Tag: Trade Negotiations


  • US-China Thaw

    Beijing and Washington race to lock in reciprocal tariff cuts on $30 billion in goods before the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, with a fragile truce set to expire November 10 By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, September 11, 2026 The United States and China are moving closer to the first meaningful rollback…

  • Tariff Thaw

    Washington and Beijing race to cut duties on $30 billion in goods ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit, but a fragile truce and a November deadline loom over the talks WASHINGTON, September 10, 2026 China and the United States are pushing to finalize reciprocal tariff reductions on roughly $30 billion of goods before President…

  • EU Widens Web

    Brussels prepares to unveil a sweeping alliance with Canada as the centerpiece of a trade diversification strategy designed to hedge against American tariffs and great power politics BRUSSELS, September 10, 2026. The European Union is preparing to announce a new, far-reaching alliance with Canada spanning trade, security, critical raw materials, and scientific research, in what…

  • MPIA Adds Ally

    Cambodia becomes the 62nd WTO member to sign on to the interim appeals pact, lifting its coverage to 60.4 percent of world trade as the Appellate Body enters its seventh year of paralysis and dispute settlement reform stalls. By Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk | peacocktariffconsulting.com | September 10, 2026 A small economy makes a…

  • Truce Test

    A planned 7.5 percent overcapacity tariff would push US duties on Chinese goods to the very ceiling of the trade truce, just as new export data shows Beijing’s shipping machine running hotter than ever ahead of the September 24 Trump-Xi summit WASHINGTON, September 9, 2026 Two weeks before President Donald Trump is scheduled to welcome…

  • India Deal Wait

    New Delhi says the trade agreement with Washington is negotiated and ready, but it will stay unsigned until the United States grants tariff terms better than India’s rivals receive NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, September 7, 2026 The long-promised bilateral trade agreement between the United States and India has arrived at a peculiar standstill: the deal is done,…

  • USMCA In Limbo

    Two months into the joint review, North America’s trade pact is running on two tracks: real progress with Mexico, open confrontation with Canada, and a September deadline week that will test both WASHINGTON, September 6, 2026 The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remains fully in force, but the review process meant to secure its future has split…

  • India Deal Snag

    New Delhi says the long-awaited US bilateral trade agreement will not be finalized until Washington offers Indian exporters a tariff rate better than their competitors get WASHINGTON and NEW DELHI, September 6, 2026 The final act of one of the Trump administration’s most consequential trade negotiations has stalled on a single word: preferential. India will…

  • Dairy Duty Hit

    Ottawa hits U.S. cheese with 25 per cent and milk powder, whey and casein with 50 per cent from Tuesday, turning the sector Washington most wants opened into the sector Canada has now closed hardest. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting OTTAWA, September 7, 2026 – Of all the sectors on Canada’s…

  • Ottawa Answers

    Canada confirms mirror-image counter-tariffs of 15, 25, and 50 percent on more than 700 United States product categories worth C$27.6 billion, effective Sept. 8, with a C$7.5 billion support package for exposed firms WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2026. American exporters have ten days to prepare for the most closely targeted retaliation Canada has ever aimed at…