Tag: USTR
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Two North American industrial unions representing 1.45 million workers have asked U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to abandon the Section 338 tariffs on Canada, arguing that Washington is aiming a protectionist weapon at the wrong country three weeks before the duties take effect PITTSBURGH and OTTAWA, August 2, 2026 (Peacock Tariff Consulting) – The most…
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Canadian negotiators returned to Washington this week with 21 days left before the first Section 338 tariffs in American history take effect, and with Prime Minister Mark Carney publicly closing the door on the one piece of leverage his loudest provincial allies want him to use OTTAWA, July 31, 2026 Canada’s chief trade negotiators met…
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The in-transit grace period has closed on Washington’s forced labor tariffs, locking in duties of 10 to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as Congress stirs and the courts loom WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 The last escape hatch closed at one minute past midnight on Monday. As of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on July…
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Washington’s new 10 per cent Section 301 duty over forced-labour enforcement takes effect on Canadian goods, but a CUSMA carve-out spares most exports even as Ottawa insists there is no basis for the measure. OTTAWA, July 27, 2026. A new United States tariff aimed at forced labour in global supply chains is now in force…
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A new 10 percent American duty framed as a crackdown on forced labour catches Canada in a net cast over more than sixty nations, and Ottawa says there is no basis for it OTTAWA, July 24, 2026 The Trump administration has opened a new front in its trade offensive against Canada, imposing a 10 percent…
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Washington converts a stalled Section 301 forced-labour probe into hard tariffs on 60 economies, hitting Canada with a 10 percent charge that Ottawa disputes even as continental-compliant goods are spared and a broader 50 percent threat looms behind it. OTTAWA, July 25, 2026. The United States has turned a long-running forced-labour investigation into a fresh…
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Beijing demands Washington fully remove its new forced labor tariffs, invoking a 20 percent cap it says was promised in bilateral talks, yet stops short of retaliation with a leaders’ summit on the horizon. Peacock Tariff Consulting | US Trade Desk | July 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, July 27. China called on the United States on…
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The forced labor tariffs were the opening act, not the finale. With an overcapacity probe underway, sectoral security investigations maturing and new legal tools being tested, Washington’s rebuilt tariff machine has a full pipeline for the months ahead. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26, 2026 The tariff week that…
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A forced labor case gives the White House its most durable tariff wall yet, as new duties on 60 economies replace an expired stopgap and reset the cost of nearly every product entering the United States WASHINGTON, July 25, 2026 The United States began collecting a sweeping new round of import tariffs on Friday, imposing…
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American and Mexican negotiators open three days of talks in Mexico City with autos, steel, and Chinese transshipment on the table, and the future of North American free trade increasingly negotiated one year at a time MEXICO CITY, July 21, 2026. United States and Mexican negotiating teams convened in the Mexican capital on Tuesday for…