Tag: Section 301


  • 301 Labor Levy

    A new Federal Register notice signals the next stage of Washington’s sweeping forced labor tariff program, as importers from 60 economies absorb duties of 10 to 12.5 percent and foreign governments press their objections By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, September 13, 2026. The Office of the United States Trade Representative moved…

  • US-China Thaw

    Beijing and Washington race to lock in reciprocal tariff cuts on $30 billion in goods before the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, with a fragile truce set to expire November 10 By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, September 11, 2026 The United States and China are moving closer to the first meaningful rollback…

  • Tariff Thaw

    Washington and Beijing race to cut duties on $30 billion in goods ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, but a fragile truce and a November deadline loom over the talks WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 China and the United States are pushing to finalize reciprocal tariff reductions on roughly $30 billion of goods before President…

  • Truce Test

    A planned 7.5 percent overcapacity tariff would push US duties on Chinese goods to the very ceiling of the trade truce, just as new export data shows Beijing’s shipping machine running hotter than ever ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, September 9, 2026 Two weeks before President Donald Trump is scheduled to welcome…

  • India Deal Snag

    New Delhi says the long-awaited US bilateral trade agreement will not be finalized until Washington offers Indian exporters a tariff rate better than their competitors get WASHINGTON and NEW DELHI, September 6, 2026 The final act of one of the Trump administration’s most consequential trade negotiations has stalled on a single word: preferential. India will…

  • Beijing Warns

    Beijing reserves the right to retaliate as Washington prepares a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity duty that would push second-term tariffs on Chinese goods back toward 20 percent, weeks before a Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026. The Trump administration is preparing to impose a new 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods as the remedy…

  • China Chip Levy

    Washington readies a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity duty on Chinese goods that would lift second-term replacement tariffs to the exact 20 percent ceiling Beijing says it was promised, one month before a White House summit WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2026 The Trump administration is preparing to impose a new 7.5 percent tariff on Chinese goods…

  • China Gap Levy

    The White House moves toward a 7.5 percent Section 301 overcapacity tariff that would lift total new duties on Chinese goods to the 20 percent truce ceiling just weeks before the planned Xi-Trump summit in Washington WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2026 – The Trump administration is moving toward imposing a new 7.5 percent tariff on imports…

  • China Cap Gap

    Washington is preparing a 7.5 percent overcapacity tariff on Chinese goods, engineered to hit the exact ceiling of the bilateral truce, weeks before Xi Jinping arrives for a September 24 summit that will decide whether the truce survives By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | August 31, 2026 WASHINGTON, August 31, 2026. The…

  • Chip Duty Stack

    A planned 7.5 percent overcapacity layer would push combined Section 301 exposure on Chinese semiconductors to roughly 70 percent, transforming the economics of American technology supply chains just weeks before the Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, August 25, 2026. For American companies that buy Chinese semiconductors, solar components, or battery materials, the trade story of the week…