Tag: Supply Chain


  • Tariff Hearings

    Three days of testimony in Washington close out the public phase of a plan to place new duties on 60 economies covering 99.4 percent of United States imports WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 The Office of the United States Trade Representative concluded three days of public hearings Thursday on its proposal to impose additional tariffs of…

  • 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…

  • Tariff Endgame

    Forced labour tariff hearings close in Washington today, and Canada now waits to learn whether its case spares exporters a new 10 per cent duty WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 Three days of public hearings on the most consequential American tariff proposal of the year wrap up in Washington today, and when the final witness steps…

  • Tariff Pushback

    Ottawa tells Washington there is no basis for proposed Section 301 forced labour duties on Canadian goods as public hearings open and a late July deadline looms over exporters on both sides of the border Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 The Canadian government has told the Trump administration there is no…

  • Brazil on Clock

    With eight days left on a statutory deadline, USTR wraps up hearings on a proposed 25 percent tariff on Brazilian goods as a Bolsonaro pleads for delay, Lula threatens retaliation, and US importers brace for a July 15 decision By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 7, 2026 The clock on the…

  • 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…

  • Tariff Cliff

    Comment window closes on sweeping forced labor tariffs as USTR races to lock in a permanent replacement before the Section 122 surcharge expires July 24 By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 6, 2026 The window for American businesses to shape the largest tariff action in the 52 year history of Section…

  • What an open-ended joint review means for North American supply chains – and what importers should be doing now On June 10, 2026, speaking from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said the United States is “not looking to renew” the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trilateral pact that replaced NAFTA in 2020 and that…

  • A warning from Parliament Hill When the head of the Canadian Truck Dealers Association stepped up to a microphone on Parliament Hill on May 21, 2026, the message was not the kind that usually draws crowds. There was no factory closure to announce, no jobs lost overnight, no dramatic tariff to denounce. Instead, Kevin Disher…

  • Two fires last year proved extremely disruptive to the auto industry, idling roughly 40% of America’s automotive aluminum sheet supply and forcing Ford to absorb a charge of up to $2 billion When Novelis confirmed on June 10, 2026 that its Oswego, New York hot mill was running again, the announcement read like a routine…