Tag: Tariff Rate Quotas


  • EU Steel Clock

    Brussels trade officials reviewed implementation of the bloc’s new steel regime on 15 September as importers face a two week countdown to compulsory melt and pour declarations, an 18.3 million tonne duty free ceiling and a 50 percent out of quota tariff. Brussels, 16 September 2026 European Union member state trade officials gathered at the…

  • Steel At 25%

    Negotiators are reported to have settled on halving Section 232 metals duties for Canada, but a volume cap near four million tonnes and unresolved treatment of derivatives mean the relief will be narrower than the headline number suggests HAMILTON, Ontario, August 21, 2026 – The single most consequential number in the Canada-United States trade package…

  • Tariff Deadline

    Ottawa pushes for relief across every Section 232 sector as a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff wall closes in on August 19, with steel and aluminum export quotas back on the negotiating table OTTAWA, August 6, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian negotiators are pressing Washington for relief across “all strategic sectors” of…

  • EU Steel Wall

    One month into the European Union’s toughest steel import regime in decades, quotas are draining fast, a product scope review is underway, and trading partners from Ankara to Seoul to New Delhi are counting the cost. BRUSSELS, August 4, 2026 – The European Union’s new steel import regime enters August with its first full month…

  • Steel Wall Up

    Three weeks into the EU’s 50 percent out-of-quota steel duty, exporters from Tokyo to Seoul are counting the cost, importers are racing quota clocks, and Beijing is warning of a response International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRUSSELS, July 21, 2026: Three weeks after the European Union switched on the most…

  • Brazil Duty Cut

    Brasilia zeroes tariffs on six strategic imports and multiplies a medical device quota, using a Mercosur supply mechanism to cool input costs while the world’s tariff walls rise International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 BRASILIA, July 21, 2026: Brazil has moved in the opposite direction of much of the trading world…