Tag: Steel
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A holiday weekend burst of Special Import Measures Act activity at the border agency and the trade tribunal shows Canada’s trade remedy machinery running at full throttle, with Chinese and Vietnamese goods bearing most of the load OTTAWA, August 3, 2026 While Ottawa’s political attention stayed fixed on the August 19 deadline for new American…
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Two North American industrial unions representing 1.45 million workers have asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to abandon the Section 338 tariffs on Canada, arguing that Washington is aiming a protectionist weapon at the wrong country three weeks before the duties take effect PITTSBURGH and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – The most…
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A Saturday publication of more than 1,400 tariff changes brings duties of up to 86.5 percent on Chinese steel fasteners, plus new measures on specialty plastics and plywood, as Brussels hardens its trade defences while high-stakes talks with Beijing grind on. BRUSSELS, AUG. 2 – Importers across the European Union are spending the first days…
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American and Mexican negotiators open three days of talks in Mexico City with autos, steel, and Chinese transshipment on the table, and the future of North American free trade increasingly negotiated one year at a time MEXICO CITY, July 21, 2026. United States and Mexican negotiating teams convened in the Mexican capital on Tuesday for…
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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…
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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…
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Mexico City opens a second sunset review of its decade-old anti-dumping duty on Chinese steel wire rod at the urging of Deacero and Ternium, keeping the 49-cent-per-kilogram levy alive while Latin America hardens its steel defences Peacock Tariff Consulting | International Trade Desk | July 24, 2026 MEXICO CITY, July 24, 2026. Mexico has formally…
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Washington and Mexico City open a decisive third round of USMCA review talks this week, with tougher auto content rules, metals verification, and China’s growing footprint in Mexican factories at the center of the table By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 The United States and Mexico begin their third…
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South Korea extends its provisional anti-dumping duty on Thai seamless copper tubes, the newest move in an East Asian trade defence wave that now runs from copper piping to stainless steel coil. SEOUL, July 20, 2026. South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance on Monday extended the provisional anti-dumping duty on seamless copper tubes and…
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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…