Tag: Export Controls

  • Rare Earth Rift

    Washington issues its sharpest warning yet over Beijing’s widening export controls on rare earths and strategic minerals, as prices spike, enforcement tightens and both capitals signal they would rather decouple than blink. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2026 – The United States closed the week with a blunt public warning to China over its expanding rare earth…

  • Wheat Ban Ends

    Ankara ends a 16-month suspension on bread wheat and cracked wheat exports, reopening a closely watched channel in the global grain trade under a controlled registration regime overseen by the Turkish Grain Board. ANKARA, July 30, 2026: Turkey has reopened the door to exports of bread wheat and cracked wheat, ending a suspension that had…

  • US Robot Ban

    The Federal Communications Commission has blocked new imports of foreign made humanoid and quadruped robots along with power inverters, a national security move aimed squarely at China’s 85 percent grip on the world humanoid market WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026 – The United States this week banned the import of new foreign made humanoid robots, four…

  • China Cap Row

    Beijing says Washington promised to cap replacement tariffs on Chinese goods at 20 percent, then told US negotiators of its serious concern over a week of new restrictions, as both sides maneuver ahead of a possible September summit WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026 – China’s top economic official told his American counterparts on Thursday that Beijing…

  • China Hits EU

    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…

  • China Truce Bid

    Beijing races to lock in a 30 billion dollar reciprocal tariff cut with Washington before Xi Jinping travels to the United States, even as it blacklists European firms and fortifies its own farm sector. BEIJING, July 26, 2026 China spent the past week practicing a brand of tariff diplomacy that few governments would attempt on…

  • EU Sanction Jab

    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…

  • China EU Curbs

    Beijing blacklists 14 European entities, including Rheinmetall and a Polish university, one day after Brussels sanctions Chinese firms over Russia, in the fastest tit-for-tat escalation yet between the two trading giants Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 BEIJING, July 24, 2026. China struck back at the European Union with unprecedented…

  • Scarcity Pays

    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…

  • License to Wait

    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…