Tag: Global Trade
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The in-transit grace period has closed on Washington’s forced labor tariffs, locking in duties of 10 to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as Congress stirs and the courts loom WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 The last escape hatch closed at one minute past midnight on Monday. As of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on July…
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India closes its first WTO trade policy review in five years defending high tariffs and development carve-outs, as 68 members press New Delhi on predictability, licensing and localization amid its FTA blitz. GENEVA, July 27, 2026, and the file on India’s trade regime is now formally closed, at least until the next quinquennial reckoning. India…
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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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The United States replaces its expiring stopgap duties with sweeping Section 301 tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on 60 trading partners, citing their failure to ban goods made with forced labor WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting, US Trade Desk New American tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on imports from 60…
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Beijing says 63 countries now enjoy zero-tariff access to the world’s second-largest import market, as customs chiefs pledge to widen the net through 2030 in a pointed counterpoint to Western protectionism Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 BEIJING, July 24, 2026. China has now extended zero-tariff treatment to imports from…
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New Delhi and Brussels lock in the largest trade agreement either side has ever concluded, slashing duties on 96.6 percent of EU goods lines and resetting the map for global exporters Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 NEW DELHI, July 24, 2026. India and the European Union sealed their long-delayed…
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Sixty economies mount a last-ditch defense as USTR faces a Monday deadline on forced labor duties covering 99 percent of United States imports By Monday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative must complete the most expansive Section 301 investigation ever undertaken, one that found every major American trading partner deficient on forced labor…
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USTR sprints to finalize forced labor tariffs on 60 economies covering 99 percent of US imports, as governments from Ottawa to Phnom Penh rush through new laws in a last-ditch bid for lower rates WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The public record is closed, the hearing transcripts are filed, and the countdown is running. The Office…
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China has formally asked Morocco to negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement, Moroccan Industry and Trade Minister Ryad Mezzour confirmed in a Bloomberg interview published in mid-June. Rabat hasn’t started talks yet, but the request marks a notable moment in a relationship that has quietly become one of the most consequential economic partnerships on the…
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Ukraine’s Agricultural Exports: Tariffs, Quotas & Global Food Security Ukraine is a global agricultural powerhouse. As a top-5 grain exporter and the world’s leading sunflower oil producer, Ukraine’s agricultural output feeds hundreds of millions worldwide. Yet, Ukraine’s agricultural exports face a complex and sometimes restrictive tariff landscape: EU tariff-rate quotas limiting duty-free grain access, disputes…