Lawmakers from member states of the European Union agreed to measures last week to stop drug shortages and fix chronic Asian dependencies for critical medicines, this time spurred by worries over the antibiotics supply chain. The move is part of last year’s Critical Medicines Act, but the real takeaway here is that Brussels and Washington … Read More

EU agrees on reinforced suspension provisions, sunset clause Trump threatened ‘much higher tariffs’ if EU duty cuts not implemented by July 4 USTR warns EU must also address non-tariff barriers Agreement should usher in cuts by end of June The European Union struck a provisional agreement on Wednesday on legislation to remove import duties on … Read More

The United States has put countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada following a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation which the Canadian industry has called “deeply flawed.” The change, posted in the federal register on Monday, will slap most fresh mushrooms with tariffs of 2.84 per cent. Two companies received separate duties: Champ’s Fresh … Read More

U.S. imports of data center equipment reached $653 billion in 2025, more than double their 2020 level. That total breaks into two distinct supply chains: nearly $580 billion in computing hardware (servers, chips, networking, cooling) and more than $70 billion in power infrastructure (transformers, switchgear, lithium-ion batteries). Tariffs and export controls have reshaped the first. … Read More

Ecuador’s shrimp industry is urging its country’s government to implement retaliatory trade measures against Brazilian vehicle makers as part of efforts to overturn what producers describe as a “prolonged and unjustified blockade” of shrimp exports. “We have tried every possible avenue, and Brazil’s response has been a permanent blockade,” Jose Antonio Camposano, president of Ecuadorian … Read More

US consumers absorbed up to 43% of the tariff burden after the first seven months of the new tariffs, with the remaining portion borne by US companies, according to estimates by the Harvard Business School Pricing Lab Tariff Tracker. While retail prices rose quickly following each levy announcement in 2025, they gradually leveled off through … Read More

It’s a time in Canada when shoppers continue to scan store shelves in search of a maple leaf on their packaging, or are filtering their online order by “Shop Canadian.” It’s also a sentiment that the Canadian exotic mushroom industry would like to see be applied to them. Producing compost in Canada In exotic mushrooms, … Read More

Tariff concerns are pushing these Cork firms to build American manufacturing bases with record Irish FDI in the US last year. Cork-based indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing companies have said that they are now having to establish new plants in the United States in a bid to protect jobs at home, in light of Donald Trump’s ongoing … Read More

New industry data, first reported by the Washington Reporter, shows U.S. trade and tariff policies are reshaping where automakers build vehicles, with Ford emerging as the most domestically focused major manufacturer. According to S&P Global Mobility, Ford imported 378,123 finished vehicles into the United States in 2025, fewer than those of every other major automaker … Read More

CPA estimates that a universal tariff would generate substantial federal revenue across multiple rate scenarios. A 10 percent universal tariff would raise about $2.63 trillion over 10 years. A 5 percent universal tariff would raise about $1.315 trillion over 10 years. A 2.5 percent universal tariff would still raise about $658 billion over 10 years. … Read More