Tag: USTR
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Washington finalizes sweeping Section 301 duties on roughly 3,000 Brazilian products as Brasilia shelves immediate retaliation, promises a WTO challenge and readies a domestic support package WASHINGTON, July 18, 2026. The United States this week finalized a 25 percent tariff on a broad range of Brazilian goods, capping a yearlong Section 301 investigation and opening…
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Washington imposes 25 percent Section 301 duties on most Brazilian imports from July 22, sparing coffee and beef but exposing more than 4,000 products, as Brasilia vows reciprocal measures and a WTO challenge By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting Washington, July 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, JULY 16. The United States imposed a 25 percent…
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Washington’s Section 301 clock on Brazil runs out today, with a 25 percent tariff on more than 4,000 products expected within hours, a second duty stacked behind it for July 24, and a year of negotiations that one official summed up in four words: they want the impossible By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff…
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Ottawa tells Washington there is “no basis” for a proposed 10 percent forced labour duty as more than 1,500 submissions pile up ahead of a three-day Section 301 hearing. By the Peacock Tariff Consulting Canada Trade Desk | Filed July 10, 2026 OTTAWA, July 10, 2026. The Canadian government has told the Trump administration there…
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Three days of testimony in Washington close out the public phase of a plan to place new duties on 60 economies covering 99.4 percent of United States imports WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 The Office of the United States Trade Representative concluded three days of public hearings Thursday on its proposal to impose additional tariffs of…
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Forced labour tariff hearings close in Washington today, and Canada now waits to learn whether its case spares exporters a new 10 per cent duty WASHINGTON, July 9, 2026 Three days of public hearings on the most consequential American tariff proposal of the year wrap up in Washington today, and when the final witness steps…
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The trade deficit swells to a 14 month high of $77.6 billion in May, a stinging data point that lands 17 days before the tariff wall built to shrink it expires and as Washington races to erect its replacement By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 The statistic that has…
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Ottawa tells Washington there is no basis for proposed Section 301 forced labour duties on Canadian goods as public hearings open and a late July deadline looms over exporters on both sides of the border Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk WASHINGTON, July 8, 2026 The Canadian government has told the Trump administration there is no…
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With eight days left on a statutory deadline, USTR wraps up hearings on a proposed 25 percent tariff on Brazilian goods as a Bolsonaro pleads for delay, Lula threatens retaliation, and US importers brace for a July 15 decision By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 7, 2026 The clock on the…
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Washington opens public hearings today on a proposed Section 301 forced labour tariff that would add a 10 percent duty to Canadian exports, as Ottawa races to prove its border enforcement has teeth OTTAWA, July 7, 2026 The price of Canada’s access to the American market goes under the microscope in Washington this morning, as…