Tag: Tariffs

  • New 301 Regime

    The in-transit grace period has closed on Washington’s forced labor tariffs, locking in duties of 10 to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as Congress stirs and the courts loom WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 The last escape hatch closed at one minute past midnight on Monday. As of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on July…

  • Brazil Hits WTO

    Brasilia formally requests dispute consultations in Geneva over Washington’s twin Section 301 tariff actions, opening a legal front even as both governments insist the door to negotiation remains open WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 Brazil has taken its escalating tariff fight with the United States to the World Trade Organization, filing a formal request for dispute…

  • SACU Drill Duty

    South Africa’s new 20% tariff on rock drill parts takes effect across the customs union, testing localisation ambitions against mining cost pressures. PRETORIA, July 29, 2026 – Parts for rock drilling equipment entering the Southern African Customs Union now face a 20% ad valorem customs duty, after the South African Revenue Service gazetted an amendment…

  • Small Firms Hit

    New Brunswick estimates the August 19 tariffs will touch just 0.8 per cent of its exports to the United States. An economist and a small business group warn that the aggregate number conceals what happens to the mill towns and family firms where that 0.8 per cent is concentrated. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade…

  • Whisky Tariff

    Canadian distillers face a 50 per cent U.S. duty on August 19 after four decades of duty-free access, and with 93 per cent of the industry’s exports going to a single market, Spirits Canada is asking the provinces that started the alcohol fight to help end it. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk TORONTO,…

  • DC Talks Push

    Canada sends its trade minister and chief negotiator to Washington for two days of talks aimed at defusing a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff due on August 19, even as President Donald Trump publicly questions whether he wants a renewed CUSMA at all. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, July 29, 2026…

  • DC Trade Push

    Canada’s trade minister and chief negotiator head to Washington with three weeks left on the clock before 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly C$28 billion in exports OTTAWA, July 28, 2026 Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will travel to Washington this week alongside Canada’s chief trade negotiator to the United States, Janice Charette,…

  • CEPA Fast Lane

    Jakarta mounts a high-level diplomatic push to sign and ratify its landmark trade pact with the European Union before the end of 2026, targeting entry into force in early 2027 as new tariff pressure from Washington and a mixed WTO ruling sharpen the case for market diversification. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting JAKARTA,…

  • Duty Handoff

    The in-transit grace period for the new Section 301 duties ends today, closing out a frantic week in which one American tariff regime died, another was born, and importers were left to reconcile refunds, stacking rules, and a calendar full of deadlines. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 For American importers, Tuesday marks the end of the…

  • Tariff Backlash

    Allies from Tokyo to Canberra are protesting Washington’s new forced labor tariffs on 60 economies, calling the human rights rationale a pretext for rebuilding the duties American courts struck down, as the first full week under the new regime begins. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 The United States began its first full business week under a…