Tag: US Tariffs

  • Metal Net Grows

    Comments close Thursday on 14 new Section 232 derivative categories that would pull tubas, floor safes and propane cylinders into the metals tariff net, and the inclusions machine shows no sign of slowing WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 American importers have until Thursday to tell the Commerce Department why brass-wind musical instruments, floor safes and filled…

  • Drone Duty Rush

    Twelve days before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit unmanned aircraft, buyers are stripping inventory, DJI has won a courtroom reprieve, and importers still have no CBP guidance WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2026 The American drone market has spent the past week doing what every American import market does in the fortnight before…

  • Beef Duty Pause

    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…

  • Drone Duty Bite

    Two weeks before Section 232 duties of up to 100 percent hit imported unmanned aircraft, small U.S. operators are pulling five-figure purchases forward and Commerce has yet to publish the classification guidance importers need WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 With 13 days left before the first tranche of Section 232 tariffs on unmanned aircraft systems takes…

  • EU Rules Clash

    Washington tells Brussels that narrowing its corporate sustainability directives was not enough, and warns it will “take any actions necessary” if the trade framework’s non-tariff promises go unmet WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 The United States has told the European Union that the concessions Brussels has already made on its corporate sustainability laws fall short of…

  • Transship Fight

    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…

  • Tariff Rewire

    Fresh government trade data released Monday show the average U.S. tariff burden fell to 7.1 percent in June, even as the administration finished rebuilding its global tariff wall on a new legal foundation that courts are already testing. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 The most detailed picture yet of America’s post Supreme Court tariff landscape emerged…

  • Metal Duty Push

    Commerce proposes Section 232 duties on 14 more steel, aluminum and copper derivative categories, from brass instruments and floor safes to tanker trailers, with comments due August 27 WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 The United States Department of Commerce is proposing to extend Section 232 duties to 14 additional categories of steel, aluminum and copper derivative…

  • $100B Refunded

    Customs and Border Protection tells the Court of International Trade it has returned 100 billion dollars of invalidated emergency-powers duties, but the hardest 11.4 billion dollars remains frozen behind a Justice Department appeal WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 United States Customs and Border Protection has paid out 100 billion dollars in refunds of tariffs collected under…

  • Polysilicon Tax

    White House imposes 15 percent Section 232 duty and a first-of-its-kind minimum import price program on polysilicon, wafers, cells and solar modules, effective December 4 WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 15 percent ad valorem tariff on imported polysilicon and a broad range of its derivatives, pairing the…