Tag: Supply Chain
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Canada and the United States enter the final 48 hours before sweeping 50 percent tariffs take effect, with negotiators mapping a package for President Trump but a wide gap still separating the two sides WASHINGTON, August 17, 2026 With less than 48 hours remaining before the United States imposes 50 percent tariffs on roughly 20…
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More than $121 billion in claims and roughly $100 billion paid out, yet the small importers who absorbed the cost of the invalidated IEEPA tariffs say the money is landing everywhere except with them. A refund program built for importers of record is now colliding with class actions, congressional bills and the midterm campaign. WASHINGTON,…
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Tokyo enacts provisional duties of 29.2 to 55.3 percent on hot-dipped galvanized steel from South Korea and China, a rare deployment of trade remedies by the world’s third largest steel producer and the latest sign that Asia’s long tolerance of cheap steel imports is running out. TOKYO, August 13, 2026. Japanese customs officers began collecting…
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Fresh government trade data released Monday show the average U.S. tariff burden fell to 7.1 percent in June, even as the administration finished rebuilding its global tariff wall on a new legal foundation that courts are already testing. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 The most detailed picture yet of America’s post Supreme Court tariff landscape emerged…
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Caught between a new Section 301 forced-labour tariff already raising costs on 70 percent of its US-bound exports and a looming 100 percent penalty tied to Russian oil, New Delhi is betting that patience, diversification and an unsigned trade deal can carry it through the tightest trade squeeze it has faced in years. NEW DELHI,…
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POSCO formally contests Japan’s first major anti-dumping duties on Korean steel, opening a high-stakes trade confrontation between two US allies as a far larger probe into hot-rolled and cold-rolled products looms in the background. SEOUL, Aug. 11, 2026 — South Korea’s flagship steelmaker POSCO has formally challenged the provisional anti-dumping duties Japan imposed last week…
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The European Commission has locked in five-year anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, reshaping costs across Europe’s PET supply chain while handing Korea’s Taekwang Industrial a rare full exemption. BRUSSELS, Aug. 10, 2026 — The European Commission on Monday imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of purified terephthalic acid from…
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Comment window closes on product exclusions from the forced labor tariffs now covering imports from 60 economies, as importers push toward a September 22 hearing at USTR WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 The deadline arrived at 11:59 p.m. Monday night. Companies seeking relief from the sweeping Section 301 forced labor tariffs, the 10 to 12.5 percent…
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Brussels imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 102.4% on Chinese silico-manganese steel welding wire, forcing importers, distributors and fabricators across Europe to reprice a workhorse consumable almost overnight. BRUSSELS, August 11, 2026 The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 102.4% on imports of certain silico-manganese steel welding wire from China,…