Tag: Supply Chain

  • Labor Tariffs

    Sixty economies mount a last-ditch defense as USTR faces a Monday deadline on forced labor duties covering 99 percent of United States imports By Monday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative must complete the most expansive Section 301 investigation ever undertaken, one that found every major American trading partner deficient on forced labor…

  • 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…

  • Smoke Tariff

    Trump moves to fold the cost of Canadian wildfire smoke into Ottawa’s tariff bill as haze blankets an estimated 100 million Americans, drawing sharp rebukes from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford pushed back forcefully this weekend against a…

  • Lumber Duty

    As Ontario demands Washington scrap softwood tariffs, Canadian producers brace for a United States final duty ruling due in August that would trim combined rates to about 25 percent while a separate national security levy keeps the effective burden near 35 percent. VANCOUVER, July 19, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers head into the final stretch…

  • 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…

  • Labor Levy Race

    USTR sprints to finalize forced labor tariffs on 60 economies covering 99 percent of US imports, as governments from Ottawa to Phnom Penh rush through new laws in a last-ditch bid for lower rates WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The public record is closed, the hearing transcripts are filed, and the countdown is running. The Office…

  • Helium Halt

    Beijing pauses helium exports to shield chipmakers and hospitals from a global shortage, while MOFCOM promises to recalibrate the ban as supply and demand shift. BEIJING, July 16, 2026: China’s Ministry of Commerce moved on Thursday to steady a nervous global gas market, saying it will adjust its newly imposed export controls on helium in…

  • EU-India Pact

    India and the European Union set a year-end signing for their landmark free trade agreement and opened formal talks on Indian association with Horizon Europe, deepening ties beyond tariffs. NEW DELHI, July 16, 2026: India and the European Union will sign their landmark free trade agreement before the end of 2026 and expect the pact…

  • UK Seizes Steel

    Britain forces out China’s Jingye Group and nationalises British Steel, deepening a trade rift with Beijing as sweeping new import curbs reshape global steel flows. LONDON, July 18, 2026: Britain took British Steel into full public ownership on Thursday, forcibly removing China’s Jingye Group as owner of the country’s last primary steelmaker and igniting the…

  • CUSMA Redux

    With the continental pact unrenewed and rolling annual reviews now the rule, Washington opens a third bilateral round with Mexico while Ottawa waits for a seat at the table OTTAWA, July 18, 2026. The trilateral trade agreement that has governed the North American economy since 2020 has entered an uncertain new chapter, and Canada is…