainland Chinese and Hong Kong firms on the EU blacklist, jolting a commercial relationship already frayed by duties on electric cars, tyres, steel and even duck meat. BRUSSELS, July 26, 2026. The Council of the European Union adopted its 21st package of restrictive measures…
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One year to the day after the handshake in Scotland, a new 10 percent US tariff on European goods and a nearly one billion dollar fine on Google have pushed the transatlantic trade truce to its most fragile point yet. Peacock Tariff Consulting | US Trade Desk | July 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, July 27. The…
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From Beijing to Brasilia, trading partners answer Washington’s forced labor tariffs with a mix of fury, lawsuits and studied restraint, and the choices they make in the coming weeks will determine whether a new trade war ignites WASHINGTON, July 25, 2026 Within 24 hours of the United States switching on new tariffs against 60 trading…
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Three weeks into the 3 euro duty on small parcels, Brussels is squeezing the Shein and Temu pipeline while racing an October deadline to rebalance the wider China trade relationship International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRUSSELS, July 21, 2026: The most consequential customs change Europe has made in a generation…
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Three weeks into the EU’s 50 percent out-of-quota steel duty, exporters from Tokyo to Seoul are counting the cost, importers are racing quota clocks, and Beijing is warning of a response International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRUSSELS, July 21, 2026: Three weeks after the European Union switched on the most…
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With the e-commerce duty moratorium dead and ministers still smarting from Yaounde, members used this week’s General Council to argue over how, and how fast, to rebuild the trading system’s rules International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 GENEVA, July 21, 2026: The World Trade Organization’s General Council convened in Geneva this…
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A nearly one billion dollar antitrust fine against Google draws a sharp warning from the US Trade Representative, who says Brussels is putting the Turnberry tariff truce at risk WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting, US Trade Desk The fragile tariff truce between the United States and the European Union came under its…