Tag: Market Access

  • UK Auto Squeeze

    New Oxford Economics analysis puts the EU’s economic stake in British car production at 24 billion euros and 250,000 jobs. British industry is using the figures to argue against exclusion from the bloc’s “Made in Europe” procurement and incentive rules. LONDON / BRUSSELS, 22 September 2026 The British motor industry published analysis on Tuesday quantifying,…

  • Procurement Ban

    Trump’s memorandum orders Canadian goods stripped from U.S. federal civil purchasing, opening a front in the trade war that tariffs cannot reach and negotiators may not be able to close WASHINGTON and OTTAWA, September 17, 2026. President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Tuesday directing his budget office and trade representative to identify and…

  • Trade Ice Melts

    India and China open first structured trade talks in years, targeting a 99 billion dollar deficit, tariff frictions and supply chain bottlenecks as Asia’s two giants test a commercial detente NEW DELHI, September 15, 2026 India and China have formally begun discussions to address their long-festering bilateral trade grievances, including one of the world’s largest…

  • Bombardier Hit

    Trump’s threat to bar the Quebec jetmaker from the American market wiped more than six per cent off its shares, drew objections from a Republican senator and an American union, and exposed the limits of using market access as a trade weapon against a company with suppliers in 47 states. MONTREAL, September 9, 2026 –…

  • US Import Ban

    Five presidential proclamations signed Tuesday bar most Canadian alcohol, several dairy lines and larger motorcycles from the United States market beginning September 29, replacing tariffs with outright prohibition and removing the CUSMA shelter that Canadian exporters had relied on. OTTAWA, September 9, 2026 – The United States moved on Tuesday from taxing Canadian goods to…

  • Türkiye Talks

    A quiet notice in the August 1 Canada Gazette opens the formal public comment window on a Canada-Türkiye free trade agreement, and buried inside it is a steel quota question Ottawa has not yet answered OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 Global Affairs Canada published a notice in Part I of the Canada Gazette on Saturday, August…

  • Geneva Grilling

    India closes its first WTO trade policy review in five years defending high tariffs and development carve-outs, as 68 members press New Delhi on predictability, licensing and localization amid its FTA blitz. GENEVA, July 27, 2026, and the file on India’s trade regime is now formally closed, at least until the next quinquennial reckoning. India…

  • CETA Kicks In

    One week into the India-UK trade agreement, exporters on both sides are navigating new rules of origin to claim the deepest tariff cuts India has ever granted a Western partner International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 NEW DELHI, July 21, 2026: The largest trade agreement either country has concluded in years…

  • China Zero Duty

    Beijing says 63 countries now enjoy zero-tariff access to the world’s second-largest import market, as customs chiefs pledge to widen the net through 2030 in a pointed counterpoint to Western protectionism Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 BEIJING, July 24, 2026. China has now extended zero-tariff treatment to imports from…

  • 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…