Tag: Global Trade


  • EAEU Drops Case

    Eurasian Economic Commission terminates its antidumping investigation into Caspian polypropylene without duties after Russian petitioners Sibur and Nizhnekamskneftekhim withdraw their complaint, preserving duty-free access for Azerbaijani and Turkmen resin. MOSCOW, August 5, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Commission has terminated, without imposing any duties, its antidumping investigation into imports of polypropylene and propylene copolymers from Azerbaijan…

  • Delhi Fuel Levy

    New Delhi raises export duties on diesel, petrol and jet fuel for the second time in a month, sparing state-run sales to six small neighbours while more than 100 trading partners absorb the cost of the revived windfall regime NEW DELHI, August 5, 2026 — India’s Ministry of Finance has raised export levies on the…

  • Riyadh Pipe Hit

    Saudi Arabia locks in five-year antidumping duties of up to 29.94 percent on Indian ductile iron pipes, a decision that reverberates through the Kingdom’s water infrastructure buildout and the order books of the world’s dominant pipe exporting nation. By Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk | peacocktariffconsulting.com | August 5, 2026 RIYADH, August 5, 2026. Saudi…

  • 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…

  • WTO Backs China

    A Geneva dispute panel finds Turkey’s 40 percent surtax on Chinese electric vehicles, related duties on hybrids and an import-licensing regime incompatible with core WTO obligations, handing Beijing a headline victory in case DS629 while an appeal, if Ankara files one, would vanish into a paralyzed Appellate Body. GENEVA, July 31, 2026. A World Trade…

  • Mercosur Pivot

    Brazil brings the Mercosur-Singapore free trade agreement into force on August 1, securing immediate duty-free treatment for every Brazilian export line entering the city-state and giving the South American bloc its first trade pact with a Southeast Asian nation. BRASILIA, July 30, 2026: Brazil will implement the free trade agreement between the Southern Common Market,…

  • Labor Levy Era

    The transition window on Washington’s forced labor tariffs closed this week, locking duties of 10 to 12.5 percent onto imports from 60 economies covering virtually all US trade and completing the largest single rebuild of the American tariff wall in decades WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026. The last grace period in the United States’ sweeping new…

  • Export Pivot

    Ottawa has created a Strategic Exports Office inside Global Affairs Canada and named a 14 member corporate advisory council, betting that state backed deal making can double non-U.S. exports before the next American tariff wall goes up on August 19 BRAMPTON, Ontario and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – Canada has moved its…

  • Drug Duty Day

    One day before the steepest pharmaceutical tariffs in modern American history take effect, the world’s largest drugmakers are racing to lock in agreements that would spare them a 100 percent duty on patented medicines WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026. The United States stands one day away from the most consequential deadline in the modern history of…

  • 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…