Tag: European Union
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What DSV’s Luxembourg–Indianapolis Pharma Air Route Reveals About the New Tariff Era Peacock Tariff Consulting · June 2026 On 9 June 2026, DSV did something that, on its face, looks like a routine logistics announcement: the world’s largest freight forwarder opened a dedicated pharmaceutical air corridor between Luxembourg and Indianapolis. A new lane, a new…
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China shipped fewer rare earths in the first half of 2026 but earned dramatically more for them, and customs figures reported Monday reveal how Beijing’s licensing wall, backed by a new enforcement campaign, is converting geology into leverage over Europe, Japan and the wider world. BEIJING, July 20, 2026. China is selling fewer rare earths…
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China’s trade surplus with the European Union hits an all-time high just as Brussels switches on its toughest trade defences in a generation, with duties on Chinese plug-in hybrids waiting in the wings. BRUSSELS, July 20, 2026. The uncomfortable arithmetic of Europe’s trade relationship with China caught up with Brussels this month. China’s trade surplus…
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Five days before a 50th anniversary summit in Beijing, the European Union’s campaign to unblock China’s rare earth export licensing backlog has become the defining test of a trade relationship strained by a record deficit and a month of tit-for-tat measures. BRUSSELS, July 19: When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council…
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India and the European Union set a year-end signing for their landmark free trade agreement and opened formal talks on Indian association with Horizon Europe, deepening ties beyond tariffs. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India and the European Union will sign their landmark free trade agreement before the end of 2026 and expect the pact…
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Britain forces out China’s Jingye Group and nationalises British Steel, deepening a trade rift with Beijing as sweeping new import curbs reshape global steel flows. LONDON, July 18, 2026: Britain took British Steel into full public ownership on Thursday, forcibly removing China’s Jingye Group as owner of the country’s last primary steelmaker and igniting the…
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India walks away with the largest duty-free steel allocation Britain has granted any trading partner as the two countries’ new trade pact takes effect, carving a rare opening in the 50 percent safeguard tariff wall now rising around the UK market. By the International Trade Desk NEW DELHI, July 17, 2026 When the India-UK Comprehensive…
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Brussels warns that dialogue with Beijing “will not suffice” and signals unilateral tariff action, as China’s trade surplus with the European Union surges to a record high ahead of an October deadline for talks. By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 15, 2026. The European Commission has put Beijing on notice that…
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Brussels warns that dialogue alone will not suffice as it readies unilateral safeguards, quotas and duties on Chinese imports ahead of an October deadline, hours after Beijing posts a record trade surplus International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 14, 2026 The European Union will impose unilateral trade defense measures on Chinese imports…
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South Korea locks in five-year anti-dumping tariffs of up to 31.55 percent on PVC paste resin from Germany, France, Norway and Sweden, a ruling that pits two embattled chemical industries against each other and signals a harder line from Seoul on low-priced imports SEOUL, July 10, 2026 South Korea’s finance ministry moved Friday to impose…