India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has issued the Transition Facilitation (Quality Control) Order, 2026, aimed at strengthening supply chains and supporting industry compliance with quality control requirements. The order appears to provide transitional arrangements for sectors subject to Quality Control Orders (QCOs), which function as mandatory technical standards and non-tariff […]
India’s APEDA facilitated the first biscuit export shipment from Varanasi to Oman under the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The shipment demonstrates market access gains from the CEPA for processed food exporters. This marks a concrete implementation outcome of the bilateral trade agreement.
The European Commission published a Regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of 1,4-Butanediol (BDO) originating in China, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. This is a trade remedy action affecting chemical commodity imports into the EU from three major trading partners.
The WTO SPS Committee met June 24-26 and addressed a record number of sanitary and phytosanitary trade concerns affecting food product trade. Members also received updates on transparency work and agreed to renew a mentoring program for SPS officials in developing and least-developed countries.
China’s Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 26 (2026) detailing procedures for reporting and handling violations related to export controls on strategic minerals and dual-use items. The announcement further refines the compliance and enforcement framework for these controlled exports. This builds on existing export control regulations covering critical minerals.
China’s Ministry of Commerce has published the ‘Measures for Industrial and Supply Chain Security Investigations,’ establishing a formal framework for conducting security reviews of industrial and supply chains. The regulations likely define procedures, scope, and enforcement mechanisms for supply chain security assessments. This represents a new regulatory tool that could affect market access and trade […]
USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer led a U.S. delegation to India for bilateral trade agreement negotiations. The talks represent a formal round of negotiations toward a U.S.-India trade deal. No specific outcomes are detailed in the snippet, but the engagement is a named, structured trade negotiation event.
The UK and Malaysia have officially launched negotiations on a bilateral Digital Trade Agreement aimed at removing barriers to digital trade and enabling UK exporters to expand into Malaysian high-tech markets. The announcement marks a formal start to structured talks on digital trade rules between the two countries.
The 15th round of Korea-China FTA follow-up negotiations on services, investment, and finance is being held in Beijing from June 22-26, 2026. Delegations of about 30 officials are led by Korea’s Director General for Trade Negotiations and China’s Ministry of Commerce counterpart. Negotiations began in March 2018 following the FTA’s 2015 entry into force, but […]
The WTO Committee on Balance of Payments Restrictions held consultations on 22 June 2026 reviewing a US 10% import surcharge imposed to address its balance-of-payments deficit. The US presented a statement and responded to member questions, with IMF input on the US BOP situation also considered. The US indicated the temporary measure is expected to […]