Unfair trade practices tariffs on Brazil signal new stage in relations with US
July 16, 2026
| Zack Budryk and Henrique Santiago
The latest Section 301 tariffs imposed against Brazil by the US have wide-reaching implications for the future of the two nations' trade relationship, as well as Brazilian domestic politics, and experts warn t... (more story)
EU steel quotas turn overcapacity fight into trade-law balancing act
July 15, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello
The EU's new steel import quotas and tariffs regime designed to shield the bloc's producers from excess foreign output could be vulnerable to challenge at the World Trade Organization or within bilateral trade... (more story)
US drawback claims boom despite complex tariff regime
July 10, 2026
| Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker
Over the past year, a little-known program offering refunds for imported goods that are re-exported has dramatically grown — powered by new companies and industries hit by sweeping tariffs — but the Trump admi... (more story)
Pace of progress on US-Mexico-Canada pact unclear after renewal failure
July 10, 2026
| Zack Budryk
The United States’ abandonment of the renewal process for the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement was broadly expected, but the path forward injects uncertainty that may linger past US midterm elections in November — o... (more story)
US zeroes in on elusive India trade deal after false starts, Trump-Modi rift
July 02, 2026
| Zack Budryk
The US and India have signaled that a long-awaited bilateral trade agreement is in its final stages after months of false starts, but the question of how the US will enforce trade barriers looms over negotiations.
Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain
July 01, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration’s push to accelerate quantum computing applications and deployment faces significant constraints, including to shore up supply chains for the critical and emerging technology. Presiden... (more story)
US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers
June 30, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)
US high court ruling on FTC's Slaughter could seal firing of copyright chief Perlmutter
June 29, 2026
| Nick Robertson
A US Supreme Court decision Monday allowing the president to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission for any reason could hurt Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter’s legal arguments to keep her own job... (more story)