Tag: Trade Policy
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Saudi Arabia’s trade authority has opened its second anti-dumping investigation of the year, targeting duplex paperboard from India and China as the Kingdom moves to shield a packaging industry it has spent a decade building under Vision 2030. RIYADH, Aug. 19: Saudi Arabia has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of multi-ply duplex paperboard originating…
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A dormant 1930 retaliation clause becomes live law against Canada, and CUSMA origin offers no shelter. What the three proclamations actually say, and what they mean for compliance OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON, August 22, 2026 The tariff that took effect against Canadian goods at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday is not remarkable for its rate.…
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India’s trade remedies authority has opened an anti-dumping investigation into thick polyester film from China, Singapore, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s second probe into PET film imports in less than a year and a fresh signal of New Delhi’s hardening line on low priced imports. NEW DELHI, Aug. 19. India’s Directorate General…
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Beijing’s blocking order against Brussels’ foreign subsidies probe of JD.com’s bid for Germany’s Ceconomy escalates a widening contest over who writes the rules of global commerce, and it leaves multinational compliance teams standing in the crossfire. BEIJING, Aug. 19. China ordered companies and individuals on Wednesday to refuse cooperation with a European Union subsidy investigation…
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Carney suspends negotiations and pledges dollar-for-dollar retaliation as Washington’s 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly $28 billion of Canadian exports OTTAWA, August 22, 2026 At 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, the most consequential escalation in the Canada-United States trade conflict since early 2025 took legal effect. An additional 50 per cent ad…
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White House opens a 300,000 tonne duty-free window on ground beef as cattle numbers hit a 56-year low, handing importers a narrow and legally unusual opening WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States will waive out-of-quota tariffs on as much as 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef…
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The Senate’s 90 to 6 vote to renew duty-free African trade through 2028 heads to the House, offering exporters from Lagos to Nairobi a reprieve even as new US forced labor tariffs cloud the value of the preference WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2026 – A rare piece of good news in a bruising year for global…
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Beijing orders Chinese firms not to cooperate with Brussels over the JD.com bid for Germany’s Ceconomy, the second blocking order in four months and a direct challenge to the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation BRUSSELS, 20 August 2026 China has forbidden its companies and citizens from assisting a European Union investigation into JD.com’s proposed acquisition of…
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Carney has asked premiers to return American alcohol to liquor store shelves and stop excluding the United States from procurement, dismantling the retaliation that Washington converted into a legal finding of discrimination CHARLOTTETOWN, August 20, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney used a virtual first ministers meeting on Wednesday to ask every province and territory to…
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Africa welcomes the US Senate’s two-year extension of duty-free trade, but industry leaders warn that Section 232 and Section 301 tariffs have hollowed out the program’s biggest benefits WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2026 – Relief is rippling across sub-Saharan Africa this week as governments and exporters digest the US Senate’s decision to extend the African Growth…