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We monitor policies that affect global trade.
https://www.globaltradealert.org/
Our updated
#Tariff
Deals Booklet includes a new alignment scorecard comparing policy commitments across US bilateral
#trade
agreements, covering cooperation on export controls, sanctions, and supply chain resilience. Access and download the Booklet here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Tari...
about 1 month ago
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Today's NZZ features a front-page interview with our founder Simon Evenett. In the piece, he provides a candid assessment of the current
#tradepolicy
environment and the recent US-Swiss trade agreement. 🎙️
www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/w...
about 1 month ago
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🌱The latest Global Trade Insights examines climate-related
#tradepolicy
trends.
#G7
front-loaded measures 2020-24, then scaled back sharply in 2025. Developing countries continue building capacity. The timing raises questions at
#COP30
.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
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The Climate Policy Window Is Closing—But Only for Some Countries
Dear Reader, Wealthy nations have locked in their green industrial policies and are now pulling up the ladder. G7 countries have sharply reduced new climate-motivated trade and industrial policy measu...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-policy-window-closingbut-only-some-countries-ucm2f
about 2 months ago
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New IMF Working Paper authored by our Founder Simon Evenett and others examines how industrial policies have changed since the global financial crisis, drawing on data from GTA's New
#IndustrialPolicy
Observatory (NIPO). Access the full paper here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Indu...
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Industrial Policy Since the Great Financial Crisis - Global Trade Alert
IMF Working Paper 2025/222
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/Industrial-Policy-Since-the-Great-Financial-Crisis
about 2 months ago
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We have updated our
#Tariff
Deals Booklet, now covering nine bilateral US tariff-related agreements 📥Download the updated Booklet here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Tari...
The update includes four recently announced deals with ASEAN countries and a new scorecard comparing agreement types.
about 2 months ago
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🚫 The European Union has published the 19th
#sanctions
package against
#Russia
, targeting energy imports, payment systems, and Russia’s shadow fleet. For details and official sources, access the Global Trade Alert database entry:
globaltradealert.org/state-act/94...
2 months ago
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The US has published the details of its
#trade
deals with Malaysia and Cambodia, as well as framework agreements with Thailand and Vietnam. 📊Our visuals provide a high-level summary of each arrangement. 🔴Access our Real-Time Tariff Watch blog for more:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Real...
2 months ago
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A recent
@financialtimes.com
article examines
#China's
#industrialpolicy
and productivity growth. It draws on Global Trade Alert data documenting over 7,500 Chinese subsidy measures since 2009.
www.ft.com/content/b444...
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China’s innovation paradox
Industrial policy has delivered impressive technological gains without productivity growth
https://www.ft.com/content/b44458cc-03fd-46a1-b003-b7a097419e66
2 months ago
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Our G20 Trade Policy Factbook 2025 shows that the motives behind
#industrialpolicy
have shifted. Governments increasingly cite
#nationalsecurity
, geopolitical, and resilience concerns over climate change mitigation. Access the full Factbook here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/G20-...
2 months ago
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📢 Today, we release the 2025 edition of the Global Trade Alert G20 Trade Policy Factbook G20
#trade
policies remain active & defensive, with rising coercive measures, targeted
#subsidies
, & services restrictions affecting global commerce. Read here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/G20-...
3 months ago
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📢 The latest GTA Monthly Roundup is now available We summarise 575 new
#trade
and
#industrialpolicy
interventions from the past four weeks, with particular attention to developments in the United States, China, and the European Union. Access it here:
globaltradealert.org/blog/GTA-Mon...
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GTA Monthly Roundup: September 2025 - Global Trade Alert
This Roundup summarises 575 new trade and industrial policy interventions documented by the GTA team during September 2025. The report provides geographic analysis focusing on the United States, China...
https://globaltradealert.org/blog/GTA-Monthly-Roundup-September-2025
3 months ago
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🪵
#US
imposes
#Section232
#tariffs
on timber, lumber & derivative products Effective 14 Oct 2025: • 10% on softwood timber & lumber • 25% on upholstered wood (30% from Jan 2026) • 25% on cabinets/vanities (50% from Jan 2026) UK cap: 10%, EU/Japan: 15%.
globaltradealert.org/state-act/90...
3 months ago
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📢 Today at
#WTOPublicForum
, GTA in 3 sessions: 🔃 Trade Readjustment & WTO Reform (10:45, Room E)
www.wto.org/english/foru...
💰 Subsidies & Industrial Policy (13:30, Room E)
www.wto.org/english/foru...
🤖 Digital Trade & AI Facilitation (15:15, Room B)
www.wto.org/english/foru...
3 months ago
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🎯 Need a clear guide to Trump’s
#tariffs
and their implications for
#globaltrade
? To cut through the noise, we have consolidated our resources on
#Trump
tariffs into a single page. 📖 Access the full set of resources here:
globaltradealert.org/blog/One-Sto...
4 months ago
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The US amends scope of
#reciprocaltariffs
. Effective today, some goods are excluded while others are subject to
#tariffs
at rates from 10–41% Our Database entry contains detailed product lists, affected trading partners, and the full scope of the measure:
globaltradealert.org/state-act/94...
4 months ago
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📦 On 29 August, the
#US
ended its de minimis exemptions for low-value imports.
#Postal
services worldwide responded with suspensions, restrictions, and limited reopenings. Full details and updates are tracked in our live blog:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Glob...
4 months ago
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📦Global Suspensions of
#Parcel
Shipments to the
#US
Global Trade Alert has published a tracker collecting official announcements by postal services worldwide following the US suspension of duty-free de minimis treatment, effective 29 August 2025. 🔗
globaltradealert.org/reports/Glob...
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De Minimis No More: Tracking Global Suspensions of Parcel Shipments to the US - Global Trade Alert
Latest Update: 28 August 2025, 16:00 CET
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/Global-Suspensions-Parcel-Shipments-US
4 months ago
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🌀What does resilience mean for trade in today’s volatile environment? On Whiteshield’s Trade Winds in the Gulf podcast, Simon Evenett and Raed Safadi discuss securitisation of
#trade
, resilience,
#technology
, and the Gulf region’s role 🎧 Full episode:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2C...
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Economic Talks with Raed Ft. Professor Simon Evenett
YouTube video by Whiteshield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si2CeoZllgU&ab_channel=Whiteshield
4 months ago
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🔎Our new Thread tracks all
#Section232
investigations initiated by the United States in 2025 under the
#Trade
Expansion Act of 1962. Only investigations formally announced by the
#US
Government are included. 🧵
bit.ly/4mI9E8a
4 months ago
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We have updated the
#US
Market Access Scorecards and the Relative Trump
#Tariff
Advantage Chart Book. The update adds aluminium and steel derivative products to the coverage and incorporates MFN rates into the analysis. 🔢
globaltradealert.org/reports/US-M...
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globaltradealert.org/reports/Rela...
4 months ago
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📢 New Release: The Tariff Deals Booklet Several major
#tariff
agreements have already been signed, our Tariff Deals Booklet compares them all. Visuals,
#export
risks, investment pledges, and more. Updated as new agreements are confirmed.
globaltradealert.org/reports/Tari...
#Trade
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Tariff Deals Booklet - Global Trade Alert
A visual guide to the U.S. tariff-related deals
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/Tariff-Deals-Booklet
5 months ago
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🚫
#Malaysia
imposes new controls on advanced
#AI
chips. Effective 14 July 2025,
#exports
, transit, and transhipment of high-performance chips and related tech now require a Strategic
#Trade
Permit. For full details, access GTA Database entry here:
bit.ly/3Ix8QEr
6 months ago
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The GTA
#US
Tariff Measure Inventory 2025 provides a detailed overview of major US tariff actions introduced this year. It includes HS codes, exclusions,
#tariff
rates & policy summaries and covers the April 2 EO, Fentanyl EO & Section 232 cases. 📊
globaltradealert.org/blog/US-Tari...
6 months ago
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The
#US
announced new reciprocal
#tariffs
for 14 trading partners, effective from 1 August. This follows earlier executive actions and suspension notices issued in April. Access full details, including country-specific tariff rates and affected HS codes:
bit.ly/3IjXjrQ
6 months ago
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Our new Briefing shows Western
#industrialpolicy
shifting from
#climate
goals to
#security
concerns. The EU stands out from G7 members, South Korea & Australia by maintaining a stronger emphasis on climate objectives and subsidy-based measures. 🔗https://bit.ly/4li7hZF
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The Evolution of Western Industrial Policy From Climate Goals to Geopolitical Strategy: Is the EU Bucking The Trend? - Global Trade Alert
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #70
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/The-Evolution-of-Western-Industrial-Policy
6 months ago
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🚧 How are governments using
#trade
policy to respond to geopolitical risk? The WTO's latest update, using Global Trade Alert data, shows rising
#tariffs
, fewer
#subsidies
, and more measures tied to security and competitiveness. Full report:
www.wto.org/english/news...
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WTO monitoring highlights sharp rise in tariffs alongside search for negotiated solutions
A sharp rise in new tariffs and the share of world trade covered by them between October 2024 and May 2025 have contributed to a volatile and unpredictable global trade landscape, the WTO Secretariat’...
https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/trdev_03jul25_e.htm
6 months ago
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🏭 Why green
#steel
is stalling In a new Zeitgeist Briefing, Fernando Martín examines five mounting challenges that threaten the
#commercial
viability of green steel. 📖 Access the full briefing here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Head...
#GlobalTrade
#Trade
#IndustrialPolicy
6 months ago
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📉NATO’s lead in
#defence
industry support is fading. While interventions surged post-Ukraine invasion, countries outside
#NATO
have raised their share from 31% to 38% since 2021. At this pace, they’ll surpass NATO by end-2025. Full briefing:
globaltradealert.org/reports/The-...
6 months ago
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📩 The GTA Notification Service now offers new subscription options for selected content directly by email: • GTA Analyses • GTA Newsletter • GTA Monthly Roundup Free subscriptions tailored to your interests:
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7 months ago
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Yesterday, the EU Commission released its first
#trade
diversion monitoring report. In a new Zeitgeist Briefing, Simon Evenett finds that only 2 of 55 flagged products match major Chinese
#exports
to the U.S.—raising questions about redirection risk.
globaltradealert.org/reports/Euro...
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No Smoking Gun from the European Commission's First Trade Diversion Monitoring Report - Global Trade Alert
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #66
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/European-Commission-Trade-Diversion-Monitoring-Report
7 months ago
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🏭Do industrial policies boost
#trade
competitiveness? A new IMF paper using GTA data finds export incentives help in the medium term, while domestic
#subsidies
have short-lived effects.
www.imf.org/en/Publicati...
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Do Industrial Policies Increase Trade Competitiveness?
Industrial policies (IPs) are on the rise. The most common motive for pursuing IPs is to boost strategic competitiveness of the targeted products. Leveraging a novel database of industrial policies an...
https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2025/05/23/Do-Industrial-Policies-Increase-Trade-Competitiveness-567184
7 months ago
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🧭 What direction is
#industrialpolicy
taking in 2025? New Industrial Policy Observatory June update shows: –
#Export
barriers ⬆️ 1.1% MoM – Dual-use items most targeted – $1.5T+ in
#subsidies
in force 🔗https://bit.ly/3Hh3ixk
7 months ago
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This year, Global Trade Alert has recorded 9 new
#semiconductor
export restrictions—on pace to exceed 2024’s total. Most since 2020 come from the US & EU, often targeting chips used in AI, defence & high-performance computing. Details & official sources:
globaltradealert.org/threads/expo...
7 months ago
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🪨 Mapping Recent Subsidies to
#CriticalMinerals
: South Korea: Loan guarantees for low-carbon tech Canada: CAD 156m for copper-zinc mining China: CNY 300b for SME tech upgrades India:
#Subsidies
for Li-ion and PCB production 🔗
globaltradealert.org/threads/subs...
7 months ago
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The UK has announced a new
#sanctions
package targeting entities linked to
#Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, including 57 Russian firms, 4 Chinese companies, 1 Swiss shipper, and 18 vessels now barred from UK ports.
globaltradealert.org/threads
7 months ago
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🚧#Trade flows between India and Bangladesh are facing new hurdles
#Bangladesh
banned yarn imports via land ports in April. On Saturday,
#India
introduced new restrictions on imports of garments, food, plastics & more. Read more:
globaltradealert.org/state-act/91...
7 months ago
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⏸️
#China
suspends all
#US
entity blacklistings announced after 2 April 2025 for 90 days. This halts the addition of 17 U.S. firms to the Unreliable Entity List and 28 to the Export Control List. 🔎 Affected companies and official sources here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/US-M...
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U.S. vs. China: Where Does American Market Access to China Stand Today? - Global Trade Alert
Last Update: 15 May 2025, 1:30 pm CET
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/US-Market-Access-to-China
8 months ago
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📊US Tariff-Driven
#Trade
Deals Our new Thread tracks trade deals and agreements signed with the US following the introduction of “reciprocal
#tariffs
” in April 2025. Only agreements that have been officially announced or confirmed are included. 🧵
bit.ly/4jSCykS
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US Tariff-Driven Trade Deals - Global Trade Alert
This Thread tracks trade deals and agreements signed with the United States following the introduction of "reciprocal tariffs" in April 2025. Only agreements that have been officially announced or con...
https://bit.ly/4jSCykS
8 months ago
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After yesterday’s Joint Statement by the
#US
and
#China
, just how high are the remaining
#tariff
hikes and other bilateral barriers today? 🔎Our continuously updated trackers show the confirmed, active
#trade
measures each country has imposed on the other:
globaltradealert.org
8 months ago
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🏗️ 𝗨𝗦–𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱? In a new Zeitgeist Briefing, our Founder Simon Evenett analyses the official communications surrounding the UK–U.S. economic arrangement announced yesterday. Access the full briefing here:
globaltradealert.org/reports/Mixe...
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Mixed Messaging: How London and Washington, D.C. presented their recent trade tie-up - Global Trade Alert
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #64
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/Mixed-Messaging-How-London-Washington-presented-their-recent-trade-tie-up
8 months ago
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Recent
#trade-related
actions between
#India
and Pakistan ✈️ Mutual airspace bans 🚫 India bans
#imports
from Pakistan 📩 Mail from
#Pakistan
blocked 🚢 Both restrict each other’s ships from ports Details:
globaltradealert.org/activity-tra...
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Activity Tracker - Global Trade Alert
A trusted and recognized independent monitor of policies impacting global commerce.
https://globaltradealert.org/activity-tracker
8 months ago
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🔎Our latest newsletter examines the
#US
Section 232 investigations in 2025. With six new cases launched this year, it marks the most active period in the history of this national security-related legal mechanism. Access the
#GlobalTrade
Insights:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/wave-s...
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A Wave of Section 232 Investigations Adds to Trade Policy Turbulence
The United States has initiated a series of Section 232 investigations in 2025, marking the most active period for this national security-related legal mechanism in history. These investigations, auth...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wave-section-232-investigations-adds-trade-policy-turbulence-7q9wf
8 months ago
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Weekly
#UStariff
response roundup: 📃China’s 2nd
#tariff
exemption list 🗣️China reviewing US overtures on tariff talks 🔁EU crafts dual-track strategy 🤝S.Korea: deal before June “impossible” Track all developments in GTA’s live blog:
globaltradealert.org/reports/gove...
8 months ago
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reposted by
Global Trade Alert
Peter Thal Larsen
8 months ago
NEW EPISODE 🎧🎙️: I talked to Simon Evenett of
@globaltradealert.bsky.social
about how to negotiate tariff deals with Trump, whether the global trading system will survive, and how other countries could make hostages of US multinationals.
www.reuters.com/podcasts/wha...
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What Trump’s tariff tantrum will do to world trade: podcast
The White House is negotiating with trading partners while US-China commerce seizes up. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Professor Simon Evenett of IMD Business School explains how the tense discussions might play out, and where they will leave the global trade system.
https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/what-trumps-tariff-tantrum-will-do-world-trade-podcast-2025-04-29/
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The latest GTA Monthly Roundup is now available We summarise 471 new
#trade
and
#industrialpolicy
interventions from the past four weeks, with particular attention to developments in the United States, China, and the European Union. Access it here:
globaltradealert.org/blog/GTA-Mon...
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GTA Monthly Roundup: April 2025 - Global Trade Alert
This Roundup summarises 471 new trade and industrial policy interventions documented by the Global Trade Alert team over the past four weeks. The report provides geographic analysis focusing on the Un...
https://globaltradealert.org/blog/GTA-Monthly-Roundup-April-2025
8 months ago
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What happens when tariff threats become policy? Simon Evenett joined
@reuters.com
The Big View podcast to discuss US
#tariffs
, "truces" with allies, US-China decoupling, and global
#trade
risks. Listen here:
www.reuters.com/podcasts/wha...
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What Trump’s tariff tantrum will do to world trade: podcast
The White House is negotiating with trading partners while US-China commerce seizes up. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Professor Simon Evenett of IMD Business School explains how the tense discussions might play out, and where they will leave the global trade system.
https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/what-trumps-tariff-tantrum-will-do-world-trade-podcast-2025-04-29/
8 months ago
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🚚 US Dept of Commerce launched a Section 232 investigation into truck imports. The review will assess import reliance, US production capacity, supplier concentration, and foreign subsidies. The report is due in January 2026. Details and official sources:
globaltradealert.org/state-act/91...
8 months ago
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What does the data say about Chinese
#trade
deflection risks? New analysis of US
#import
data identifies 101 products where export deflection is possible—but shows that Chinese exporters have been losing share in most of these categories.
globaltradealert.org/reports/Iden...
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Is A Wave of Chinese Products Coming Your Way? Identifying Potential Chinese Export Redirection in 2024 U.S. Trade Data - Global Trade Alert
ZEITGEIST SERIES BRIEFING #63
https://globaltradealert.org/reports/Identifying-Potential-Chinese-Export-Redirection
8 months ago
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Reactions to
#US
Reciprocal Tariffs this week: 📦Hong Kong - Halts US-bound post ✈️China - Boeing orders frozen 💰South Korea - Support for exporters 🛡️EU - Countermeasures 💷UK -
#Tariffs
cut on 89 goods Track all developments in GTA’s live blog:
globaltradealert.org/reports/gove...
9 months ago
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EU adopts second package of countermeasures against
#US
#steel
and aluminium tariffs, imposing 25%
#duties
on US goods. 🔴On the same day, the
#EU
suspended all measures until 14 July 2025 to allow time for negotiations with the US. Access details:
bit.ly/4jbKYUo
#Trade
#Tariffs
#GlobalTrade
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EU: Commission published second package of countermeasures against the US (suspended until July 2025) - Global Trade Alert
<p>In April 2025, the European Commission published its second package of countermeasures against the steel and aluminium tariffs announced by the United States in February 2025 (see related state act...
https://bit.ly/4jbKYUo
9 months ago
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