Tag: Supply Chain

  • China Hits EU

    Beijing bars dual-use exports to 14 European entities, including truck, motor, materials and drone makers, in direct retaliation for the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package, deepening a trade standoff that already spans steel, small parcels, rare earths and electric vehicles. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting BRUSSELS, July 28 – China has opened a…

  • Duty Handoff

    The in-transit grace period for the new Section 301 duties ends today, closing out a frantic week in which one American tariff regime died, another was born, and importers were left to reconcile refunds, stacking rules, and a calendar full of deadlines. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 For American importers, Tuesday marks the end of the…

  • China Cap Claim

    Beijing says Washington privately pledged to hold new replacement tariffs on Chinese goods at 20 percent, revealing the hidden ceiling in a fragile trade truce and handing importers a rare glimpse of where US-China tariff policy may settle. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 China has publicly disclosed what it says is a private American commitment at…

  • Smelter Carrot

    New Section 232 proclamation halves aluminum tariffs for companies that build American smelters, testing whether incentives can succeed where duties alone have not WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 President Trump signed a proclamation on Monday that fundamentally reworks the incentive structure behind America’s aluminum tariffs, offering companies that invest in building, expanding, or refurbishing domestic smelters…

  • Brazil Duty Day

    Sweeping 25 percent Section 301 tariffs on Brazilian goods take effect as Brasilia vows retaliation and a WTO challenge WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 A 25 percent tariff on most goods imported from Brazil took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time this morning, opening a new and volatile chapter in the trade relationship between the United…

  • A Paperwork Cliff: Why Canadian Truck Dealers Say They Can’t Buy New U.S. Models – and Why a Bureaucratic Mismatch Could Ripple Through the Whole Economy

    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…

  • China Objects

    Beijing demands Washington fully remove its new forced labor tariffs, invoking a 20 percent cap it says was promised in bilateral talks, yet stops short of retaliation with a leaders’ summit on the horizon. Peacock Tariff Consulting | US Trade Desk | July 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, July 27. China called on the United States on…

  • Next Wave Looms

    The forced labor tariffs were the opening act, not the finale. With an overcapacity probe underway, sectoral security investigations maturing and new legal tools being tested, Washington’s rebuilt tariff machine has a full pipeline for the months ahead. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26, 2026 The tariff week that…

  • Entry Scramble

    Importers have until 12:01 a.m. Tuesday to enter goods that were already on the water when the new forced labor tariffs took effect, and the fine print of the 431-page action is testing customs teams like nothing since the first China tariff waves. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26,…

  • Pharma Cliff

    Six days before 100 percent tariffs hit patented medicines, three of the world’s biggest drugmakers still have no onshoring deal, generic makers have a new 200 percent deadline of their own, and the US drug supply chain is bracing for the most expensive week in its history WASHINGTON, July 25, 2026 The most consequential tariff…