Tag: Manufacturing
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Mexico presses Washington to slash Section 232 auto tariffs and rewrite content rules as the USMCA review heads toward a decisive fourth round WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2026 – Mexico is mounting its most aggressive push yet to dismantle the tariff wall that the United States has built around the North American auto industry, pressing the…
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Australia withdraws dormant tariff concessions on eight product lines, lifting duties from zero to 5 percent and reminding importers that unused concessions have a shelf life SYDNEY, August 19, 2026 The Australian government on Tuesday published a gazette notice withdrawing import tariff concessions on eight categories of goods, lifting the applicable customs duty from zero…
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Brasilia’s tariff on imported polyurethanes jumps from 14 to 20 percent as a new GECEX resolution takes effect, squeezing suppliers from Europe, Asia and beyond SAO PAULO, August 19, 2026 A significant increase in Brazil’s import tariff on certain polyurethanes entered into force on Monday, August 17, raising the duty from 14 percent to 20…
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Negotiators are working toward cutting the American tariff on Canadian-built vehicles from 25 per cent to 15 per cent, but the two sides remain split on whose content gets deducted. The difference between American-only and North American content is worth billions, and Brampton is the cautionary example. OTTAWA, August 19, 2026 The headline number in…
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India’s trade remedies watchdog opened four anti-dumping investigations in a single day, three of them aimed squarely at China, as New Delhi confronts a record trade deficit with Beijing and a global glut of redirected Chinese exports. NEW DELHI, August 18, 2026 India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated four new anti-dumping investigations on…
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White House imposes Section 232 tariffs of up to 100 percent on imported drones and components, setting a September 3 deadline that will reshape the American uncrewed aircraft market WASHINGTON, August 17, 2026 — The United States is preparing to erect the steepest trade barrier ever placed around its drone market. In a presidential proclamation…
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Trump signs a Section 232 proclamation putting duties of up to 100 percent on imported unmanned aircraft, with a September 3 effective date that leaves importers three weeks to reclassify, requalify or absorb the cost WASHINGTON, August 16, 2026. President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing tariffs of up to 100 percent on imported…
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Trump invokes Section 232 to impose duties of up to 100 percent on imported unmanned aircraft, carving out preferential rates for seven allies while leaving the rare earth bottleneck untouched WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2026. President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday imposing tariffs of as much as 100 percent on imported drones, docking…
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Japan’s first anti-dumping duties on a mainstream steel product completed their first full week of collection as Korean producers filed formal rebuttals and the global steel trade absorbed the signal from one of the world’s most reluctant users of trade remedies. TOKYO, August 16, 2026. One week after Japanese customs officers began collecting the country’s…
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Brussels locks in five years of anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, redrawing the feedstock map for Europe’s PET bottle, packaging and polyester industries. BRUSSELS, August 16, 2026 The European Union has closed out one of the most consequential chemical trade cases of the year, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on…