Tag: Trade Policy

  • Steel Aid Pact

    Ottawa and Queen’s Park commit $8.7 billion to steel, autos and critical minerals as the Canada-US tariff war hardens into a structural reality for exporters OTTAWA, Oct. 23, 2026 – Canada’s federal government and the province of Ontario have committed $8.7 billion to steel, automotive and critical minerals in a joint action plan that officials…

  • Mexico Impasse

    Metals tariffs stall a near finished US Mexico bargain as both capitals signal a deal is close but not done WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The United States and Mexico have spent the better part of six months negotiating a tariff settlement that both governments describe as nearly complete. This week they described it that way…

  • Metal Bill Due

    A new economic study puts US steel prices up 33.9 percent and aluminum up 58 percent since the Section 232 tariffs began, with downstream manufacturers carrying the cost WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The Montreal Economic Institute published an economic note on Wednesday that attempts to answer a question American manufacturers have been asking for nineteen…

  • 301 Last Word

    Supplemental briefs filed at the Court of International Trade narrow the fight over USTR’s forced labor tariffs to a single statutory subsection and the question of who gets to challenge them WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2026 The government and a group of US importers have filed the last round of written argument in the challenge to…

  • Fuel Aid Fight

    Washington puts 8 billion dollars behind a harvest fuel payment while preparing to import Russian diesel. Trading partners see a subsidy, farm groups see a stopgap, and the WTO ledger grows. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2026 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an 8 billion dollar Harvest Fuel Relief Program on October 19, delivering one time…

  • Nov 10 Cliff

    Four China trade measures lapse within hours of each other on November 10: 178 Section 301 exclusions, the maritime port fee truce, the BIS affiliates rule suspension and Beijing’s rare earth export control pause. No extension has been published. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2026 With twenty days left on the calendar, the Office of the U.S.…

  • Green Trade War

    Beijing has signalled it will take tariffs on clean technology into the COP31 climate negotiations in Antalya, framing Western trade defence measures as a threat to the energy transition itself BEIJING, October 22, 2026 China intends to raise trade protectionism as a formal agenda item at next month’s United Nations climate conference, elevating a dispute…

  • Turk Coil Jam

    Turkish hot rolled coil exports to Europe have stalled as traders struggle to price quota risk, with one allocation reportedly oversubscribed at 236 percent and cargoes facing the prospect of sitting at EU ports until January ISTANBUL, October 22, 2026 Turkish hot rolled coil exports into the European Union have effectively stopped moving, not because…

  • CBAM Goes Deep

    The first political trilogue on extending Europe’s carbon border levy to downstream goods opened in Strasbourg on October 20, with Parliament pushing for more than twice the product coverage the Commission proposed STRASBOURG, October 22, 2026 European Union negotiators opened the first political trilogue on extending the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to downstream products on…

  • UK Carbon Gap

    Britain’s carbon border levy will cost importers a fraction of the European equivalent when it starts in 2027, and European steelmakers are already warning that the divergence creates a leakage route into the single market LONDON, October 22, 2026 The United Kingdom has published the indicative calculation values that will underpin its Carbon Border Adjustment…