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The Final Brazil Section 301 Tariff Takes Effect on 22 July with Wider Exemptions
Brazil's effective US tariff peaks at 18.2% for four days, then settles at 14.4%USTR's final Section 301 action on Brazil takes effect on 22 July. We estimate Brazil's effective US tariff rises from 11.7% to 18.2%, then settles at 14.4% once the Section 122 surcharge lapses on 25 July. Wider exemptions leave the final order half a point below the June proposal.
Johannes Fritz 16 Jul 2026
The Services Turn in Trade Securitisation
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #96Trade securitisation is moving from goods to services. Governments enacted 327 security-justified measures affecting services in the first half of 2026, more than in any full year before 2025. Global Trade Alert data shows that most are Western sanctions, but the shift survives their removal. The evidence also shows that the supply chain resilience measures reaching services concentrate in cloud and AI infrastructure.
Ana Elena Sancho 15 Jul 2026
GTA Monthly Roundup: June 2026
A summary of trade and industrial policy activity worldwideThis Roundup sums up the 823 trade and industrial policy developments documented by the Global Trade Alert team during June 2026. The report provides a geographic analysis of these developments, with a focus on the United States, China, and the European Union. It highlights five trends: the expansion of the US Section 301 investigations; the acceleration of industrial support for AI, chips and quantum; the adoption of multiple measures affecting steel; the tightening of export controls across major economies; and the proliferation of trade defence cases targeting China.
Fiama Angeles, Ana Elena Sancho 02 Jul 2026
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The Final Brazil Section 301 Tariff Takes Effect on 22 July with Wider Exemptions
Brazil's effective US tariff peaks at 18.2% for four days, then settles at 14.4%Johannes Fritz 16 Jul 2026
The Services Turn in Trade Securitisation
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #96Ana Elena Sancho 15 Jul 2026
Global Trade Alert in the News
Recent mentions and citations of our evidence and insights.Global Trade Alert 14 Jul 2026
GTA Monthly Roundup: June 2026
A summary of trade and industrial policy activity worldwideFiama Angeles, Ana Elena Sancho 02 Jul 2026
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Chokepoint: Tracking Trade Policy Responses to the Hormuz Crisis
Latest update: 18 June 2026, 4:00 pmFiama Angeles, Ana Elena Sancho 18 Jun 2026
How Denial Funds the Capacity it is Meant to Block
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #95Fernando Martín Espejo 18 Jun 2026
New Section 301s would hold the US average tariff near today's level
A targeted replacement for the lapsing Section 122 surcharge: the average effective tariff barely moves, and the burden shifts only modestly between economies.Johannes Fritz 03 Jun 2026
The June 2026 Section 232 metals update: origin matters now
A new Annex I-C cuts the rate to 15% for 37 economies on $25.5 billion of machinery imports, while 39 farm and cooling equipment codes drop to a 15% floor for all origins.Johannes Fritz 03 Jun 2026
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Section 301: USTR Targets 60 Economies Over Forced Labour Imports
On 2 June 2026, USTR wrapped up its forced labour investigation and proposed additional tariffs on all 60 economies under review. This explainer covers the tariff tiers, the exemptions, the textile mechanism, and the timeline.Marius Risse, Ana Elena Sancho, Federica Miriani 03 Jun 2026
The product exemptions are largely identical across Section 122 and 301
What the Section 122 and the two proposed Section 301 exemption annexes share, and where they differ.Johannes Fritz 03 Jun 2026
What the Proposed Brazil Section 301 Tariff Would Cover
What the proposed 25% tariff would reach, and how it compares with Brazil's pre-SCOTUS burdenJohannes Fritz 03 Jun 2026
GTA Monthly Roundup: May 2026
A summary of trade and industrial policy activity worldwideFiama Angeles, Ana Elena Sancho 02 Jun 2026
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