Tag: Tariffs
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France and Germany want Brussels to be able to shut Chinese goods out of the single market within 24 hours. China’s commerce ministry says the instrument would backfire. The European Parliament weighs in next week, and the Commission tables its package in December. BRUSSELS, October 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting The European Union is…
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Beijing opened an anti-dumping investigation into European p-nitrotoluene five days before the EU trade commissioner lands in the Chinese capital, turning an obscure dye and pharmaceutical intermediate into leverage at a make-or-break negotiation. BEIJING / BRUSSELS, October 4, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting China’s Ministry of Commerce opened an anti-dumping investigation on Saturday into imports…
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Washington and Beijing move to unwind duties on roughly $60 billion of two-way trade, but the carve-outs tell importers more than the headline number does WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2026. The United States and China have agreed to roll back tariffs on approximately $60 billion of bilateral trade under a reciprocal framework that trade officials on…
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Five Reports on Global Trade Measures In this edition 1. Beef Quota Wall China’s safeguard surtax slams shut the world’s largest beef import market for Brazil, pushing the effective duty to 67 percent and forcing a global rerouting of protein trade in the final quarter of 2026 2. Melt Rule Bites The European Union’s melt…
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Indonesia has lifted its October crude palm oil reference price to 1,042.15 dollars a tonne, pushing the combined export duty and levy above 308 dollars and widening the cost gap that has handed Malaysia a structural advantage JAKARTA, October 2, 2026 Indonesia’s government has set the crude palm oil reference price for October 2026 at…
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Japan has agreed sanitary terms allowing Argentine beef back after twenty years, but a 38.5 percent tariff and no quota leave the deal’s commercial value hostage to the trade architecture Buenos Aires has yet to negotiate BUENOS AIRES / TOKYO, October 2, 2026 Argentina has secured agreement with Japan on the animal health requirements that…
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The European Union’s melt and pour traceability requirement took effect on October 1, converting a paperwork obligation into the gatekeeper for an 18.3 million tonne quota backed by a 50 percent out-of-quota duty BRUSSELS, October 2, 2026 As of 00:00 on October 1, 2026, a steel consignment arriving at an European Union port without documentary…
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India re-quantifies anti-dumping duties on Bangladeshi and Nepali jute goods, pushing the top rate to 445 dollars a tonne and sorting exporters into winners and casualties DHAKA, 29 September 2026 India has rewritten the duty schedule on jute imports from Bangladesh and Nepal, raising the ceiling rate on yarn and twine to 445 dollars a…
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Europe’s new steel wall hardens on 1 October as melt and pour proof becomes binding and a second quota tranche opens against near total exhaustion of the first BRUSSELS, 29 September 2026 Europe’s steel importers have roughly 48 hours left before the most consequential customs paperwork requirement in a generation takes legal effect, and the…
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Commerce and Customs have capped polysilicon and solar component imports through Dec. 4 to stop buyers from front-running the Section 232 tariff and minimum import price regime, with new importers limited to 12 kilograms of polysilicon a week and brokers warned they could lose their licenses. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2026. Federal trade officials have moved…