Tag: Trade Policy
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Australia withdraws dormant tariff concessions on eight product lines, lifting duties from zero to 5 percent and reminding importers that unused concessions have a shelf life SYDNEY, August 19, 2026 The Australian government on Tuesday published a gazette notice withdrawing import tariff concessions on eight categories of goods, lifting the applicable customs duty from zero…
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Brasilia’s tariff on imported polyurethanes jumps from 14 to 20 percent as a new GECEX resolution takes effect, squeezing suppliers from Europe, Asia and beyond SAO PAULO, August 19, 2026 A significant increase in Brazil’s import tariff on certain polyurethanes entered into force on Monday, August 17, raising the duty from 14 percent to 20…
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Korea opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate as the country’s embattled chemical sector reaches for every trade defense tool it has left SEOUL, August 19, 2026 South Korea’s trade authorities on Monday opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, adding another front to what has become one of…
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Washington postpones 50 per cent Section 338 duties on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian goods until the end of day August 21 as President Trump declares a deal is done. Ottawa is more guarded, warning that “important work” remains before anything is signed. OTTAWA, August 19, 2026 Canadian exporters woke up on Wednesday to a…
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Beijing rejects a White House report accusing more than 40 countries of helping Chinese exporters dodge US tariffs, as Washington signals an aggressive new enforcement front that could reshape sourcing decisions across the globe By the US Trade Desk | peacocktariffconsulting.com | August 18, 2026 WASHINGTON, August 18, 2026. The diplomatic fallout from the White…
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Russia will more than double its wheat export levy for the week of August 19 to 25 even as strikes on Novorossiysk have taken most of the country’s Black Sea loading capacity offline, leaving exporters squeezed between a rising fiscal charge and a physical inability to ship. MOSCOW, August 18, 2026 Russia’s Ministry of Agriculture…
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India’s trade remedies watchdog opened four anti-dumping investigations in a single day, three of them aimed squarely at China, as New Delhi confronts a record trade deficit with Beijing and a global glut of redirected Chinese exports. NEW DELHI, August 18, 2026 India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated four new anti-dumping investigations on…
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Indonesia launches an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese superabsorbent polymers, the workhorse chemical inside diapers and sanitary products, after a petition from PT Nippon Shokubai Indonesia JAKARTA, August 18, 2026 Indonesia has opened a new front in its expanding campaign against allegedly underpriced Chinese industrial goods, this time targeting the obscure but commercially vital chemical that…
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American negotiators are refusing to lower softwood lumber duties that now sit near 45 percent, sources say, turning Canada’s oldest trade grievance into the loudest political fight of the final hours before Wednesday’s tariff deadline. VANCOUVER, August 18, 2026 As Canadian and American negotiators race toward Wednesday’s 50 percent tariff deadline, one file has emerged…
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Automotive rules have become the rock on which a Canada-U.S. trade deal keeps foundering, with Washington demanding an end to Canadian auto retaliation, Ottawa chasing relief from a 25 percent vehicle tariff, and an Ontario assembly plant hanging in the balance. WASHINGTON, August 18, 2026 If the last minute negotiations to head off Wednesday’s 50…