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The role of protectionism in America’s economic history takes centre stage as Mathew Frith discusses his book 'America’s Neglected Protectionist Tradition' in a recent podcast. Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdcp8ezh #uninewengland #EconomicHistory #TradePolicy #EconomicPolicy #podcast #SmithandMarx
October 29, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Europe's regulatory 'superpower' ambitions are meeting trade realities. 🇪🇺 While the EU flexes its trade muscles, internal disagreements (like blocking Canada's 'associate membership') reveal fractures. The global tech landscape is not a monolithic bloc. #EU #TradePolicy
October 30, 2026 at 12:48 PM
U.S. Distillers Ask Trade Officials to Pursue Permanent Zero-for-Zero Tariffs #Distillers #Tariffs #TradePolicy #ExportChallenges #USDA
U.S. Distillers Ask Trade Officials to Pursue Permanent Zero-for-Zero Tariffs
The industry group said foreign barriers helped push exports down nearly 4% in 2025, including a 70% drop in Canada
www.vinetur.com
October 31, 2026 at 1:26 PM
A new opinion challenges the White House’s portrayal of Kazakhstan as part of a “shadow transshipment network,” arguing that legitimate trade is being unfairly conflated with tariff evasion https://ow.ly/P5XE5102z25 #TradePolicy #USTariffs #KazakhstanTrade #TariffEvasion
Opinion: A Deeper Understanding of Transshipment - The Times Of Central Asia
The White House recently issued a report on the transshipment of goods. It focuses on allegations that some countries with lower tariffs seek to evade U.S.
ow.ly
October 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If it does not, it may remain a line from a state visit that leaves the underlying disagreements exactly where they were.

#ChinaEU #GermanyChina #TradePolicy
October 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
If it does not, it may remain a line from a state visit that leaves the underlying disagreements exactly where they were.

#ChinaEU #GermanyChina #TradePolicy
October 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The question now is whether US$15 billion in promises becomes actual payments before the next season's input bills arrive, and whether those bills are any smaller when it does.

#FarmEconomy #InputCosts #TradePolicy
November 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
FYI: Trump Administration Removes Some Canadian Packaging Machines From 50% Tariff #TrumpAdministration #TariffExemption #CanadianImports #PackagingMachines #TradePolicy
Trump Administration Removes Some Canadian Packaging Machines From 50% Tariff
Beginning Oct. 30, the exemption could spare importers about $9 million through year-end
www.vinetur.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:44 PM
FYI: The EU plans a December trade package with a new defense tool #TradePolicy #EUStrategy #DefenseMeasures #ImportRegulations #EconomicStability
The EU plans a December trade package with a new defense tool
Commission officials said the measures would target trade diversion, transshipment and sudden import surges
www.vinetur.com
October 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
3/4 The open question: will regulators accept a model where China operations fund US capacity? No word yet on how the proposal landed. Would you bet a fab on an export license? #TradePolicy
October 30, 2026 at 5:30 PM
New @centrefiw.bsky.socialPolicy Brief: Gabriel Felbermayr on China as competitor, supplier and power player.
China now supplies 9% of Austria's goods imports, and a ‘China Shock 2.0’ is hitting its key industries
👉 www.fiw.ac.at/publications...
#TradePolicy
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FIW-Policy Brief 76 'China as a Competitor, Supplier and Power Player: Empirical Evidence and Trade Policy Options for Austria and the European Union' - FIW
Key points: Gabriel Felbermayr (Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna))China as a Competitor, Supplier and Power Player: Empirical Evid...
www.fiw.ac.at
November 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Many industrial producers in developing and emerging economies still struggle to secure #cleanenergy & affordable capital.

Our CEO @damilolasdg7.bsky.social + Gold Standard CEO Margaret Kim share their insights on how #tradepolicy could help.

👉 www.seforall.org/news/how-tra...
October 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
🇨🇷 CPTPP: Costa Rica is out

President Laura Fernández drops the accession deal, saying its content was declared "secret".

The bloc had planned to welcome its 13th member in Vietnam next month.

Details by @chrishorseman.bsky.social

#CPTPP #tradepolicy
Costa Rica drops bid to join trans-Pacific trade bloc - Borderlex - European trade policy
Costa Rica’s government withdrew its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
borderlex.net
October 29, 2026 at 10:22 AM
FYI: U.S. keeps 10% tariff on Irish whiskey more than a month after Trump’s pledge #IrishWhiskey #USTariff #TradePolicy #WhiskeyIndustry #TrumpAdministration
U.S. keeps 10% tariff on Irish whiskey more than a month after Trump’s pledge
Irish officials say technical talks with Washington continue, leaving distillers paying a duty that rivals in Scotland and Northern Ireland avoid
www.vinetur.com
October 31, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🛃 No single U.S. tariff—rates depend on product/country.
📉 Avg. 17–19% overall, 10–20% by country.
🚗 Up to 50% on steel/25% on cars.
📄 Check HTS; extra duties possible.
#USTariffs #TariffRates #TradePolicy #Customs
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October 29, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Virginia distiller Scott Harris reveals how tariff uncertainty decimated his European market, slashing revenue from 11% to zero and costing jobs in the process.

Learn more here.

#VA #CitizenPortal #TradePolicy #EconomicUncertainty #JobCreation #VirginiaExporters
Virginia distiller says tariff uncertainty froze export markets and trimmed jobs
Scott Harris of Catoctin Creek Distillery told the commission that retaliatory tariffs and the uncertainty around them knocked European business from about 11% of revenue to near zero, costing sales and limiting job growth and supplier orders.
citizenportal.ai
November 2, 2026 at 9:09 PM
FYI: France Presses U.S. to Exempt French Wines and Spirits From Tariffs #FrenchWines #Spirits #Tariffs #TradePolicy #WineLovers
France Presses U.S. to Exempt French Wines and Spirits From Tariffs
Paris says its exports deserve the same tariff treatment that Washington recently moved to grant Irish whiskey
www.vinetur.com
October 29, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The Commodity Credit Corporation lets the Agriculture Secretary write billion-dollar checks without congressional approval. It was built to finance grain sales to the Soviets. Now it's a trade-war slush fund. GAO has questions. #USDA #TradePolicy #FarmPolicy #GovernmentSpending #GAO
The Secretary’s Own Credit Card: How the CCC Lets One Person Write Billion Dollar Checks Without Congress
The Commodity Credit Corporation gives the Secretary of Agriculture a permanent 30 billion dollar line of credit that requires no advance vote from Congress. Trade wars in 2018 and again in 2025 show the same pattern: tariffs damage farmers, the executive branch compensates them through the CCC, and Congress reimburses the account after the money is already gone.
bureaucracy.news
October 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Tariff volatility is shaking the foundations of the Port of Virginia, with experts warning that uncertainty could lead to significant shifts in trade patterns and local economies.

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#VA #CitizenPortal #LogisticsEvolution #TradePolicy #EconomicUncertainty #VirginiaPort
Tariff volatility clouds outlook for Port of Virginia but long-term rebalancing could benefit East Coast
University and port officials told the committee that tariff changes and reciprocal measures have raised uncertainty, driving short-term inventory shifts; the Port of Virginia said a pivot away from China could favor East Coast gateways but that current policy uncertainty is the primary near-term risk.
citizenportal.ai
November 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Trump Administration Removes Some Canadian Packaging Machines From 50% Tariff #TrumpAdministration #Tariffs #TradePolicy #CanadianProducts #ImportExemption
Trump Administration Removes Some Canadian Packaging Machines From 50% Tariff
Beginning Oct. 30, the exemption could spare importers about $9 million through year-end
www.vinetur.com
October 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The question now is whether the two sides can agree on what a market-rate loan looks like before the argument moves from legal wording to tariff lists.

#Airbus #EIB #TradePolicy
October 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM