Briefs

Everything published, by the day it went out. Oldest at the bottom, newest first — the same order as the feed, and every row is a real date you can cite.

12 briefs · 31 analyses · 303 sourced figures ·167 named primary sources · free to read in full

2026-10-16

⚖️ Vietnam Renewed Its Yarn Duty, and the Default Rate Is the Highest One

1 piece · trade policy

2026-10-15

⚖️ The EU Registered Your Cellulose Ether Imports, and the Duty Comes Later

1 piece · trade policy

2026-10-12

⚖️ China Dropped Tariffs to Zero on 1,344 Farm and Food Lines for 20 African Countries

1 piece · trade policy

2026-10-11

🏭 The Eurasian Duty on Chinese Oil Pipes Runs 12.23% to 31% — and One List Decides Which, 🚢 Importing From China: The Documents That Decide Whether the Container Moves, 📦 How to Tell a Factory From a Trading Company Before You Wire a Deposit

3 pieces · supply chain · logistics · sourcing

2026-10-10

🛒 Indonesia's Tarpaulin Duty Is $0.75 a Kilo, Not $0.0007 — and One English Page Says Otherwise

1 piece · platforms

2026-10-09

🛒 Your Parcel Is Getting Cheaper to Clear — and Harder to File

1 piece · platforms

2026-10-08

🚢 China's Food-Export Container Check Expires in 21 Days, and the Clock Starts Before Loading

1 piece · logistics

2026-10-07

⚖️ Two EU Charges Hit the Same Tonne, and Only One of Them Is Knowable Up Front, 🛒 The Same Parcel Costs Three Times More in America Than in Europe, 📦 China Cut the Refund on Finished Goods and Added a Tax on Raw Metal, 🚢 An Index-Linked Freight Clause Has Two Ways to Be Wrong, and They Are Independent, 📦 Two EU Charges Reach Steel and Only One Reaches Aluminium, and That Reverses the Ranking, ⚖️ CBAM Is Moving From Goods That Are Steel to Goods That Contain It, 🏭 Your Supplier's Input Costs Rose 5.8%. Your 2027 Invoice Should Not., 🏭 China's Factory Profits Rose 15.7%, and Their Customers Started Paying Later

8 pieces · trade policy · platforms · sourcing · logistics · sourcing · trade policy · supply chain · supply chain

2026-10-05

⚖️ The EU Steel Quota Is Tightest Where China Has No Allocation at All

1 piece · trade policy

2026-10-03

📦 China Taxes the Metal on the Way Out, Then Zeroes It Once the Metal Has a Shape, ⚖️ The Postal Flat Fee Died in Four Days — Now the Route Itself Is Closing, ⚖️ What Chinese Steel Really Costs Under CBAM in 2026, per Tonne

3 pieces · sourcing · trade policy · trade policy

2026-10-02

📦 China Is Removing the Export Rebate That Funded Cheap Quotes, 🏭 China's Rare Earth Controls Are a Licence Regime, Not a Ban — and November 2026 Is the Next Decision, 🛒 The EU's 2026 Compliance Sweep: 560 Orders, and the 58% That Should Worry Sellers, 📦 China Put a Face Check on Company Registration — and Named the Agents Who File It, 🚢 Your Freight Surcharge Points at an Index That Changed Owner in June, ⚖️ The Polysilicon Tariff Never Says China — and Buying Cheaper Costs You More, 🛒 The EU Now Charges by the Item, Not the Parcel — and Ten Euros Can Cost Fifteen, 🏭 China's Factory-Gate Prices Turned Positive, and That Ends the Wait-for-Next-Year Trade

8 pieces · sourcing · supply chain · platforms · sourcing · logistics · trade policy · platforms · supply chain

2026-10-01

🚢 China's Origin Data Goes Electronic: The 1 December 2026 Deadline for RCEP Importers, ⚖️ Section 301 Exclusions Expire November 9: The Duty Cliff, Dated and Priced

2 pieces · logistics · trade policy

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