EU leaders task Ireland with budget revenue talks amid debate over ETS funds
June 22, 2026
| Louis de Briant
The role of Emissions Trading System revenues in financing the EU's next long-term budget is emerging as a sensitive issue in negotiations over the 2028-2034 spending plan. EU leaders tasked Ireland with advan... (more story)
More trade-defense tools might not solve the EU’s China problem
June 22, 2026
| Oscar Pandiello
EU leaders have tasked the European Commission with exploring stronger trade instruments to protect the bloc's producers from competition from China’s industrial overcapacity policies. But its scant use of exi... (more story)
US-EU trade tensions persist over digital taxes, other issues
June 17, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The US and EU have outstanding and unresolved issues despite a major trade deal being almost over the finish line, with tensions lingering over digital service taxes, newly proposed artificial intelligence rul... (more story)
Forced-labor rates for Section 301 probes add uncertainty to US tariff regime
June 16, 2026
| Zack Budryk
The Trump administration’s proposed Section 301 rates on dozens of nations that the US accuses of allowing forced labor affect 99 percent of US international trade, potentially subjecting importers to a new ta... (more story)
EU-US trade deal progresses; probes and tariff threats will test its durability
June 16, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
The European Parliament's approval of the EU-US trade deal removes a major political obstacle to its implementation. But fresh US trade investigations into excess capacity and forced labor allegations, alongsi... (more story)
Surge in EU dumping actions against China highlights push for new trade tools
June 12, 2026
| Oscar Pandiello, Cynthia Kroet, Karoline Del Vecchio and Yuqing Yang
A surge in dumping actions against Chinese goods adds urgency to a debate among EU leaders, due next week to consider whether traditional trade-defense instruments are sufficient to address perceived Chinese o... (more story)
Trump faces regulatory squeeze from ranchers over beef imports
June 10, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration is struggling to balance pressure from both ranchers and consumers as it seeks to increase beef imports to better manage a struggling market that is becoming a key issue ahead of the m... (more story)
The US DOJ's China container case meets pandemic-era complexity
June 10, 2026
| MLex Staff
The US Department of Justice portrays the container cartel case as a straightforward antitrust matter: a conspiracy to restrict output and raise prices in a manufacturing sector dominated by Chinese producers.... (more story)