# Goods Tariffs Rise as Services Route Around Them

Governments keep raising barriers on physical trade while lowering them on services and data, so value migrates toward the intangible economy and manufacturers in high-cost currencies absorb a widening margin squeeze.

- Conviction: 36 / 100 (weakening)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-08-27T14:00:24.447Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/trends/trade-fragmentation-tariff-walls
- Publisher: Polylog
- Affected regions: Global

## Recent score history

- 2026-08-27: 36
- 2026-08-28: 34

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] Canada Will Match US Tariffs Dollar for Dollar From September 8 (2026-08-25): The same day the US and Canada moved to 50% and matching goods duties, Asia-Pacific governments moved the opposite way on services liberalisation. The divergence is the thesis in one edition: physical trade is being walled while intangible trade is being opened, pushing value toward services and squeezing high-cost-currency manufacturers caught on the goods side.