North America’s inability to verify the true origins and inputs of goods crossing its borders — the ‘visibility gap’ — leaves the region defenceless against Chinese overcapacity that reroutes through third countries to evade tariffs.
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CSIS: USMCA non-renewal imposes costs
The US decision not to renew the USMCA for 16 years triggers an annual review process running to 2036, leaving bilateral negotiations without a clear timeline and businesses across North America facing prolonged uncertainty.
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Reinsch: USTR is half right on forced labor
USTR investigations found all 60 countries guilty of forced-labor violations, confirming one prediction, but the remedy — flat tariff rates rather than links to previously negotiated trade agreements — did not match what the author had forecast.
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CSIS: Brazil’s effort to regulate digital markets
Brazil’s proposed Fair Competition Act for Digital Markets offers a flexible, context-sensitive alternative to the EU’s Digital Markets Act by empowering CADE to designate systemically relevant firms and tailor obligations accordingly, but this same flexibility risks creating regulatory uncertainty that could deter investment.