Tag: Manufacturing
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Commerce proposes sweeping 14 more product categories into the Section 232 metal tariffs, from brass instruments and fire extinguishers to cranes and trailers, giving importers until August 27 to object WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Commerce Department has proposed adding 14 more categories of products to the Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper,…
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The White House prepares a hybrid price floor and tariff regime on the raw material behind every chip and solar panel, aiming at China’s 93.5 percent grip on global supply while U.S. solar developers brace for higher costs WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a combination of minimum import prices…
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America’s 100 percent pharmaceutical tariff is now the law of the land for the industry’s biggest names, and the rest of the sector has eight weeks to find shelter before the same duty lands on them WASHINGTON, August 4, 2026. The most aggressive sector-specific tariff in modern American trade history is no longer a threat,…
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Ottawa’s 25 per cent provisional safeguard on imported wood cabinets and vanities lands on a battered domestic industry, and importers now have days, not months, to rebuild their landed-cost models OTTAWA, August 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada’s kitchen cabinet industry spent the first working days of August absorbing something it has not had…
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Southern Africa’s customs union opens a sweeping safeguard investigation into cold-rolled flat steel, positioning the five-nation bloc as the newest trade defence flashpoint in a world awash with surplus metal and diverted cargoes. Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade News Desk PRETORIA, Aug. 3, 2026. The Southern African Customs Union has opened one of the most…
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Brussels closes a yearlong trade defence case with definitive anti-dumping duties of 60 percent to 67.5 percent on Chinese polyamide yarn, redrawing the sourcing map for spinners, knitters and apparel brands on three continents. BRUSSELS, Aug. 3, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade News Desk The European Union has raised one of the steepest…
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Ottawa imposes a 25 per cent provisional safeguard on imported wood cabinets and vanities, and importers have until August 5 before they even learn how to declare it OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 Canadian importers of kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities returned from the Civic Holiday long weekend to a new 25 per cent surtax that…
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Two North American industrial unions representing 1.45 million workers have asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to abandon the Section 338 tariffs on Canada, arguing that Washington is aiming a protectionist weapon at the wrong country three weeks before the duties take effect PITTSBURGH and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – The most…
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Canfor and West Fraser reported second quarter losses within a day of each other this week, an Alberta sawmill was condemned, and one producer disclosed the first hard numbers on how the new Section 338 tariffs will hit Canadian wood panels VANCOUVER, July 31, 2026 Two of Canada’s three largest lumber producers reported second quarter…
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A two year countdown on generic drug tariffs formally began Saturday, giving the manufacturers of nine in ten American prescriptions until August 2028 to build in the United States or face duties of 100 percent, then 200 percent. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2026. The most consequential tariff of the week is one that, for now, collects…