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EU eyes Mercosur trade deal signing on Jan. 12 after Italian call for delay December 19, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Signing of the EU-Mercosur trade deal is now targeted for Jan. 12 in Paraguay after a delay triggered by a request from Italy to review newly approved farm safeguards. While opposition from France and Poland p... (more story)

Plastic resin distributor avoids US criminal prosecution in trade-fraud case December 18, 2025 | Samuel Rubenfeld

The US Justice Department announced it had declined to prosecute MGI International and its subsidiaries for evading tariffs after the global plastic resin distributor voluntarily disclosed its conduct, coopera... (more story)

Incoming EU chair aims to get states aligned on clean industry investment law December 18, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet

Cyprus, which is chairing ministers’ meetings in the first half of 2026, has said it wants to reach a first compromise among the 27 EU member states on the upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act, MLex understands... (more story)

Dutch Ministry investigates security risks in planned US takeover of cloud company December 18, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet

The Dutch state attorney is investigating security risks after US IT company Kyndryl said last month it plans to take over Dutch cloud provider Solvinity, the Netherlands’ government said. The move sparked que... (more story)

US industry groups clash over China’s phase one trade commitments December 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

US industry and advocacy groups clashed this week during a hearing on whether China had lived up to its phase one commitments in 2020, with some calls for more tariffs and others pushing for restraint.  

USCIT remands Commerce on circular welded steel pipes order December 17, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The US Court of International Trade partly remanded the Commerce Department’s 2023 circumvention orders on circular welded steel pipe from India, China and South Korea, finding the federal agency failed to ide... (more story)

Signing of EU-Mercosur trade deal 'still premature,' Italy’s Meloni says December 17, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday that the signing of the EU-Mercosur trade deal remains “premature,” arguing that the safeguard for the bloc’s farming sector must first be finalized and ... (more story)

South Korea aims to upgrade services, investment deal with China in 2026 December 17, 2025 | Choonsik Yoo

South Korea aims to finalize talks in 2026 to upgrade the service-trade and investment provisions of its free-trade agreement with China as part of its strategy to manage geopolitical and trade risks, the trad... (more story)

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Weakened EU-India trade deal in sight for January December 15, 2025 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello

The EU is aiming to sign a new trade agreement with India in January, creating deeper links between the world's largest trade bloc and its most populous country. But behind the headlines, the details of the de... (more story)

US shipbuilding effort faces big obstacles in bid to challenge China December 12, 2025 | Bradley Dress

The Trump administration made a major push this year to restore American shipbuilding after decades of decline, but the deals with Japan and South Korea to partner on the effort, along with other chaotic trade... (more story)

China to weigh AI gains with self-reliance, security in Nvidia H200 access decision December 11, 2025 | MLex Staff

As Washington moves to ease restrictions on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China, Beijing is likely to respond with a calibrated two-track approach that might allow Chinese companies to buy the powerful chips under... (more story)

US lobster trade calls for level playing field in USMCA review December 10, 2025 | Zack Budryk

Among those seeking concessions in the upcoming review of the US-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, the US lobstering and fishing industries are asking for increased parity in US-Canada trade rules.

Pharma companies, drug access advocates clash over IP in USMCA trade deal December 10, 2025 | Nick Robertson

The review of the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal again has pharmaceutical companies at odds with organizations aiming to increase access to medications. IP protection requirements are at the center of a debate ov... (more story)

Japan reinvents industry policy to protect technologies and supply chains December 04, 2025 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Japan is recalibrating its industrial policy to safeguard critical technologies and secure domestic supplies of strategic materials, amid escalating geopolitical tensions and widening export controls by major ... (more story)

Russia remains wild card as US, India hope for trade deal by year’s end December 03, 2025 | Zack Budryk

US officials and their Indian counterparts anticipate the announcement of a trade agreement framework by the end of the year, but negotiations on outstanding issues like defense deals and India’s importation o... (more story)

New EU economic-security doctrine tests how far existing trade tools can stretch December 03, 2025 | Oscar Pandiello and Cynthia Kroet

The EU’s new economic-security strategy introduces no fresh trade-defense instruments, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as they aren't needed. Instead, the regulator aims to adapt existing tools to t... (more story)