Tag: India


  • India Steel Wall

    India’s trade remedies authority has extended anti-dumping duties on Chinese seamless steel tubes and stretched the comment clock in its hot rolled steel probe against China, Japan and Russia, the latest reinforcements in a widening wall of trade defenses around the world’s second largest steel market. NEW DELHI, July 18. India’s steel trade defense wall…

  • India Fuel Levy

    New Delhi nearly doubles export duties on diesel and jet fuel and lifts import benchmarks for gold and palm oil as the US-Iran conflict reignites crude markets. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India has sharply escalated its fiscal defense of domestic fuel supply, nearly doubling the export levies on diesel and aviation turbine fuel in…

  • EU-India Pact

    India and the European Union set a year-end signing for their landmark free trade agreement and opened formal talks on Indian association with Horizon Europe, deepening ties beyond tariffs. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India and the European Union will sign their landmark free trade agreement before the end of 2026 and expect the pact…

  • Steel Quota Win

    India walks away with the largest duty-free steel allocation Britain has granted any trading partner as the two countries’ new trade pact takes effect, carving a rare opening in the 50 percent safeguard tariff wall now rising around the UK market. By the International Trade Desk NEW DELHI, July 17, 2026 When the India-UK Comprehensive…

  • CETA Goes Live

    India and the United Kingdom activate the largest bilateral tariff deal either nation has signed in a decade, granting duty free access for nearly all Indian goods sold into Britain and slashing Indian import duties on whisky, cars, cosmetics and thousands of other products. By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting July 16, 2026…

  • Zero-Duty Dawn

    India and the United Kingdom flip the switch Wednesday on the deepest tariff liberalisation either country has attempted in a generation, wiping out duties on 99 percent of Indian tariff lines, halving India’s 150 percent whisky tariff overnight and opening a quota lane for British cars at 10 percent International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting…

  • Why New Delhi’s push to “future-proof” its bilateral agreement has become the hardest question on the table – and what it means for companies trading across the corridor Peacock Tariff Consulting | Client Briefing | June 2026 Executive summary As India and the United States race to close the first phase of their Bilateral Trade…

  • The Section 301 Tariff Impact Section 301 tariffs of 7.5 to 25 percent on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese-origin goods have forced businesses to rethink pricing, sourcing, supply chain design, and competitive strategy. Understanding the Exclusion Process Exclusion requests are administered by USTR. Each request must describe the product, explain availability from…

  • 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…

  • Peacock Tariff Consulting Answer Capsule Iceland’s EEA membership grants single market access to EU industries while maintaining EFTA independence and 40+ bilateral FTAs. Fisheries are excluded from EEA benefits, forcing bilateral protocols. Recent agreements with China, India, and post-Brexit UK reshape Iceland’s trade landscape for importers and exporters. Understanding Iceland’s Multi-Layered Trade System Iceland’s trade…