Tag: Supply Chain

  • Drone Duty Rush

    Twelve days before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit unmanned aircraft, buyers are stripping inventory, DJI has won a courtroom reprieve, and importers still have no CBP guidance WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 The American drone market has spent the past week doing what every American import market does in the fortnight before…

  • Talks Collapse

    Carney suspends negotiations and pledges dollar-for-dollar retaliation as Washington’s 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly $28 billion of Canadian exports OTTAWA, August 22, 2026 At 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, the most consequential escalation in the Canada-United States trade conflict since early 2025 took legal effect. An additional 50 per cent ad…

  • Drone Duty Bite

    Two weeks before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit imported unmanned aircraft, small U.S. operators are pulling five-figure purchases forward and Commerce has yet to publish the classification guidance importers need WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 With 13 days left before the first tranche of Section 232 tariffs on unmanned aircraft systems takes…

  • Korea EA Probe

    Seoul opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate, adding a new front in Northeast Asia’s intensifying chemical trade war as Chinese overcapacity washes across the region SEOUL, Aug. 20, 2026 South Korea has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, the Korea Trade Commission announced in the government gazette on…

  • India Glass Bar

    New Delhi imposes a minimum import price and licensing wall on cheap clear float glass, shielding domestic producers from low-priced Asian supply and adding a fresh layer to one of the world’s most protected glass markets NEW DELHI, Aug. 20, 2026 India has thrown up a new barrier against low-priced glass imports, converting the import…

  • Steel At 25%

    Negotiators are reported to have settled on halving Section 232 metals duties for Canada, but a volume cap near four million tonnes and unresolved treatment of derivatives mean the relief will be narrower than the headline number suggests HAMILTON, Ontario, August 21, 2026 – The single most consequential number in the Canada-United States trade package…

  • Mexico Auto Ask

    Mexico City presses Washington to shrink the 25 percent Section 232 automotive tariff as the USMCA review heads toward a make or break fourth round in September, with rules of origin, steel, and the future of North American carmaking on the table WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – Mexico is mounting its most determined push yet…

  • India PVC Probe

    New Delhi opens a countervailing duty investigation into Chinese PVC suspension resin and advances a parallel anti-dumping case on thick polyester film, deepening a trade defence programme that now touches nearly half of India’s polymer imports NEW DELHI, 20 August 2026 India’s trade remedy authority moved on two fronts on Wednesday against imports that its…

  • Korea Soda Duty

    Seoul’s trade commission moves against Chinese and Taiwanese caustic soda with duties of up to 38.89 percent, and opens a fresh probe into Chinese printing plates, as South Korea’s chemical sector turns to trade defence SEOUL, 20 August 2026 South Korea’s trade watchdog said on Thursday it will recommend that the finance ministry impose anti-dumping…

  • China Blocks EU

    Beijing orders Chinese firms not to cooperate with Brussels over the JD.com bid for Germany’s Ceconomy, the second blocking order in four months and a direct challenge to the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation BRUSSELS, 20 August 2026 China has forbidden its companies and citizens from assisting a European Union investigation into JD.com’s proposed acquisition of…