Tag: Supply Chain

  • Tariff Bite

    Minneapolis Fed researchers say the long-delayed pass-through of tariffs to consumer prices “has arrived,” adding up to 0.4 points to core inflation as the FOMC prepares to meet MINNEAPOLIS, September 10, 2026 The tariff bill is finally landing on American receipts. After more than a year in which economists puzzled over why sweeping import duties…

  • Tariff Thaw

    Washington and Beijing race to cut duties on $30 billion in goods ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, but a fragile truce and a November deadline loom over the talks WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 China and the United States are pushing to finalize reciprocal tariff reductions on roughly $30 billion of goods before President…

  • EU Widens Web

    Brussels prepares to unveil a sweeping alliance with Canada as the centerpiece of a trade diversification strategy designed to hedge against American tariffs and great power politics BRUSSELS, September 10, 2026. The European Union is preparing to announce a new, far-reaching alliance with Canada spanning trade, security, critical raw materials, and scientific research, in what…

  • Trade Ticks Up

    The WTO’s Goods Trade Barometer climbs to 102 as merchandise flows hold above trend, defying a record surge in tariffs, import bans, and subsidies worldwide GENEVA, September 10, 2026. Global goods trade is not just surviving the most turbulent trade policy environment in a generation. By the World Trade Organization’s own measure, it is quietly…

  • Chip Duty Shock

    Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade confrontation that has already cut rare earth flows to Japan to zero and rattled semiconductor supply chains worldwide. BEIJING, September 10, 2026 China has opened a new front in its escalating economic campaign against Japan,…

  • Copper Peaks

    Record prices, record Congolese imports and a looming customs deadline put US copper tariff policy at the center of global metals markets WASHINGTON, September 9, 2026 Copper has never been more expensive, and the reason has less to do with mines than with Washington. The benchmark three month copper contract on the London Metal Exchange…

  • China DCS Blow

    Beijing imposes provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, striking at a critical semiconductor input and raising the stakes in East Asia’s chip supply chain rivalry BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting provisional anti-dumping deposits of up to 99.2 percent on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after…

  • Bombardier Hit

    Trump’s threat to bar the Quebec jetmaker from the American market wiped more than six per cent off its shares, drew objections from a Republican senator and an American union, and exposed the limits of using market access as a trade weapon against a company with suppliers in 47 states. MONTREAL, September 9, 2026 –…

  • Drug Duty Nears

    With the 100 percent tariff on patented pharmaceuticals set to bite on September 29, importers race the clock while drugmakers weigh onshoring deals and pricing concessions WASHINGTON, September 8, 2026. Three weeks from today, the United States will begin collecting a 100 percent tariff on imported patented pharmaceuticals and their active ingredients from most of…

  • Chip Tariff Row

    Washington readies Phase Two semiconductor duties as Seoul and Taipei bargain for relief and markets brace for higher electronics prices WASHINGTON, September 8, 2026. The Trump administration’s plan for a second, far broader round of semiconductor tariffs hardened into the dominant story in global trade over the past several days, as negotiators from South Korea…