US boosts trade enforcement in growing crackdown across customs
June 05, 2026
| Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker
The Trump administration is accelerating its trade enforcement across several agencies as it pushes for stricter oversight on tariff evasion while utilizing bipartisan support on Capitol Hill to increase expor... (more story)
EU industrial plan’s first political battle is over where ‘Europe’ ends
June 05, 2026
| Oscar Pandiello
The EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act is heading for its first major political fight: What should count as “Made in Europe.” A European Parliament debate this week exposed a clear split between lawmakers, who wa... (more story)
US tariff refund battle heats up after DOJ motion
June 02, 2026
| Bradley Dress and Zack Budryk
The US Department of Justice has renewed a fight over refunds for illegal emergency tariffs, declaring it will appeal a court order for universal relief to importers seeking money for "finally liquidated" entr... (more story)
Pappas nomination could add rare patent expertise to USITC
June 02, 2026
| Nick Robertson
The nomination Monday of Peter-Anthony Pappas, who leads IP policy for the Senate Judiciary Committee, to the US International Trade Commission could bring much needed expertise to a quasi-judicial body that's... (more story)
New head of EU trade department inherits China challenge
May 29, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
Ditte Juul Jørgensen will take over as the European Commission's director-general for trade on Monday, inheriting a growing agenda that includes responding to China's industrial overcapacity, addressing mounti... (more story)
EU probe of JD.com-Ceconomy is first test of Chinese M&A distortion
May 29, 2026
| Lewis Crofts, Andrew Boyce and Nicholas Hirst
JD.com is the first company to test the EU’s long-held concern that Chinese state influence is distorting dealmaking on European soil. But enforcers face a complicated task, unpicking the alchemy of deal valua... (more story)
How far will Brussels go to shield EU industry from Chinese overcapacity?
May 27, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
As the European Commission weighs measures to counter Chinese overcapacity and reduce strategic dependencies, the question is how far Brussels is willing to go. Divisions among member states and Europe’s conti... (more story)
Trump-Xi summit projects stability, but US-China challenges remain
May 21, 2026
| Bradley Dress
President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to Beijing last week projected stability to the difficult trading relationship with China but offered little else, with the fragile truce still in place and existing ... (more story)