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Yarn, wind power face new duties; olives poised to wrinkle US-EU relationship

November 30, 2021

The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a variety of rulings in November, with polyester yarn, wind towers, and solar panels all receiving some form of additional tariff burden. The polyester yarn ruling targeted subject imports from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam that w... Read more →

Maersk’s new service may bring Deichmann, H&M back to Chennai

July 19, 2021

Maersk is reconfiguring its Asian services, including those from India to Europe, aimed at “improving speed to market, providing higher predictability and offering more flexibility” as well as bringing “resilience to the customers’ supply chains”. That follows a slew of disruptions to shipping... Read more →

Kao Corp, Natura face digital tax retaliation tariff makeover

April 1, 2021

The U.S. Trade Representative has proposed retaliatory duties against imports from six countries that have put digital services taxes into place, as part of an action initiated by the Trump administration. The consultation, covering imports from the U.K., Turkey, India and three EU states, are... Read more →

Ford price hikes, DB Schenker package halts show start of U.K. trade travails

January 15, 2021

U.K. merchandise trade activity inched ahead by just 2.4% year over year in November. While that reversed 10 months of declines there was a marked split between exports which dropped by 16.3% and imports which improved by 19.0%. The drop in exports included an 85.7% slide in oil exports to Chi... Read more →

Hapag-Lloyd plans for winter pandemic drag on Europe-U.S. trade

December 3, 2020

Hapag-Lloyd has cancelled a planned sailing from southern Europe to the U.S. for Dec. 29, which the container-line says is “due to lack of cargo because of the current COVID-19 situation and as part of the winter program”. Hapag-Lloyd’s handling of freight between ports on the route in France,... Read more →

PCM, Mitsubishi Imaging costs could rise as thermal paper imports face audit

November 6, 2020

The U.S. International Trade Commission received seven petitions to investigate trade policy infractions in October, including two cases alleging dumping of polyester yarn and thermal paper imports. The polyester yarn investigation appears to be an addition to a 2019 case that targeted China a... Read more →

Grey Goose, Jungheinrich face tariff lift in U.S.-EU aerospace spat

June 25, 2020

The U.S. government is preparing a new round of tariffs to be applied on imports from the EU. They represent a revision of existing tariffs related to EU aerospace subsidies. This so-called “carousel” approach is designed to cause maximum disruption to EU industries and covers $3.06 billion of... Read more →

Repsol, Ford face Spanish digital service tax risks

February 23, 2020

The Spanish government has implemented a digital services tax. A similar move by France led the U.S. to threaten wide-ranging tariffs in retaliation as part of a section 301 review. Those tariffs were suspended for as long as OECD-level negotiations continue, though it’s not clear that the U.S... Read more →

Ford, Molson Coors may be targets for COSCO’s new service

February 11, 2020

COSCO Shipping and Ocean Network Express will launch a new eastern-Mediterranean to U.S. east coast container shipping service in April. The two liners are in separate shipping alliances, which may raise eyebrows at the European Commission which has just reapproved the exemption for alliances ... Read more →

Mexico’s Pruned Oil Hedge Follows Pemex Export Decline

January 7, 2020

The Mexican government has completed its hedging of oil exports for 2020 at $49 per barrel compared to $55 per barrel a year earlier and current market prices of $63 per barrel. The conservative move, which has come just as global oil markets are being roiled by Middle East tensions, followed ... Read more →

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