Tag: European Union
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Customs gridlock, cash calls and paralyzed trading mark the first week of Europe’s toughest steel import regime in a generation, as exporters worldwide confront a 50 percent duty wall BRUSSELS, July 7, 2026 One week into the European Union’s sweeping new steel import regime, the machinery built to shield the bloc’s ailing steelmakers is grinding…
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Brussels implements the Turnberry trade deal three days ahead of President Trump’s Independence Day ultimatum, averting a threatened tariff spike – but a digital-tax standoff, a sweeping new Section 301 action, and the looming expiry of the 10% global surcharge could unravel the transatlantic truce within weeks. WASHINGTON – July 5, 2026 The most consequential…
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Brussels scraps duties on American industrial goods, lobster and farm products as the transatlantic trade pact takes effect – days ahead of President Trump’s July 4 deadline and under the shadow of a new fight over digital taxes WASHINGTON – July 3, 2026 The most consequential trade agreement of President Donald Trump’s second term cleared…
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Brussels wipes out duties on American industrial goods, lobster and a raft of farm products as the Turnberry trade pact takes force – three days ahead of President Trump’s July 4 ultimatum, and with a loaded safeguard clause aimed back at Washington Peacock Tariff Consulting | U.S. Trade Desk WASHINGTON – July 2, 2026 The…
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How Madrid turned a transatlantic trade shock into a bid to reposition Europe between Washington and Beijing Peacock Tariff Consulting · Analysis · June 2026 When Donald Trump unveiled his sweeping “reciprocal” tariff regime in April 2025, the shock rippled outward in ways the White House may not have fully anticipated. Among the loudest responses…
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A 48-hour wave of protest from Tokyo, Seoul, Brasília and Beijing greets the European Union’s toughest-ever steel import regime, which halves duty-free access and doubles the out-of-quota tariff to 50 percent BRUSSELS – July 5, 2026 The European Union’s new steel import regime is barely four days old, and it has already triggered one of…
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Europe’s flat €3 charge on low-value imports took effect July 1, closing a two-decade duty-free loophole and forcing Shein, Temu and AliExpress to rewire how China ships to the continent International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS – July 2, 2026 – The European Union has begun collecting customs duty on the billions of…
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U.S. and Canada tariff advisory for Dutch exporters. Port of Rotterdam, chemicals, agri-food, re-export, reciprocal tariff.
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U.S. tariff advisory for German Mittelstand, auto Tier 1/2, and machinery exporters. Section 232 auto, reciprocal, routing via Canada.
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U.S. tariff advisory for French luxury, wine, cognac, cosmetics and aerospace exporters. Reciprocal tariff, 232, first-sale valuation.