Tag: Safeguards

  • SACU Steel Line

    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…

  • Cabinet Surtax

    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…

  • Steel Wall Up

    Three weeks into the EU’s 50 percent out-of-quota steel duty, exporters from Tokyo to Seoul are counting the cost, importers are racing quota clocks, and Beijing is warning of a response International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRUSSELS, July 21, 2026: Three weeks after the European Union switched on the most…

  • Surplus Shock

    China’s trade surplus with the European Union hits an all-time high just as Brussels switches on its toughest trade defences in a generation, with duties on Chinese plug-in hybrids waiting in the wings. BRUSSELS, July 20, 2026. The uncomfortable arithmetic of Europe’s trade relationship with China caught up with Brussels this month. China’s trade surplus…

  • EU Duty Threat

    Brussels warns that dialogue with Beijing “will not suffice” and signals unilateral tariff action, as China’s trade surplus with the European Union surges to a record high ahead of an October deadline for talks. By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 15, 2026. The European Commission has put Beijing on notice that…

  • EU Steel Snarl

    Customs gridlock, cash calls and paralyzed trading mark the first week of Europe’s toughest steel import regime in a generation, as exporters worldwide confront a 50 percent duty wall BRUSSELS, July 7, 2026 One week into the European Union’s sweeping new steel import regime, the machinery built to shield the bloc’s ailing steelmakers is grinding…