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On 13 Jan 2026, President Trump declared he will immediately levy a blanket 25 % import duty on any country that continues commercial ties with Iran, undoing months-old tariff détente with Beijing and potentially ensnaring allies from India to the EU.
On 13 Jan 2026 President Trump declared—without published regulations—that every nation maintaining commerce with Iran will immediately face an added 25 % tariff on all of its exports to the United States.
On 12 Jan 2026 Brussels issued guidance letting Chinese EV makers substitute up-to-35.3 % duties with “price-undertaking” floor prices agreed after 15 months of talks with Beijing.
On 14 Jan 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney became the first Canadian leader in eight years to arrive in Beijing, kicking off a four-day summit aimed at swapping Canada’s 100 % electric-vehicle tariff for Chinese cuts on canola and other farm duties.
After President Trump warned on 12 Jan 2026 that any nation trading with Iran would face a 25 % tariff on its commerce with the United States, Beijing on 13 Jan publicly vowed to defend its economic interests and forego compliance.
EU governments gave the long-stalled Mercosur free-trade deal the green light on 9 Jan 2026, scheduling its formal signing for 17 Jan 2026 in Asunción after more than 25 years of negotiations.
On 12 Jan 2026 Brussels issued guidance letting Chinese EV makers escape the up-to-35.3 % counter-vailing duty if they pledge, and stick to, EU-approved minimum import prices for each vehicle variant.
On 9 Jan 2026 the Justice Department served Jerome Powell with grand-jury subpoenas, threatening indictment over his June 2025 Senate remarks on a $2.5 billion Fed headquarters renovation, a first-ever criminal probe of a sitting Fed chair that escalates White House pressure for faster rate cuts.
On 7 Jan 2026, three days after U.S. forces removed Nicolás Maduro, President Trump ordered Venezuela’s interim government to ship 30–50 million barrels of crude to U.S. ports under White House control.
On 12 Jan 2026, bullion crossed the $4,600-per-ounce threshold for the first time and silver set a fresh record as investors reacted to a U.S. Justice Department move to criminally probe Fed Chair Jerome Powell and deadly protests in Iran.
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