Tag: WTO
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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…
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From Beijing to Brasilia, trading partners answer Washington’s forced labor tariffs with a mix of fury, lawsuits and studied restraint, and the choices they make in the coming weeks will determine whether a new trade war ignites WASHINGTON, July 25, 2026 Within 24 hours of the United States switching on new tariffs against 60 trading…
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With the e-commerce duty moratorium dead and ministers still smarting from Yaounde, members used this week’s General Council to argue over how, and how fast, to rebuild the trading system’s rules International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting | July 21, 2026 GENEVA, July 21, 2026: The World Trade Organization’s General Council convened in Geneva this…
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A 25 percent US tariff on Brazilian goods takes effect Wednesday as Brasilia moves to activate its Reciprocity Law, revives a WTO challenge, and counts the exemptions that spared coffee, beef, and aircraft By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 Two days before a sweeping 25 percent tariff on Brazilian…
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President Lula rejects Washington’s 25 percent Section 301 tariff as groundless, invoking Brazil’s Reciprocity Law and returning to the WTO as exporters brace for the July 22 start date and a possible 12.5 percent forced labor surcharge on top. Brazil closed the week on a war footing in trade policy, converting President Luiz Inacio Lula…
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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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South Korea locks in five-year anti-dumping tariffs of up to 31.55 percent on PVC paste resin from Germany, France, Norway and Sweden, a ruling that pits two embattled chemical industries against each other and signals a harder line from Seoul on low-priced imports SEOUL, July 10, 2026 South Korea’s finance ministry moved Friday to impose…
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Customs gridlock, cash calls and paralyzed trading mark the first week of Europe’s toughest steel import regime in a generation, as exporters worldwide confront a 50 percent duty wall BRUSSELS, July 7, 2026 One week into the European Union’s sweeping new steel import regime, the machinery built to shield the bloc’s ailing steelmakers is grinding…