A Saturday publication of more than 1,400 tariff changes brings duties of up to 86.5 percent on Chinese steel fasteners, plus new measures on specialty plastics and plywood, as Brussels hardens its trade defences while high-stakes talks with Beijing grind on. BRUSSELS, AUG. 2 – Importers across the European Union are spending the first days…
Brussels imposes definitive anti-dumping duties of up to 67.6 percent on Chinese polyamide yarns, moving to shield a 400 million euro European market and some 2,000 manufacturing jobs across five member states as the measure takes full effect this week. BRUSSELS, AUG. 2 – European textile mills began their first full week under a new…
Brussels locks in definitive anti-dumping tariffs of up to 67.6 percent on Chinese polyamide yarns, capping a twelve-month investigation and forcing a rethink of sourcing strategies across Europe’s textile supply chain BRUSSELS, July 31, 2026. The European Commission this week imposed definitive anti-dumping duties ranging from 60 percent to 67.6 percent on imports of polyamide…
One day before the steepest pharmaceutical tariffs in modern American history take effect, the world’s largest drugmakers are racing to lock in agreements that would spare them a 100 percent duty on patented medicines WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026. The United States stands one day away from the most consequential deadline in the modern history of…
India’s trade remedies authority pushes forward a sweeping set of anti-dumping investigations into imported solar encapsulants from China, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam, tightening the screws on the supply chains that feed the world’s third largest solar market. NEW DELHI, AUG. 2 – India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies moved its high-stakes anti-dumping investigations into…
Beijing says Washington promised to cap replacement tariffs on Chinese goods at 20 percent, then told US negotiators of its serious concern over a week of new restrictions, as both sides maneuver ahead of a possible September summit WASHINGTON, July 30, 2026 – China’s top economic official told his American counterparts on Thursday that Beijing…
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal opened a final injury inquiry into Chinese building wire on Thursday after border officers issued preliminary determinations, putting provisional duties on a product that goes into almost every house Canada builds OTTAWA, July 31, 2026 The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a final injury inquiry on Thursday into the dumping…
Ottawa imposes a 25 per cent provisional safeguard surtax on imported wood cabinets and vanities, opening a 200 day window while the Canadian International Trade Tribunal decides whether a global import surge is destroying a domestic industry already boxed in by American duties OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – Canada has turned a…
Brussels imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 116.4 percent on Chinese sodium benzoate, handing a victory to complainant Lanxess and opening a new front in an increasingly crowded EU-China trade defence docket. BRUSSELS, July 31, 2026 The European Commission has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties of between 57.6 percent and 116.4 percent on imports of…
Brazil activates the Mercosur-Singapore free trade agreement, securing immediate duty-free entry for 100 percent of its exports to the city-state and giving the South American bloc its first operational trade pact in Southeast Asia. BRASILIA, July 31, 2026. Brazil this week completed the final step to bring the Mercosur-Singapore Free Trade Agreement into force, capping…