Tag: Import Quotas

  • Brazil Duty Cut

    Brasilia zeroes tariffs on six strategic imports and multiplies a medical device quota, using a Mercosur supply mechanism to cool input costs while the world’s tariff walls rise International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRASILIA, July 21, 2026: Brazil has moved in the opposite direction of much of the trading world…

  • UK Seizes Steel

    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…

  • EU Steel Wall

    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…