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EU steelmakers seek to broaden carbon levy scope, tighten loopholes April 03, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

EU steelmakers are urging the European Commission to widen the scope of its carbon border levy, to tighten anti-circumvention rules, and to delay any move to include pre-consumer steel scrap as a precursor. Ad... (more story)

US announces 100 percent pharma tariffs but with major carveouts April 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk

The US government will impose 100 percent tariffs on pharmaceuticals whose manufacturers do not lower prices but included several carveouts in an executive order President Donald Trump signed Thursday.

Data-exchange questions raised as part of EU’s economic security plan April 02, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

EU countries have raised questions on how to safety exchange sensitive data, as part of a European Commission economic security strategy that aims to reduce strategic dependencies for goods and services, to at... (more story)

Supermicro cofounder, consultant plead not guilty in US AI chip diversion case April 01, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

Supermicro cofounder Yi-Shyan Liaw and third-party consultant Ting-Wei Sun each pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to US charges alleging they diverted billions of dollars of servers integrated with artificial in... (more story)

EU steel safeguard talks target April deal as deadline looms April 01, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

The EU’s new steel safeguard is nearing a political agreement, with talks on April 13 expected to address remaining disputes over quota rollover and product scope, MLex understands. The measure would replace p... (more story)

China withdraws SEP injunction policy after WTO ruling in EU dispute April 01, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

China has withdrawn its policy that blocked companies that hold patents essential to technology standards from pursuing infringement cases in foreign courts, after a World Trade Organization ruling backed the ... (more story)

Chinese candle maker Ningbo Kwung challenges dumping duties in EU court April 01, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

China's Ningbo Kwung’s Home Interior & Gift is challenging EU dumping tariffs at the bloc’s first-tier court, MLex has learned. In January the European Commission levied duties of up to 60.3 percent on imports... (more story)

South Korea signals continued engagement after US flags data, platform concerns April 01, 2026 | Jenny Lee

South Korea moved on Wednesday to contain the implications of Washington’s latest assessment of its regulatory landscape, after a US trade report cast a growing range of the country’s digital and data-related ... (more story)

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Large US trade deficits, tariff uncertainty remain a year after Liberation Day April 02, 2026 | Eliana Hubacker

A year after President Trump announced sweeping reciprocal tariffs on nearly every US trading partner, the fate of the replacement tariffs remains uncertain, and updated data shows the overall US trade deficit... (more story)

EU-US deal augurs narrow road back for trade relations April 02, 2026 | Zack Budryk

The European Union’s passage of a delayed free trade agreement with the US, seemingly resolving a standoff with Washington, could portend some smoothing of US-EU tensions, but the US’s recent announcement of w... (more story)

Marketplaces such as Shein, Temu face spotlight under new EU customs regime April 01, 2026 | Oscar Pandiello

The EU’s customs overhaul will put pressure on e-commerce marketplaces as it weakens their long-used intermediary status. Under the new model, agreed last week by EU policymakers, platforms involved in distanc... (more story)

As talks on WTO’s problems end in deadlock, can a next round in May make progress? March 31, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet

A World Trade Organization ministerial meeting broke up early on Monday with no conclusions on the increasingly urgent question of how to effectively reform the global trade body itself. That raised questions ... (more story)

EU closes in on flurry of trade deals amid US tensions March 27, 2026 | Zack Budryk

The European Union has ramped up international trade deals with non-US countries and territories, an effort that dates back years but has acquired new significance in the wake of furrows in the longtime US-Eur... (more story)

US Section 301 trade probes loom over fragile China truce March 26, 2026 | Bradley Dress, Eliana Hubacker

The Trump administration’s looming Section 301 trade investigations into China will test a fragile truce reached late last year between Washington and Beijing and risk renewing tensions between the world’s two... (more story)

EU lawmakers back US trade deal, but much uncertainty still lies ahead March 26, 2026 | Cynthia Kroet and Oscar Pandiello

The EU-US trade deal came closer to reality on Thursday with European Parliament members finally approving their position on it, after having delayed their work multiple times over concerns that the US side wo... (more story)

China's Five-Year Plan reveals fundamental economic tensions March 23, 2026 | MLex Staff

In China's latest five-year economic and social blueprint, Beijing has set ambitious targets that pull in opposite directions: tech supremacy versus social stability, export-led growth versus reduced trade fri... (more story)