Tag: Washington

  • Capacity Pact

    Fourteen economies sign a U.S.-led ministerial statement on structural overcapacity, naming autos, EVs, batteries, chemicals, semiconductors and solar as sectors of concern. China, Brazil, Russia and South Africa stayed out WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2026. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has assembled the broadest coalition yet behind its argument that subsidized industrial overcapacity is…

  • Pharma Pivot

    Bayer committed 2.2 billion dollars to an Ohio drug plant on Thursday, three days after Washington extended 100 percent pharmaceutical tariffs to the rest of the industry. The timing was not a coincidence, and it is not the last announcement of its kind. NEW ALBANY, Ohio, October 3, 2026 Bayer AG said Thursday it will…

  • Refund Window

    US Customs and Border Protection opens the third and hardest phase of its emergency-tariff refund program on October 6, unlocking an estimated 11.4 billion dollars in finally liquidated entries. Only importers who sued can walk through the door. WASHINGTON, October 3, 2026 The largest customs refund operation in American history enters its final and most…

  • Lobby Lockout

    Peter Navarro told Canadian lobbyists to get off K Street and warned against interference in the midterms. Mark Carney laughed, took note, and declined to escalate. Behind the theatre sits a serious question about how Canada argues its case in Washington when the usual channels are closed. VANCOUVER, October 1, 2026. The most consequential Canadian…

  • 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…