EU tightens foreign investment net, but capitals keep final say
August 07, 2026
| Oscar Pandiello
Foreign investment in critical EU sectors will face broader and more consistent scrutiny from 2028, when all member states must operate screening systems and vet a common core of deals. The new vetting framewo... (more story)
Russia’s nuclear industry remains the EU’s sanctions exception
August 07, 2026
| Louis de Briant
The continued absence of the nuclear sector from EU sanctions on Russia reflects deep supply-chain dependencies, extending beyond fuel for Soviet-designed reactors to conversion and enrichment services. While ... (more story)
US trade court judge's BMW ruling could raise stakes for forum-selection clauses (update*)
August 05, 2026
| Steve Scherer
A US International Trade Commission judge may have handed companies facing Section 337 investigations a powerful new tool, ruling for what practitioners said was the first time that a forum-selection clause wa... (more story)
UK-India free trade agreement could spark pharma patent litigation
August 05, 2026
| Douglas Clarke-Williams
Pharmaceutical patent holders in the UK could be facing new efforts to invalidate their protections and open the door for generic medications from India, after the free trade agreement between the countries el... (more story)
From action to balancing: global responses to China’s industrial overcapacity
August 05, 2026
| Yuqing Yang, Cynthia Kroet, Roffie Kurniawan, Jet Damazo-Santos and Henrique Santiago
Global concern over Chinese industrial overcapacity is rising, but the responses are uneven. The EU is hardening its trade stance and considering new policy tools, while major emerging economies — such as Braz... (more story)
US Senate Russia sanctions bill raises concerns with tariff powers
August 04, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The US Senate is pushing to pass legislation to impose sanctions on Russia, but other provisions in the bill would unlock more tariff powers for the president, raising new concerns as the Trump administration ... (more story)
Will EU ‘Made in Europe’ push be determined by Franco-German summer talks?
July 31, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
France and Germany are using the summer to try to bridge their differences over the EU Industrial Accelerator Act's politically sensitive "Made in Europe" rules. A compromise between the EU's two largest econo... (more story)
Latest US trade salvo against Canada signals new stage of USMCA hardball
July 29, 2026
| Zack Budryk
The steep tariffs on Canadian products imposed by the US last week add a new wrinkle to negotiations on the renewal of the US-Canada-Mexico Agreement, while the statute used to levy them is largely untested in... (more story)