Tag: Safeguard Tariffs

  • Quartz Quota

    Trump invokes rarely used safeguard law to cap quartz countertop imports for four years, giving U.S. producers breathing room and sending fabricators scrambling before an August 15 deadline WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2026 American importers of quartz surface products have ten days to rethink their supply chains. Under a presidential proclamation signed July 31 and analyzed…

  • UK Seizes Steel

    Britain forces out China’s Jingye Group and nationalises British Steel, deepening a trade rift with Beijing as sweeping new import curbs reshape global steel flows. LONDON, July 18, 2026: Britain took British Steel into full public ownership on Thursday, forcibly removing China’s Jingye Group as owner of the country’s last primary steelmaker and igniting the…