Tag: USTR
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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…
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A nearly one billion dollar antitrust fine against Google draws a sharp warning from the US Trade Representative, who says Brussels is putting the Turnberry tariff truce at risk WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting, US Trade Desk The fragile tariff truce between the United States and the European Union came under its…
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The United States replaces its expiring stopgap duties with sweeping Section 301 tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on 60 trading partners, citing their failure to ban goods made with forced labor WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting, US Trade Desk New American tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on imports from 60…
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The United States finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on Brazilian goods, the first pillar of a rebuilt tariff wall, as Brasilia weighs retaliation and importers race a July 22 deadline WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026 The United States will begin collecting a 25 percent tariff on thousands of Brazilian goods on Tuesday, July 22, after the…
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Sixty economies mount a last-ditch defense as USTR faces a Monday deadline on forced labor duties covering 99 percent of United States imports By Monday, the Office of the United States Trade Representative must complete the most expansive Section 301 investigation ever undertaken, one that found every major American trading partner deficient on forced labor…