Tag: WTO
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Brazil activates its Economic Reciprocity Law for the first time, opening a formal Camex procedure that could lead to countermeasures against 25 percent US tariffs even as Brasilia insists the door to negotiation remains open. BRASILIA, August 16, 2026 Brazil set in motion the most consequential trade defense mechanism in its modern history on Thursday,…
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China’s formal request to join Brazil’s WTO challenge to Washington’s forced-labor tariffs has turned a bilateral complaint into a test of whether the multilateral trading system can still discipline unilateral trade measures at all. GENEVA, August 12, 2026, China has formally asked to join the World Trade Organization consultations that Brazil opened against the United…
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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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Brasilia formally requests dispute consultations in Geneva over Washington’s twin Section 301 tariff actions, opening a legal front even as both governments insist the door to negotiation remains open WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 Brazil has taken its escalating tariff fight with the United States to the World Trade Organization, filing a formal request for dispute…
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Jakarta mounts a high-level diplomatic push to sign and ratify its landmark trade pact with the European Union before the end of 2026, targeting entry into force in early 2027 as new tariff pressure from Washington and a mixed WTO ruling sharpen the case for market diversification. International Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting JAKARTA,…
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Allies from Tokyo to Canberra are protesting Washington’s new forced labor tariffs on 60 economies, calling the human rights rationale a pretext for rebuilding the duties American courts struck down, as the first full week under the new regime begins. WASHINGTON, July 28, 2026 The United States began its first full business week under a…
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Sweeping 25 percent Section 301 tariffs on Brazilian goods take effect as Brasilia vows retaliation and a WTO challenge WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 A 25 percent tariff on most goods imported from Brazil took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time this morning, opening a new and volatile chapter in the trade relationship between the United…
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India closes its first WTO trade policy review in five years defending high tariffs and development carve-outs, as 68 members press New Delhi on predictability, licensing and localization amid its FTA blitz. GENEVA, July 27, 2026, and the file on India’s trade regime is now formally closed, at least until the next quinquennial reckoning. India…
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Five days into a 25 percent US tariff, and with a second duty now stacked on top, President Lula is resisting pressure to strike back while his ministers assemble a menu of retaliation options. Peacock Tariff Consulting | US Trade Desk | July 27, 2026 WASHINGTON, July 27. Brazil enters the new week absorbing not…
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Two American tariff actions in a single week have pushed duties on many Brazilian goods to 37.5 percent, as Brasilia weighs its Reciprocity Law, a WTO challenge and the limits of strategic patience. By the US Trade Desk | Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 26, 2026 No major American trading partner absorbed a harder blow…