Tag: Trade Policy
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Talks to cut United States duties on Mexican steel, aluminum and vehicles have stalled inside the administration over Commerce Department resistance, leaving roughly half a trillion dollars of annual trade waiting on a rate decision as the USMCA joint review approaches. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2026 A tariff agreement between the United States and Mexico that…
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A 90 day suspension of out of quota duties on imported ground beef has pulled down cattle futures and set the major producer groups against the White House, with Brazil the clearest beneficiary and the midterm elections 11 days away. WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2026 The political cost of the administration’s decision to open a tariff…
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South Korea’s president concedes the Pacific trade pact will not be joined on his watch, tells farmers he will not force losses on the powerless, and floats an export levy on the industries that would have gained SEOUL, October 26, 2026 – President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that South Korea is unlikely to…
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Markets expect the Bank of Canada to raise rates on Wednesday for the first time in a year, two days before Washington rewrites its 50 percent tariff annexes. Governor Tiff Macklem says he does not expect a return to the old trading relationship, and exporters are being asked to plan on that basis. OTTAWA, Monday,…
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Trump told a Michigan border rally on Sunday that a Canada agreement is close and that Ottawa is willing to give the United States “anything.” Canadian officials say no deal is expected before the November 3 midterms, and Dominic LeBlanc says Canada will not be rushed. OTTAWA, Monday, October 26, 2026 OTTAWA, Oct. 26, 2026…
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France used the Dublin trade ministers’ meeting to press Washington for a wine and spirits carve-out from the 15 percent transatlantic tariff, invoking the Irish whiskey exemption as precedent and testing the limits of the Turnberry framework DUBLIN, Oct. 24, 2026 France has renewed its campaign for United States tariff exemptions on wine and spirits,…
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Trump concludes the Section 232 wind turbine investigation with a finding of national security threat but no new tariffs, ordering Commerce and USTR into negotiations and giving importers a 180-day window of conditional calm WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2026 President Donald Trump has closed one of the most closely watched national security trade investigations of the…
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Four months after Beijing opened its market duty-free to qualifying African exports, South African shipments to China are up about 25 percent and Pretoria is pressing for the arrangement to be made permanent before the scheme and the country’s American market access both expire PRETORIA, October 23, 2026 China’s zero-tariff treatment for African exports has…
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India’s revenue intelligence service has searched Pernod Ricard and Diageo over whether bulk Scotch concentrate qualifies for the 75 percent rate agreed under the India-UK trade pact, and the industry body says the classification fight is hollowing out one of the deal’s headline concessions NEW DELHI, October 23, 2026 Three months after India and the…
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With the goods deficit running above a billion euros a day, EU trade ministers meeting in Dublin backed extending the hybrid-car template to chemicals, machinery, agri-food and pharmaceuticals, and the Commission named plastics as the sector closest to a safeguard investigation DUBLIN, October 23, 2026 European Union trade ministers ended two days of informal talks…