Tag: USTR
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The United States trade representative says Canada must scrap its retaliatory measures, starting with provincial bans on American alcohol, to avoid new 50 percent tariffs, while sources say Washington is offering no meaningful relief on softwood lumber WASHINGTON, August 16, 2026 The price of peace, as Washington defines it, came into sharp focus this weekend.…
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The public comment window closed Monday in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Section 301 investigation into Germany’s pharmaceutical pricing, hardening battle lines in a novel trade fight that could put tariffs on one of the world’s most sensitive industries. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2026 A first of its kind American trade investigation into how a close ally…
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Comment window closes on product exclusions from the forced labor tariffs now covering imports from 60 economies, as importers push toward a September 22 hearing at USTR WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 The deadline arrived at 11:59 p.m. Monday night. Companies seeking relief from the sweeping Section 301 forced labor tariffs, the 10 to 12.5 percent…
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Comments are due tonight in the USTR’s Section 301 investigation of German pharmaceutical pricing, a case that could put tariffs behind Washington’s demand that wealthy allies pay more for American medicines WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2026 The public comment period in one of the most closely watched trade investigations of the year closes tonight at 11:59…
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A 25-state coalition asks the Court of International Trade to strike down the Section 301 forced labor tariffs, calling the levies on 60 trading partners an unlawful revival of a tariff regime the Supreme Court already rejected WASHINGTON, August 6, 2026 The legal siege around the Trump administration’s rebuilt tariff wall tightened this week, as…
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One week into the forced labor tariffs covering nearly every US trading partner, the first economic data and the first foreign backlash are arriving at once WASHINGTON, August 4, 2026. The United States has just completed its first full week collecting tariffs on imports from 60 economies under the most sweeping Section 301 action ever…
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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…