Tag: Supply Chain
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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With Frankfurt added to its Inspire freighter rotation, the Swiss logistics group now connects six major cargo hubs across North America, Europe and Asia, and doubles down on a pharma-first transatlantic strategy. SCHINDELLEGI, Switzerland – June 2026 Kuehne+Nagel has switched on a new transatlantic air freight connection between Chicago and Frankfurt, folding Europe’s busiest cargo…
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Issued June 14, 2026 · Trade Policy Analysis The headline action On Monday, June 1, 2026, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that, for the first time in this tariff cycle, moves a major category of capital goods in the opposite direction from the rest of his trade agenda. The order reduces the duty applied…
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Peacock Tariff Consulting · June 2026 On 9 June 2026, DSV did something that, on its face, looks like a routine logistics announcement: the world’s largest freight forwarder opened a dedicated pharmaceutical air corridor between Luxembourg and Indianapolis. A new lane, a new hub, a press release full of the usual language about visibility, reliability…
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An analysis of the benefits and costs of the agreement entering annual review, written July 1, 2026 Executive Summary On July 1, 2026 – the sixth anniversary of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement’s entry into force – the mandated joint review under Article 34.7 concluded without the unanimous confirmation required to extend the agreement for a…
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An analysis of the benefits and costs of the agreement entering annual review, from the perspective of binational manufacturers operating plants in both Canada and the United States – July 1, 2026 Executive Summary On July 1, 2026, the joint review mandated by Article 34.7 of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement concluded without the unanimous confirmation…