Tag: Tariff-Rate Quota
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USTR allocates the last 55,993 tonnes of the fiscal 2027 raw cane sugar quota across 28 suppliers a week before the October 1 opening, while growers press for Section 301 action against an over-quota tariff that has not moved since 2000. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2026 – The Office of the United States Trade Representative completed…
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The OECD says global steel excess capacity will reach 721 million tonnes by 2027, with additions outrunning closures three to one, as Europe’s melt and pour rule takes effect on October 1 and turns origin documentation into a condition of market access PARIS, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 Global steel excess capacity is projected to rise from…
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Trump opens a 300,000 metric ton duty free window for imported lean beef, handing Brazil and Paraguay a windfall while American ranchers cry foul WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2026. President Donald Trump this week signed a proclamation that temporarily lifts the steep out-of-quota tariff on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported lean beef trimmings, the…
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USTR’s cotton-linked textile tariff-rate quota reaches its September 1 operational target, forcing importers, US yarn mills, and four Asian supplier nations to confront a new sourcing arithmetic WASHINGTON, September 1, 2026: The most closely watched date on the American textile trade calendar arrived Monday, as the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s long-promised tariff-rate…
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White House opens a 300,000 tonne duty-free window on ground beef as cattle numbers hit a 56-year low, handing importers a narrow and legally unusual opening WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will waive out-of-quota tariffs on as much as 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef…
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Ottawa has revived a proposal to cap Canadian steel and aluminum shipments to the United States in exchange for relief from Section 232 duties, a managed-trade bargain that would trade the principle of open access for the predictability producers say they can no longer find. OTTAWA, Aug. 13, 2026 Canadian negotiators have put export quotas…