Tag: US Tariffs


  • Refund Flood

    Treasury pays back $49.2 billion in invalidated tariffs in a single month, flipping last June’s celebrated surplus into a $120 billion deficit, with less than half the refund bill settled and a new generation of duties queued up to replace the old ones By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026…

  • Duty Dodge Ends

    Commerce finds Chinese paper plate makers routed production through Cambodia and Malaysia to evade duties of up to 515.40 percent, orders cash deposits reaching back to August 2025 and puts a fast-growing transshipment playbook on notice. By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 13, 2026 The United States has slammed shut one…

  • Jet Reprieve

    Trump orders 180 days of talks instead of immediate Section 232 tariffs on commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts, sparing a sector with a $75 billion trade surplus while keeping duties in reserve. By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 10, 2026 President Donald Trump has stopped short of imposing new tariffs…

  • Vietnam Posts Record Trade Deficit as US Renews Tariff Risks

    What the May 2026 deficit and the post-SCOTUS tariff regime mean for US importers and exporters Vietnam reported a trade deficit of $5.21 billion in May 2026 the largest monthly shortfall since the country began publishing trade data in 1990. The result was a sharp reversal from the $0.62 billion surplus recorded a year earlier,…

  • U.S. Proposes Tariffs on 60 Economies Over Forced-Labor Trade Failures

    The United States moved to open a sweeping new front in its trade agenda this week, with the U.S. Trade Representative determining that 60 economies together accounting for the overwhelming majority of America’s imports have failed to ban and enforce prohibitions on goods made with forced labor, and proposing additional tariffs of up to 12.5%…