Tag: Rules of Origin
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Two months into the joint review, North America’s trade pact is running on two tracks: real progress with Mexico, open confrontation with Canada, and a September deadline week that will test both WASHINGTON, September 6, 2026 The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remains fully in force, but the review process meant to secure its future has split…
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Brussels has finalized the documentary rules that will force every steel importer to prove where its metal was first melted and poured, and the opening week of September finds importers, mills and freight forwarders around the world racing to rebuild their paperwork before the October 1 deadline. BRUSSELS, September 5, 2026 The European Commission’s adoption…
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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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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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A White House report names more than 40 trading partners as transshipment risks, puts annual revenue losses in the tens of billions, and signals that origin rules will dominate the next round of negotiations WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2026. The White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy published a report Thursday accusing more than 40…
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More than 40 economies from Brussels to Seoul to New Delhi have been flagged by a new White House report as elevated-risk hubs for China-linked transshipment, putting their exporters on notice that every US-bound shipment may now face deeper customs scrutiny. A 25-Page Report Redraws the Compliance Map SEOUL, August 14, 2026. Exporters across more…
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Brazil brings the Mercosur-Singapore free trade agreement into force on August 1, securing immediate duty-free treatment for every Brazilian export line entering the city-state and giving the South American bloc its first trade pact with a Southeast Asian nation. BRASILIA, July 30, 2026: Brazil will implement the free trade agreement between the Southern Common Market,…
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Brazil activates the Mercosur-Singapore free trade agreement, securing immediate duty-free entry for 100 percent of its exports to the city-state and giving the South American bloc its first operational trade pact in Southeast Asia. BRASILIA, July 31, 2026. Brazil this week completed the final step to bring the Mercosur-Singapore Free Trade Agreement into force, capping…
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Canada sends its trade minister and chief negotiator to Washington for two days of talks aimed at defusing a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff due on August 19, even as President Donald Trump publicly questions whether he wants a renewed CUSMA at all. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, July 29, 2026…
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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…