Tag: Tariff Rate Quota
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Trump invokes rarely used safeguard law to cap quartz countertop imports for four years, giving U.S. producers breathing room and sending fabricators scrambling before an August 15 deadline WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2026 American importers of quartz surface products have ten days to rethink their supply chains. Under a presidential proclamation signed July 31 and analyzed…
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Ottawa revives a two-tier tariff-rate quota proposal for steel and aluminum as Dominic LeBlanc returns to Washington with two weeks left on the clock before a 50 per cent Section 338 duty lands on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian exports OTTAWA, Aug. 5, 2026 – Canada’s negotiators have put a familiar idea back on the table…
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Brazil has burned through four fifths of its 2026 beef allowance in China, and once the last tonnes clear customs a 55 percent surcharge will lift total duties to roughly 67 percent, a level the industry says will stop the world’s biggest beef trade lane cold. SAO PAULO, July 27, 2026: Brazil’s beef industry is…