Tag: Steel

  • 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…

  • Delhi Steels Up

    India’s trade remedies authority has extended anti-dumping duties on Chinese seamless steel tubes and stretched the comment clock in its hot rolled steel probe against China, Japan and Russia, the latest reinforcements in a widening wall of trade defenses around the world’s second largest steel market. NEW DELHI, July 18. India’s steel trade defense wall…

  • Steel Duty Held

    Canada’s trade tribunal renews anti-dumping duties on corrosion-resistant steel sheet from Turkiye and Vietnam for five more years, hardening a domestic defence line at a moment when United States tariffs are squeezing the industry from the south. OTTAWA, July 20, 2026. Canada has quietly renewed one of the oldest pillars of its steel trade defence.…

  • India Steel Wall

    India’s trade remedies authority has extended anti-dumping duties on Chinese seamless steel tubes and stretched the comment clock in its hot rolled steel probe against China, Japan and Russia, the latest reinforcements in a widening wall of trade defenses around the world’s second largest steel market. NEW DELHI, July 18. India’s steel trade defense wall…

  • 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…

  • CUSMA Limbo

    With Washington refusing to extend the continental trade pact and a fresh tariff threat landing over wildfire smoke, Canada’s push to lift sectoral duties looks set to drag past the U.S. midterms. Canada’s campaign to win relief from a thicket of American tariffs entered a more uncertain phase this weekend, as a fresh threat from…

  • US Hits Brazil

    Washington imposes 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian imports from July 22, sparing coffee and beef but exposing more than 4,000 products, as Brasilia vows reciprocal measures and a WTO challenge By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting Washington, July 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The United States imposed a 25 percent…

  • 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…

  • Tokyo Duty Wall

    Japan begins collecting provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 42.1 percent on stainless steel from China and Taiwan, one of Tokyo’s most assertive trade remedy actions in years and a fresh fault line in Asia’s crowded steel trade International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting TOKYO, July 9, 2026 – Japan began collecting provisional anti-dumping duties…

  • 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…