Tag: Washington

  • Oil Tariff Bill

    Congress hands the White House authority to impose duties of up to 100 percent on the largest buyers of Russian crude and gas, opening a new front in US trade policy just as importers were adjusting to a year of statutory upheaval. WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2026 The House of Representatives voted 262 to 159 on…

  • EU Rules Clash

    Washington tells Brussels that narrowing its corporate sustainability directives was not enough, and warns it will “take any actions necessary” if the trade framework’s non-tariff promises go unmet WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 The United States has told the European Union that the concessions Brussels has already made on its corporate sustainability laws fall short of…

  • Deadline Day

    Canada and the United States enter the final hours of a three-day reprieve from the first Section 338 tariffs in the statute’s 96-year history, with roughly US$20 billion in cross-border trade riding on documents that still are not signed OTTAWA, August 21, 2026 – Canadian and American negotiators are working against a midnight expiry tonight…

  • DC Talks Push

    Canada sends its trade minister and chief negotiator to Washington for two days of talks aimed at defusing a 50 per cent Section 338 tariff due on August 19, even as President Donald Trump publicly questions whether he wants a renewed CUSMA at all. By Peacock Tariff Consulting, Canada Trade Desk OTTAWA, July 29, 2026…

  • DC Trade Push

    Canada’s trade minister and chief negotiator head to Washington with three weeks left on the clock before 50 per cent Section 338 duties hit roughly C$28 billion in exports OTTAWA, July 28, 2026 Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will travel to Washington this week alongside Canada’s chief trade negotiator to the United States, Janice Charette,…

  • China Cap Claim

    Beijing says Washington privately pledged to hold new replacement tariffs on Chinese goods at 20 percent, revealing the hidden ceiling in a fragile trade truce and handing importers a rare glimpse of where US-China tariff policy may settle. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 China has publicly disclosed what it says is a private American commitment at…

  • Tariff Handoff

    The 10 percent global surcharge that rescued the administration’s tariff agenda after the Supreme Court’s IEEPA ruling dies by statute on Friday, and the Section 301 regime built to replace it is arriving with no cap and no clock WASHINGTON, July 21, 2026. The most consequential deadline in American trade policy since February arrives at…