Tag: Supply Chain
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Trump’s Section 338 order sweeps cosmetics, paper, chemicals and hockey sticks into a 50 percent tariff, and Canadian manufacturers warn of a rocky road Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Toronto. Filed July 24, 2026. TORONTO, July 24, 2026. A new American tariff order threatens roughly 28 billion Canadian dollars in annual exports and, for…
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Washington swaps an expiring global levy for a Section 301 ‘forced labour’ tariff, hitting Canada at 10 percent while sparing CUSMA-compliant goods Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk. Ottawa. Filed July 24, 2026. OTTAWA, July 24, 2026. The United States moved on Thursday to impose a fresh set of tariffs on dozens of trading partners,…
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What DSV’s Luxembourg–Indianapolis Pharma Air Route Reveals About the New Tariff Era 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…
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China shipped fewer rare earths in the first half of 2026 but earned dramatically more for them, and customs figures reported Monday reveal how Beijing’s licensing wall, backed by a new enforcement campaign, is converting geology into leverage over Europe, Japan and the wider world. BEIJING, July 20, 2026. China is selling fewer rare earths…
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Two months after unveiling what it called broadly balanced and positive preliminary outcomes from the China-US economic and trade consultations, China’s Commerce Ministry is converting a framework of tariff ceilings, twin councils, and agricultural breakthroughs into facts on the ground, and the rest of the trading world is recalibrating. BEIJING, July 18 On Friday evening…
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A temporary United States surcharge is set to lapse on July 24 and a long-delayed duty cut still sits unsigned, leaving Canadian softwood producers facing another week of tariff limbo and combined levies near 45 percent at the border. OTTAWA, July 20, 2026. Canada’s softwood lumber producers are heading into a pivotal week with more…
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India and the United Kingdom close the first trading week of their landmark economic pact with duty-free cargo moving through ports on both sides, new origin rules holding at the border, and exporters rewriting their price lists. NEW DELHI, July 19: The India-United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the most sweeping trade pact New…
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Two months after unveiling what it called broadly balanced and positive preliminary outcomes from the China-US economic and trade consultations, China’s Commerce Ministry is converting a framework of tariff ceilings, twin councils, and agricultural breakthroughs into facts on the ground, and the rest of the trading world is recalibrating. On Friday evening Beijing time, China’s…
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Five days before a 50th anniversary summit in Beijing, the European Union’s campaign to unblock China’s rare earth export licensing backlog has become the defining test of a trade relationship strained by a record deficit and a month of tit-for-tat measures. BRUSSELS, July 19: When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council…
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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…