Tag: Import Quotas

  • PH Pork Tariff

    Manila moves to unwind pandemic-era tariff relief on pork, proposing a ten point increase in 2027 and full restoration to pre-swine-fever rates in 2028 as farmgate prices collapse. MANILA, September 27, 2026 The Philippine Department of Agriculture has told hog industry representatives that it intends to raise pork import tariffs by ten percentage points in…

  • 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…