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Tariffs, sanctions, quotas, embargoes and market access: trade fights between states and blocs.
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An order signed on 23 October takes the 50% duty off plywood, some paper, machinery and seaweed, and puts it on carpets, paints, freezers and canoes from 30 October. The overall standoff is unchanged.
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The trade representative’s office wants to keep the Section 301 vessel charges switched off until 9 January 2027, but the plan is not final and Beijing has not said whether it will match it.
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Seoul sent officials to Strasbourg to argue that the Industrial Accelerator Act’s EU-origin preferences should not shut out Korean carmakers, steelmakers and battery firms.
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A final injury finding by the US International Trade Commission means anti-dumping and anti-subsidy orders on the three countries’ cells and modules can be issued in early November.
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Jakarta’s trade ministry warns that Europe’s tougher quota-and-tariff regimes threaten market access for its steelmakers, and says it will press its case through diplomatic channels.
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Brussels wants cheaper tuition for EU students and a youth mobility scheme; in return it is offering easier food trade and closer energy ties. A reported compromise would set EU fees at about £13,000 a year.
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Taipei will add advanced semiconductors and AI servers to its export-control list, a step it ties to its trade deal with Washington. No start date has been set.
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Washington has threatened to lift its 25% duty on Canadian vehicles to 50% on 1 January, and Ottawa’s opposition leader has taken his case for tariff-free auto trade straight to Detroit.
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The “all others” rate falls to 24.75% from 35.16%, but a separate 10% national-security tariff on lumber stays in place.
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September brought a sixth straight year-on-year gain, yet car trips remain almost a third under pre-trade-war levels and many Canadians say a trade deal would not change their plans.
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A year-old national-security probe into imported robots and CNC machines has produced no announced action, leaving manufacturers to plan around metal-content duties instead.
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Brussels calls it a first step. Beijing has published no numbers, and the mechanism, baseline and timetable are still unclear.
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A revised draft drops the fixed 36-month deadline in favour of a risk-based phase-out, after operators warned of costs of up to $45 billion. Beijing has threatened retaliation.
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Beijing’s investigation into a dye and pesticide intermediate lands as the EU’s trade commissioner prepares to visit, adding chemicals to a widening list of disputed goods.
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Washington has capped the parts it clears for Chinese planemaker COMAC and is weighing wider curbs, in a move commentators tie to China’s grip on rare earths.
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Brazil has used up its 2026 allowance under China’s beef safeguard, so shipments now pay 67% in total for the rest of the year. Beijing has also not accepted Brazil’s plan to borrow Uruguay’s unused volume.
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A new joint Board of Trade has drawn up two lists of “non-sensitive” products. What it has not said is how deep the cuts will go, or when they start.
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Berlin cleared almost €800m of licences in five months, more than in the previous 20 months combined, with most of the value tied to a single naval project.
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New Section 301 duties of 10% or 12.5% replaced the expired temporary tariff on 24 July. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Malaysia were promised a duty-relief quota tied to buying US cotton.
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Brussels adopted its largest set of Russia listings since 2022, extending transaction bans to banks and crypto platforms outside Russia that it says help evade sanctions.
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Washington says generics stay duty-free until August 2028, then face 100% and later 200% levies unless production moves to the US. India supplies an estimated 40–45% of the generics Americans take.
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Treasury says Ali Ansari used a St Kitts holding company to build real estate holdings in Europe and the Gulf for the benefit of Iran’s elite and the Revolutionary Guards.
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The temporary duty, aimed squarely at the flood of low-value shipments from China, replaces an exemption that had stood since 2008. France says parcel imports from China have since fallen by up to 40%.
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