Tag: Steel

  • SACU Steel Wall

    Southern African Customs Union imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese coated flat-rolled steel as Pretoria escalates its defence of a battered domestic mill sector By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting PRETORIA, Aug. 31, 2026. Provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of coated flat-rolled steel from China took effect across the Southern African Customs Union on…

  • Brazil Opens Up

    New zero-duty import quotas take effect in Brasilia as the Gecex trade chamber extends a busy season of selective liberalization, even as steel protection tightens BRASILIA, August 29, 2026 Brazil’s newest import tariff-rate quotas entered into force on August 28, opening a one year window of reduced-duty access for three products under a decision published…

  • Auto Duty Peril

    Donald Trump’s threat of 50 per cent tariffs on all Canadian cars, trucks, parts and steel from January 1, 2027 puts the country’s second-largest export industry at the centre of the trade war, and Ontario’s assembly towns on notice By the Canada Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, August 31, 2026 A single social media…

  • Sept 8 Showdown

    With one week until Canada’s largest retaliatory tariff package in a generation takes effect, importers race to reroute supply chains, file remission requests and land goods before the September 8 deadline By the Canada Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, August 31, 2026 One week from tomorrow, at one minute past midnight on September 8,…

  • GDP vs Tariffs

    Statistics Canada reported 3.3 per cent annualized second-quarter growth on Friday and erased the first-quarter contraction that had fuelled recession talk. Economists told Finance Minister Champagne the same week that the new tariff round is survivable. Both statements are true, and neither describes what happens next. OTTAWA, August 29, 2026. Canada entered the sharpest phase…

  • Sept 8 Deadline

    With less than two weeks before Canada’s new counter-tariffs on US goods take effect, importers face a compliance scramble over origin rules, remission claims and in-transit shipments, and new government guidance issued this week answers some questions while raising others. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canadian importers have eleven days to prepare for the most consequential…

  • Ottawa Strikes

    Canada answers Washington’s 50 percent tariffs with dollar for dollar counter-tariffs on more than 700 American products, effective September 8, as trade negotiations remain suspended and both economies brace for a costly autumn. OTTAWA, August 28, 2026 Canada is preparing to impose the largest package of retaliatory tariffs in its modern history, with counter-tariffs of…

  • CUSMA On Brink

    Washington weighs fresh trade penalties and a January 1 jump to 50 per cent auto tariffs as Canada’s retaliation hardens, premiers split on strategy and the North American trade pact edges toward collapse OTTAWA, August 27, 2026 The Canada-United States trade war entered its most dangerous phase this week, with the White House signalling further…

  • $7.5B Lifeline

    Ottawa rolls out a $7.5 billion emergency package of loans, worker supports and diversification funds as tariff damage spreads through Canadian steel, lumber, dairy and small business OTTAWA, August 27, 2026 Behind the headline drama of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs against the United States sits a quieter but arguably more consequential announcement: a $7.5 billion package…

  • Asia Duty Wave

    From Taipei to Kuala Lumpur, Asian governments unleash a synchronized surge of anti-dumping actions as redirected Chinese steel floods regional markets shut out of the West SINGAPORE, Aug. 26: A wave of trade remedy actions is sweeping across Asia and beyond, as governments from Taiwan to Malaysia to Saudi Arabia race to defend domestic steel…