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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
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MOFCOM Announcement No. 44 of 2026 (3 October 2026) initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of para-nitrotoluene (对硝基甲苯, 4-nitrotoluene, HS 29042020 — an intermediate used in dyes, pigments, pesticides and pharmaceuticals) originating in the European Union. The petition was filed by Jiangsu Huaihe Chemical Co., Ltd. and Hubei Dongfang Chemical Co., Ltd. on behalf of China's domestic industry. The dumping investigation period runs 1 July 2025–30 June 2026; the injury investigation period runs 1 January 2022–30 June 2026. No provisional measures or duties are imposed by this announcement; MOFCOM expects to conclude by 3 October 2027, extendable by six months. Press reporting cites the petitioners' preliminary evidence as alleging a dumping margin exceeding 100%, but that figure is not disclosed in the MOFCOM text itself. The probe lands six days before EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is due in Beijing (8–9 October 2026) for talks aimed at defusing EU-China trade tension.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2101 of 24 September 2026 imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty, and definitively collects the provisional duty, on imports of pea protein originating in the People's Republic of China. The product is pea protein containing more than 65% protein on a dry-weight basis, from any pea type (yellow or green field peas), solid or liquid, textured or not. Press reports put the definitive duties at 40.5%-67.1% by exporting producer, for five years, following provisional duties applied since 29 April 2026 under Regulation (EU) 2026/916.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2107 of 22 September 2026 imposes a definitive countervailing duty on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products (GFR) originating in Egypt, following an expiry review under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037. The Commission found that subsidisation of the Egyptian GFR industry continued during the 2024 review investigation period and remained above the de minimis threshold. The review was requested on 21 March 2025 by Glass Fibre Europe on behalf of the Union industry and opened on 24 June 2025.
The European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2107 of 22 September 2026, imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products ("GFR" — glass fibre reinforcements/rovings) originating in Egypt for a further five years, following an expiry review under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037. The review found continued subsidisation of the Egyptian GFR industry above the de minimis threshold during the 2024 review- investigation period, via preferential financing, capital-investment support, VAT/import-duty exemptions and rebates, and provision of land for less-than-adequate remuneration. The measure continues the 13.1% countervailing duty first imposed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/870 in June 2020.
In General Notice 4162 of 2026 (Government Gazette No. 55437, 22 September 2026) the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa announced the conclusion of its sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on ropes and cables of a diameter exceeding 32 mm (steel wire ropes) originating in or imported from Germany and the United Kingdom. The Commission made a final determination that expiry of the duties would likely lead to continuation of dumping and recurrence of material injury, and decided to recommend to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition that the current duties be maintained (Report No. 786).
On 18 September 2026 the European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2133, imposing a provisional safeguard measure on imports of certain grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES) and steel laminations and cores (SLCs) — CN codes 7225 11 00, 7226 11 00 and 8504 90 13 — following a global safeguard investigation opened 27 March 2026. GOES is the core input for power-transformer and grid-equipment cores; the Commission's own figures show China supplied 53% of 2025 EU imports, Japan 20%, Türkiye 13% and Korea/UAE a combined 4%. Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Kenya and Ukraine are excluded from the provisional measure. The regulation does not disclose the tariff-rate-quota volume or out-of-quota duty rate in the published notice; the Commission press page frames the measure as "tariff-rate quotas coupled with price thresholds."
The US Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative determination (case A-570-228) that tin mill products from China are being sold in the US at less than fair value, finding a China-wide dumping margin of 136.52% based on adverse facts available (no Chinese producer/exporter responded to the investigation), adjusted to a 130.17% cash deposit rate after offsetting the parallel countervailing-duty determination. Commerce also made a preliminary affirmative finding of critical circumstances, extending provisional measures and cash-deposit collection retroactively. The investigation was petitioned by United States Steel Corporation and the United Steelworkers union; final determinations are scheduled for around 1 December 2026.
The US Department of Commerce issued a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination (case C-570-229) finding that producers/exporters of tin mill products from China received countervailable subsidies at a rate of 66.61% ad valorem, applied both to the individually-examined respondents (Shougang Holding Trade (Hong Kong) Ltd. and Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.) and to the all-others rate, based on facts available with adverse inferences after non-cooperation. Commerce also made a preliminary affirmative finding of critical circumstances, and directed CBP to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits on entries from the date of publication. The final CVD determination is aligned to issue alongside the companion antidumping determination, currently scheduled no later than 2026-11-30.
MOFCOM Announcement No. 38 of 2026 extends the deadline for China's anti-dumping investigation into pecan imports originating in Mexico and the United States from September 25, 2026 to March 25, 2027, citing case complexity under Article 26 of China's Anti-Dumping Regulations. The investigation was originally initiated on September 25, 2025 (Announcement No. 52 of 2025). It does not itself change any duty rate or scope; it prolongs the pendency of a case under which MOFCOM had already imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties (in the form of cash deposits, from August 11, 2026) of up to 54.3% pending a final determination now due by the new deadline.
The UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade accepted a Trade Remedies Authority recommendation (Trade Remedies Notice 2026/26, published 10 September 2026) to extend, unchanged, the anti-dumping duty on wire rod originating in China for a further five years, through 28 January 2031. The measure follows an expiry review (application received October 2025, review initiated January 2026, Statement of Essential Facts published 16 June 2026) that found dumping would be likely to recur and would injure UK industry if the duty lapsed. Rates are unchanged: 7.9% for the Valin Group (TAP code A930) and 24.0% for all other Chinese exporters (TAP code A999).
On 9 September 2026 President Trump signed five proclamations under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 responding to Canada's 8 September 2026 retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20bn of US exports (steel, dairy, agricultural equipment). The proclamations impose outright import bans on certain Canadian alcoholic-beverage and dairy products that had been subject to the 50% Section 338 duties imposed 22 August 2026 (following Canada's continued discrimination against US alcohol and dairy commerce), and separately exclude certain Canadian motor-vehicle-sector products from importation for the same reason. The proclamations also modify the product scope of the July 20, 2026 Section 338 tariff actions, removing items such as rock salt and cement and adding others, including all-terrain vehicles and additional dairy products. The import bans take effect 29 September 2026; the product-list modifications take effect 15 September 2026. The duties/bans apply regardless of USMCA origin and stack on top of Section 232 tariffs.
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued a preliminary anti-dumping ruling on imports of dichlorosilane (DCS, SiH2Cl2, HS 28539090) originating from Japan, finding dumping and material injury to the domestic DCS industry. Effective September 8, 2026, importers must post cash deposits with Chinese customs at company-specific provisional rates: 99.2% for Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. and all other Japanese producers, and 80.8% for Denal Silane Co., Ltd. DCS is a precursor gas used in chip-fab thin-film deposition (epitaxial, silicon-carbide, silicon-nitride, oxide and polysilicon films) for logic, memory and analog semiconductors. The investigation was initiated January 7, 2026 (MOFCOM Announcement 2026 No. 2); a final determination is pending.
Commerce initiated periodic administrative reviews of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with July anniversary dates, following timely requests under 19 CFR 351.213(b). Among the named respondents are JFE Steel Corporation and Nippon Steel Corporation (Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Japan, A-588-873), POSCO and Hyundai Steel Company (Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from South Korea, A-580-878/C-580-879), China Steel Corporation (Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Taiwan, A-583-856), Interpipe entities (Oil Country Tubular Goods from Ukraine, A-823-815), and Goodluck India Limited and Tube Investments of India Ltd. (Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from India, A-533-873). The notice also covers unrelated AD/CVD orders on goods including pasta, mattresses, citric acid, paper shopping bags, tires and PET film from other countries. Review periods are predominantly 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026; Commerce intends to issue final results no later than 31 July 2027. This is a review of existing orders, not a new duty — current cash-deposit rates continue unchanged pending the review's outcome.
Following concurrent first five-year ("sunset") reviews, the US Department of Commerce and USITC determined that revoking the antidumping duty orders on silicon metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland and Malaysia, and the countervailing duty order on silicon metal from Kazakhstan, would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, countervailable subsidies and material injury to the US industry. Commerce published continuation of all four orders effective 2026-09-03, so US Customs and Border Protection keeps collecting AD/CVD cash deposits at the existing rates — Kazakhstan's 120.00% economy-wide CVD rate, Bosnia and Herzegovina's 21.41% AD rate, Iceland's 37.83%-47.54% AD range, and Malaysia's 12.27% final AD rate — for a further five years absent a subsequent review.
On 1 September 2026 the European Commission published a notice of initiation of a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures in force since 2022 on imports of silicon metal originating in China, following a request lodged 8 July 2026 by Euroalliages on behalf of the Union silicon industry. Euroalliages argues that Chinese production overcapacity has grown "massive" and export prices have fallen further since the original investigation, such that the current duties no longer offset the dumping margin. The review investigation period runs from July 2025 to June 2026; the existing duties remain in force and uncollected/undetermined pending the outcome.
On 26 August 2026, President Trump signed a proclamation temporarily expanding the in-quota tariff-rate quota for lean beef trimmings by 300,000 metric tons, released in three 100,000 mt tranches over 90 days starting 1 September 2026. The additional volume lets eligible trading partners (excluding FTA partners and countries with existing country-specific quotas) import lean beef trimmings for combination with U.S. beef into ground beef at the lower in-quota duty rate rather than the higher out-of-quota rate, on a first-come, first-served basis across four specific HTSUS statistical lines. Importers are directed to pass through a 25% discount from the going import price. The measure responds to elevated U.S. ground-beef prices driven by a shrunken domestic cattle herd and screwworm-related border disruption, and follows an earlier TRQ expansion the White House dates to 6 February 2026.
President Trump signed a Section 232 proclamation on 13 August 2026 (published in the Federal Register 19 August 2026, FR doc 2026-16979) imposing tariffs on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS/drones) and components, following a Commerce Department finding that US reliance on foreign-produced (chiefly Chinese, e.g. DJI/Autel) drones and critical components creates supply-chain and cybersecurity national- security risk. A 100% ad valorem tariff applies to Annex I items (drones with maximum takeoff weight over 25kg, thermal-imaging drones, docking stations, and listed critical components); a 25% ad valorem tariff applies to Annex II items (other listed UAS). Qualifying-origin content from the EU, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan and Liechtenstein is capped at 15%; UK-origin content is capped at 10%. UAS duties take effect 3 September 2026; component duties take effect 9 February 2027. The proclamation also authorizes Commerce to set up an onshoring program giving temporary relief to firms committing to build or expand US production of covered drones and components.
The European Commission initiated an investigation under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1925 of 6 August 2026 into possible circumvention, via Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia and Serbia, of the anti-dumping duties imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/357 on open mesh fabrics of glass fibres originating in China. A corrigendum correcting certain language versions of the initiating regulation was published 6 September 2026. The Commission suspects Chinese producers are routing product through Balkan and Moldovan assemblers to avoid duties currently ranging 48.4%–62.9% ad valorem on Chinese-origin open mesh fabrics.
Japan's Ministry of Finance, acting on a provisional affirmative determination from the Customs Tariff Council following a METI/MOF joint dumping investigation opened in August 2025, imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on hot-dip galvanized steel strips and sheets originating in South Korea and China (Hong Kong and Macau excluded). The measure took effect August 8, 2026 under Cabinet Order No. 254 of 2026, and runs through December 7, 2026 pending a final determination. The product is used in guard rails, building/housing materials, fencing, and appliance parts such as refrigerators.
On 24 July 2026 Commerce's International Trade Administration published the preliminary results of the first full five-year ("sunset") review of the countervailing duty order on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco (case C-714-004, in force since 2021). Commerce preliminarily determined that revoking the order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy to OCP Group at a rate of 20.04% ad valorem — well above OCP's most recent administrative-review rate of 16.81% and the 2.11% rate that applied after a December 2025 court remand. The review is procedural and does not itself change the duty currently being collected; it addresses whether the underlying CVD order survives long-term, separate from the temporary emergency AD/CVD duty-free window the White House granted on 29 June 2026.
Japan's Ministry of Finance and METI imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of 3.6% to 42.1% (varying by exporter) on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip (alloy steel with >=10.5% chromium and >0.6% nickel by weight) originating in or exported from China and Taiwan. The Cabinet Order was made public 8 July 2026 and the provisional duty applies 9 July 2026 to 8 November 2026, pending the investigation MOF/METI opened 22 July 2025.
Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) opened a formal antidumping investigation via Circular nº 51 (3 July 2026, published Diário Oficial da União 6 July 2026) into imports of welded circular-section carbon-steel pipes for fluid conduction (outer diameter 14"-48", NCM 7305.11/12/19/31/39 and 7306.19/30) from China, following a petition by Confab Industrial S.A. (a Tenaris subsidiary). The dumping-evidence period runs July 2024-June 2025 and the injury-analysis period July 2020-June 2025. DECOM explicitly finds that market-economy conditions do not prevail in China's producing segment, citing state-owned-enterprise dominance, five-year plans and "China's decisive contribution to global steel overcapacity." No preliminary dumping margin is disclosed at this initiation stage.
On 3 July 2026 the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) issued a final injury finding in Inquiry NQ-2025-009, determining that dumped (and, for non-cooperating exporters, subsidized) imports of truck bodies from China have caused material injury to the Canadian domestic industry. Final anti-dumping duties of 119.4% (Qingdao CIMC Reefer Trailer Co., Ltd.) and 257.1% (all other exporters) are now collected by CBSA on goods released on or after 3 July 2026. CBSA separately terminated the parallel subsidy (countervailing duty) investigation with respect to CIMC Reefer on 4 June 2026 after finding its subsidy margin (0.9%) insignificant; CBSA and CITT statements indicate the countervailing-duty track continued and duties are being collected for the non-cooperating "all other exporters" category.
Japan's Cabinet decided on 2026-07-03 to extend for a further five years the 30.8% anti-dumping duty on dipotassium carbonate (K2CO3, used as a raw material in LCD glass and detergents) originating in South Korea. The duty was first imposed 2021-06-24 through 2026-06-23; following a June 2025 extension petition from domestic producer AGC Inc. and a MOF/METI investigation launched August 2025, the Customs Tariff Council's special duties subcommittee found a continued/recurring risk of dumped imports and material injury, and recommended a 5-year extension. The amending Cabinet Order (Cabinet Order No. 223 of 2026) was promulgated 2026-07-08 and took effect 2026-07-09, extending the duty period to 2031-07-07 at the unchanged 30.8% rate.
On 29 June 2026 the US President declared an emergency under Section 318(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1318(a)) over "threats to the availability of sufficient supplies of fertilizers to meet expected agricultural demand" and suspended collection of duties and estimated-duty deposits under 19 U.S.C. §§1671, 1675 and 1677j — the countervailing and antidumping statutes — on phosphate fertilizer imports from Morocco. The suspension runs for the earlier of eight months from the proclamation date or termination of the emergency, and effectively lifts the AD/CVD wall (already reduced to a 2.11% CVD rate by a December 2025 Court of International Trade remand in the OCP case) on Moroccan phosphate imports. Morocco (OCP Group) holds roughly 70% of world phosphate-rock reserves and is the single largest external phosphate-fertilizer source into the US farm supply chain.
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated an anti-dumping investigation on 25 June 2026 into imports of Hot Rolled Flat Products of Alloy or Non-Alloy Steel (width ≤ 2,100 mm, thickness ≤ 25 mm; not clad, plated or coated; stainless steel excluded; HS 7208, 7211, 7225, 7226) originating in or exported from China PR, Japan and Russia, following a petition by domestic producers JSW Steel, JSW Vijayanagar Metallics and Jindal Steel Odisha. DGTR's prima-facie assessment found export prices significantly below normal value, with dumping margins above the de-minimis threshold for all three origins. The period of investigation (POI) is January–December 2025; interested parties have 30 days to register and submit questionnaire responses.
On 23–24 June 2026 Brazil's GECEX published Resolução nº 920/2026 (23 June) and companion Resolução nº 923/2026 (24 June) in the Diário Oficial da União, extending for up to five years the definitive antidumping duty on imports of ceramic foam filters (filtros cerâmicos; NCM 6903.90.91 and 6903.90.99) originating in China. The extension follows a DECOM end-of-period (sunset) review initiated on a petition by domestic producer Foseco Industrial e Comercial Ltda, which found that dumping and material injury to the Brazilian industry would likely continue or recur if the measure lapsed. The two resolutions address the same product and case (nº 920 is the primary extension; nº 923 is the companion resolution covering scope/related-party aspects), and are treated here as a single filing.
Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber Executive Committee (GECEX/CAMEX) extended for up to five years the definitive antidumping duty on imports of glass used in refrigeration appliances ("vidros para refrigeradores" / cooling-appliance glass) originating from the People's Republic of China, publishing Resolução GECEX nº 921/2026 in the Diário Oficial da União on 23 June 2026. The extension follows a DECOM sunset review (revisão de final de período) that concluded dumping and material injury to the Brazilian domestic glass-for-appliances industry would likely continue or recur if the measure were allowed to lapse. The action re-prices a China→Brazil component flow into the domestic white-goods and refrigeration-appliance manufacturing chain.
The European Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1373 on June 22, 2026, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) originating from China, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. The regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 24, 2026. BDO is a chemical intermediate used in engineering plastics (polyurethane, PBT), solvents, and battery electrolyte solvents (gamma-butyrolactone derivative). China is the dominant global BDO producer and the primary source of injurious dumped imports into the EU. The regulation also definitively collects provisional duties previously imposed under Regulation (EU) 2026/270.
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) initiated anti-dumping investigation No. 6/17/2026-DGTR (SETU Case ID: AD/OI/016/2026) on 22 June 2026 into imports of Cold Rolled Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (CRGO) and Amorphous Metal (AM) originating in or exported from China PR, Japan, Korea RP, and Russia, on application by JSW JFE Electrical Steel Nashik Pvt Ltd (a JV between JSW Steel and Japan's JFE Steel Corporation). The period of investigation (POI) covers 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026; the injury analysis period spans 2022-23 through the POI. CRGO is the magnetic-core input for every power and distribution transformer, and amorphous metal is the next-generation low-loss core alternative; together they constitute grid-critical capital-equipment feedstock for India's electricity-system expansion, making this probe analytically distinct from — and more strategically sensitive than — the CRNO definitive-duty case (Notification 35/2025-Customs (ADD)).
India's CBIC imposed definitive anti-dumping duties ranging from USD 75 to USD 1,748 per tonne on imports of Sulphenamides Accelerators — rubber vulcanisation chemicals used in tyre and rubber goods manufacturing — originating in or exported from China, the European Union, and the United States, via Notification No. 11/2026-Customs (ADD) dated 19 June 2026. The duties are valid for five years following DGTR final findings of dumping below normal value causing material injury to the Indian domestic industry. The principal domestic producer benefiting from the measure is NOCIL Limited (NSE: NOCIL), India's largest rubber chemicals manufacturer, which produces Sulphenamides Accelerators under its Pilcure brand.
South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), acting on an application from Hall Longmore (the majority SACU producer of the product), issued a preliminary determination of dumping and recommended that SARS impose a provisional anti-dumping duty of 28.86% on large-diameter (external diameter >406.4mm) welded circular steel tubes and pipes of iron or steel (HS 7305.19, excluding longitudinally submerged arc-welded and longitudinally welded pipes) originating in or imported from Mozambique. SARS gave effect to the duty via Government Gazette 54854, Notice R.7606 (19 June 2026), amending Part 1 of Schedule No. 2 to the Customs and Excise Act, 1964, effective for six months up to and including 18 December 2026 while ITAC's investigation continues (ITAC Report No. 779).
Türkiye's Ministry of Trade published Communiqué No. 2026/17 in Resmî Gazete No. 33282 on 16 June 2026, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of cold-rolled flat steel (excluding non-annealed), galvanized flat steel, and pre-painted flat steel originating in the People's Republic of China and South Korea, covering products under GTIP codes 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7225, and 7226. The investigation — initiated under Communiqué No. 2024/41 of 25 December 2024 — found that dumped imports from both countries were causing material injury to domestic producers. Duty rates for Chinese exporters range from 22.37% (Angang Steel) to 32.40% (all-others CIF); South Korean rates range from 10.48% (POSCO) to 27.00% (all-others). The measure runs for five years from the date of publication, under Law No. 3577 on Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports.
Following a sunset-review application from Safripol, ITAC's Report No. 770 found that Chinese imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, tariff subheading 3907.6, item 207.01/3907.6/03.05) surged 186.08% between 2022 and 2023 despite the existing anti-dumping order, and that continued material injury to the SACU industry was likely if the duty lapsed. SARS gave effect to ITAC's recommendation via a Customs and Excise Act tariff amendment published in the Government Gazette, raising the anti-dumping duty on PET from China from 28.89% to 43.77%, effective 12 June 2026.
On 3 June 2026 Brazil's Câmara de Comércio Exterior (GECEX/CAMEX) published Resolução nº 907/2026 in the Diário Oficial da União (8 June 2026), applying a definitive anti-dumping duty for up to five years on imports of whole and skimmed milk powder (leite em pó integral e desnatado, não fracionado — NCM 0402.10.10, 0402.10.90, 0402.21.10, 0402.21.20, 0402.29.10, 0402.29.20) originating in Argentina and Uruguay. In the same resolution, GECEX immediately suspended the exigibility of those duties on public-interest grounds, pending the formal opening and conclusion of a public-interest evaluation procedure by Secex — making this a definitive-duty-recognised-but-unenforced measure. The investigation was initiated in December 2024 on petition by the Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Confederation (CNA), with Argentina and Uruguay together supplying 86% of Brazil's powdered-milk imports (754 million litre-equivalents of a 1.02-billion-litre total in Jan–May 2026).
On June 3, 2026, USTR formally initiated a Section 301 investigation (FR Doc. 2026-11043) into Vietnam's acts, policies, and practices relating to intellectual property protection and enforcement. This is the first Vietnam-specific Section 301 investigation carrying tariff-imposition authority — distinct from the Special 301 process (Section 182, which designates but cannot impose tariffs) and from the simultaneous June 2, 2026 forced-labor Section 301 (60 economies) and March 11, 2026 overcapacity Section 301. USTR proposes additional duties of 10–12.5% on Vietnamese goods if the investigation confirms actionable IP failures. The public comment period closes July 6, 2026.
On June 2, 2026, USTR published final actionability findings in 60 parallel Section 301(b) investigations — the largest simultaneous Section 301 action in US history — determining that all 60 economies maintain unreasonable acts, policies, or practices by failing to impose or effectively enforce a prohibition on imports produced with forced labor. USTR proposed two additional duty rates: 10% on the 14 economies with partial forced-labor regimes (Canada, Ecuador, EU, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Taiwan, UK) and 12.5% on the remaining 46 economies. Tariff rates remain proposed pending a July 7, 2026 public hearing and subsequent finalization; the actionability determination is final.
President Trump signed Proclamation 11032 on June 1, 2026 (effective June 8, 2026), making further adjustments to Section 232 tariff regimes for aluminum, steel, and copper. The proclamation expands temporary 15% reduced ad valorem rates to cover agricultural equipment and certain residential HVAC systems previously subject to the 25% derivative tariff, and creates a new Annex I-C establishing temporary S232 rates for mobile industrial equipment and machinery through December 31, 2027. It also designates aluminum lithographic plates and steel racks as new derivative products subject to S232 duties as an anti-circumvention measure. All temporary modifications revert to Proclamation 11021 rates after December 31, 2027.
Brazil's GECEX (237th ordinary meeting, 28 May 2026) imposed definitive anti-dumping duties for up to five years on imports of textured polyester filament yarns (fios de poliéster texturizados) originating from China. The resolution simultaneously suspends the collection of the duty under a public-interest exception, opening a formal public-interest evaluation process; the duty is therefore on the books but not currently collected. The measure concludes a new investigation launched in July 2024 by DECOM at the request of Abrafas (Brazilian Association of Artificial and Synthetic Fibre Products), itself initiated because the predecessor measure (GECEX nº 385/2022) expired in August 2024 after its five-year term.
Indonesia's Komite Anti Dumping Indonesia (KADI) issued an affirmative preliminary dumping-and-injury determination against hot-rolled coil (HRC, uncoated/unplated, width ≥600mm, HS 7208 subheadings) originating from Wuhan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (WISCO) of the People's Republic of China. The resulting provisional anti-dumping duty (Bea Masuk Antidumping Sementara / BMADS) of 17.50% ad valorem was imposed via Peraturan Menteri Keuangan (PMK) No. 32 Tahun 2026, effective 27 May 2026 through 22 November 2026. Under Indonesia's PP No. 34/2011 statutory framework, KADI must complete its investigation within 12 months; a definitive duty, revision, or termination will follow.
Türkiye's Ministry of Commerce published Tebliğ No. 2026/16 on 24 May 2026 (Resmî Gazete No. 33263), completing a final sunset review (NGGS) of the existing anti-dumping measure on un-backed aluminium foil sheets and strips of thickness ≤0.2 mm (HS 7607.11, 7607.19) originating from China. The review, initiated on a petition from domestic producer Assan Aluminum Industry and Trade Inc., found that removal of the measure would likely result in continuation or recurrence of dumped imports and material injury to Turkish domestic industry. The existing 22% CIF ad-valorem anti-dumping duty — first imposed in 2014 (Tebliğ 2014/25) and previously extended in 2019/34 — is maintained for a further five years from 24 May 2026.
The Secretaría de Economía (SE), through its Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales (UPCI), published a Resolución de Inicio in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 21 May 2026, formally initiating an antidumping investigation into imports of self-adhesive plastic tapes (cintas plásticas autoadhesivas — BOPP/polypropylene backing with acrylic, rubber, or hot-melt adhesive, in rolls 20 cm wide or less, TIGIE 3919.10.01) originating from the People's Republic of China. The investigation follows a petition filed 16 December 2025 by Industrias Tuk S.A. de C.V. and Navi Lux S.A. de C.V., two Mexican domestic converters that alleged Chinese imports entered Mexico under price-discrimination conditions during the investigation period October 2024-September 2025, materially injuring the Mexican packaging-tape industry. The resolution entered into force on 22 May 2026 (the day following DOF publication).
The Secretaría de Economía (SE), through its Unidad de Prácticas Comerciales Internacionales (UPCI), published a Resolución de Inicio in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 21 May 2026, formally initiating an antidumping investigation into imports of mirror glass (vidrio de espejo — silvered, aluminum-backed, copper-free mirrors) originating from the People's Republic of China, classified under TIGIE tariff heading 7009.91.99 (NICO 00). The investigation follows a petition filed 30 January 2026 by Vidrio Plano de México S.A. de C.V. (Vitro) and Productora y Distribuidora de Espejos S.A. de C.V. (Prodiesa), alleging Chinese imports surged during October 2024–September 2025 under price-discrimination conditions that materially injured the Mexican domestic industry. Interested parties have 23 working days from publication (or 5 days after direct notification for Chinese exporters and the Chinese government) to submit responses; the initial deadline is 30 June 2026.
On 20 May 2026, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on two Commission regulations implementing the tariff elements of the EU-US Joint Statement of 21 August 2025. The main regulation (COM(2025)0471) eliminates remaining EU customs duties on US industrial goods and grants preferential market access for US seafood and non-sensitive agricultural products. The second regulation (COM(2025)0472) extends the suspension of EU duties on US lobster imports (including processed lobster) retroactively from 1 August 2025. Both regulations sunset on 31 December 2029 and include a Commission safeguard mechanism to suspend concessions if the US fails to meet its Joint Statement commitments.
Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber Executive Committee (GECEX/CAMEX) published Resolução nº 892 on 7 May 2026 (DOU 8 May 2026), modifying the definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of metallic magnesium in crude forms (magnésio metálico em formas brutas, NCM 8104.11.00 and 8104.19.00) originating in China — originally imposed by Resolução GECEX nº 253 of 24 September 2021. The modification converts the duty collection mechanism to a specific tariff fixed in US dollars per kilogram (alíquota específica fixada em dólares estadunidenses por quilograma), based on Parecer SEI nº 258/2026/MDIC, and was deliberated at GECEX's 236th Ordinary Meeting on 30 April 2026. China accounts for approximately 85% of global primary magnesium production; magnesium is designated a critical material under both CRMA Annex I and the USGS Critical Minerals List, serving as an essential input to aluminium alloys for automotive and aerospace lightweighting and to steel desulphurisation. This resolution is a NEW action on the IPTM register — the original 2021 AD measure (GECEX nº 253) was not previously filed — capturing the current in-force duty alteration as the operative instrument.
USTR formally initiated the second statutorily mandated four-year review of its Section 301 investigation into China's acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation (Federal Register 2026-08806, published May 6, 2026). The review covers tariff actions imposed on approximately $300 billion of Chinese goods across Lists 1–4B (25% on most lists; 7.5% on List 4A) and will determine whether those actions should be continued, modified, or terminated. Interested parties may file continuation requests in two 60-day windows: May 7–July 5, 2026 (for the July 6, 2018 action) and June 24– August 22, 2026 (for the August 23, 2018 action). DISTINCT from the March 2026 Section 301 excess-capacity investigations (which target 16 economies on overcapacity sectors) and from the June 2026 Section 301 forced-labor enforcement action (60 economies); this review is China-specific, IP/TT-focused, and mandated by the original Biden-era statutory clock under Section 304(c) of the Trade Act of 1974.
Colombia's Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MINCIT) imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of annealed wire (alambre recocido) and galvanized wire (alambre galvanizado) originating in the People's Republic of China via Resolución No. 214 de 2026, published in the Diario Oficial. The measures apply as an ad valorem surcharge on the FOB value declared to DIAN and are valid for four months while the Subdirección de Prácticas Comerciales continues its investigation toward a definitive determination or archival. The investigation was initiated under Resolución No. 097 of 6 February 2026 and found significant dumping margins: annealed wire at USD 617.03/t FOB vs. a normal value of USD 796.51/t; galvanized wire at USD 674.67/t FOB vs. a reference value of USD 1,336.63/t (Italy benchmark).
Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) issued Circular nº 33 on 29 April 2026, confirming a preliminary affirmative determination of dumping and material injury to the Brazilian domestic industry in imports of hot-rolled stainless steel flat products (thickness 2–50.8 mm, coils and sheets, NCM 7219 and 7220 headings) from China, India and Indonesia. Preliminary dumping margins are 50.1% (China), 25.3% (Indonesia) and 17.9% (India). Despite the affirmative finding, DECOM exercised discretion not to impose provisional anti-dumping duties at this stage, citing case complexity, the three-origin scope and the volume of submitted information; the final determination is scheduled for 25 November 2026.
The Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on April 28, 2026 that China will extend zero-tariff treatment (preferential tariff rate of 0%) to all 53 African countries with which it maintains diplomatic relations, effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028. The measure adds 20 African non-LDC nations to the existing zero-tariff scheme already covering 33 African LDCs since December 2024, making China the first major economy to grant full-coverage zero-tariff access to all African diplomatic partners. Coverage extends to all tariff lines except out-of-quota products (where only in-quota rates move to zero); eSwatini is excluded as it maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan rather than the PRC.
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) issued final findings dated 28 April 2026 in the anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (ash content ≤ 18%, HS 27040010, 27040020, 27040030, 27040090) originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia, recommending a downward revision of the provisional anti-dumping duties previously imposed by Notification No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD) of 31 December 2025. The final findings are recommendatory; a definitive implementing customs notification from CBIC is expected before the provisional measures expire around June 2026. Significant reductions in duty rates are recommended for Indonesian and Japanese origin imports; the investigation covers six coke-exporting countries competing with domestic producers led by Tata Steel, JSW Steel, SAIL, Jindal Steel (JSPL) and AMNS India.