Tag: Section 232

  • Generics Clock

    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…

  • Drug Duty Day

    One day before the steepest pharmaceutical tariffs in modern American history take effect, the world’s largest drugmakers are racing to lock in agreements that would spare them a 100 percent duty on patented medicines WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026. The United States stands one day away from the most consequential deadline in the modern history of…

  • 100% Drug Duty

    Section 232 tariffs on patented pharmaceuticals took effect Friday for the industry’s largest importers, opening a high stakes test of whether a wall of duties can pull drug manufacturing back to American soil. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2026. The steepest tariff ever applied to the American medicine cabinet is now being collected at United States ports…

  • Copper Crunch

    A mandatory smelt-and-cast reporting rule for copper imports takes effect Wednesday, the latest turn of the screw in a Section 232 metals regime that Washington has rebuilt tier by tier this year WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 American importers of copper wire and cable have until midnight tonight to get their data in order. Effective 12:01…

  • Smelter Carrot

    New Section 232 proclamation halves aluminum tariffs for companies that build American smelters, testing whether incentives can succeed where duties alone have not WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 President Trump signed a proclamation on Monday that fundamentally reworks the incentive structure behind America’s aluminum tariffs, offering companies that invest in building, expanding, or refurbishing domestic smelters…

  • Next Wave Looms

    The forced labor tariffs were the opening act, not the finale. With an overcapacity probe underway, sectoral security investigations maturing and new legal tools being tested, Washington’s rebuilt tariff machine has a full pipeline for the months ahead. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26, 2026 The tariff week that…

  • Pharma Cliff

    Six days before 100 percent tariffs hit patented medicines, three of the world’s biggest drugmakers still have no onshoring deal, generic makers have a new 200 percent deadline of their own, and the US drug supply chain is bracing for the most expensive week in its history WASHINGTON, July 25, 2026 The most consequential tariff…

  • Tariff Fallout

    The new 50 percent duties land on an economy already bruised by a year of trade conflict, while steel, aluminium, autos and softwood lumber remain trapped in a separate limbo the latest measure does nothing to resolve. TORONTO, July 22, 2026 The 50 percent duties President Donald Trump imposed on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian…

  • From Loading Dock to Trade Strategy

    What DSV’s Luxembourg–Indianapolis Pharma Air Route Reveals About the New Tariff Era Peacock Tariff Consulting · June 2026 On 9 June 2026, DSV did something that, on its face, looks like a routine logistics announcement: the world’s largest freight forwarder opened a dedicated pharmaceutical air corridor between Luxembourg and Indianapolis. A new lane, a new…

  • Steel Tariff

    A full year into Washington’s 50 percent duty on Canadian steel and aluminum, producers report shipments down 60 percent, relief measures have lapsed, and Ottawa weighs its next counter-move as the continental trade pact shifts to annual reviews. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Canada’s steel and aluminum producers enter the back half of July still absorbing…