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Imported wind-turbine blades being unloaded at the Port of San Diego — Photo: Dale Frost/Port of San Diego, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Policy Watch|United States

Wind-turbine imports a national-security threat, Trump proclaims, but orders talks rather than new tariffs; separate order puts defence money behind oil

Proclamation 11074, published today, adopts Commerce findings that imported wind turbines and parts threaten U.S. security (grid reliability, radar clutter, hackable inverters) and tells Commerce and the USTR to negotiate with trading partners, with an update due in 180 days. It adds no new duty; existing steel, aluminium and copper tariffs on turbine parts stay. A same-day Defense Production Act determination lets the Secretary of War fund domestic oil production, refining, pipelines and storage.

Daily Teabag Desk·October 28, 2026Centre

Galvanized steel coils (illustrative) — Photo: Antonio Carlos Rosset, CC BY-SA 4.0

Economy & Jobs|United States, Canada

U.S. sets out how Canadian and Mexican goods can count American parts and metal to cut a 25% tariff

A Commerce Department notice publishing on 14 October 2026 tells U.S. Customs what counts as “U.S. content” for USMCA-qualifying goods from Canada and Mexico under Proclamation 11032. Those goods pay the 25% steel-and-aluminum duty only on their non-U.S. content, with a 15% floor. The guidance lets importers count U.S.-made parts and, separately, steel melted and poured or aluminum and copper smelted and cast in the U.S.

Daily Teabag Desk·October 13, 2026Centre