Tag: Japan
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Allies from Tokyo to Canberra are protesting Washington’s new forced labor tariffs on 60 economies, calling the human rights rationale a pretext for rebuilding the duties American courts struck down, as the first full week under the new regime begins. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 The United States began its first full business week under a…
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China shipped fewer rare earths in the first half of 2026 but earned dramatically more for them, and customs figures reported Monday reveal how Beijing’s licensing wall, backed by a new enforcement campaign, is converting geology into leverage over Europe, Japan and the wider world. BEIJING, July 20, 2026. China is selling fewer rare earths…
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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…
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Japan begins collecting provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 42.1 percent on stainless steel from China and Taiwan, one of Tokyo’s most assertive trade remedy actions in years and a fresh fault line in Asia’s crowded steel trade International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting TOKYO, July 9, 2026 – Japan began collecting provisional anti-dumping duties…
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A free-trade partner that pays more than countries with no free-trade deal at all There is a peculiar arithmetic at the heart of North American trade in the summer of 2026, and it has Mexican negotiators quietly furious. Mexico is the United States’ closest manufacturing partner, the largest single source of imported cars on American…
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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…
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On June 3, 2026, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed something it had not seen in nearly sixty years: a living animal on American soil infested with the larvae of the New World screwworm. The host was a three-week-old calf in Zavala County, in the brushland of South Texas about 25 miles from the Mexican…
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Sake and Japanese spirits U.S. import tariff. HTS 2206, FET, TTB, USJTA preference, Section 122.
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Answer Capsule The EU maintains over 40 preferential Free Trade Agreements covering 70+ trading partners, reducing tariffs between the EU and partner countries. To claim preferential tariff rates, importers must ensure goods meet rules of origin (regional content requirements) and provide proof through EUR.1 certificates, REX declarations, or origin statements. Many FTAs enable cumulation of…
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Peacock Tariff Consulting Answer Capsule Icelandic fish comprises 40%+ of merchandise exports, but faces significant tariff barriers globally. The EU applies autonomous quotas, the US charges tariffs on processed fish, and Asian markets demand rules of origin compliance. Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and MSC certification shape trade, requiring specialized tariff knowledge. Iceland’s Fisheries: The Economic…