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This issue of Global Trade Navigator is dedicated to distilling key themes from the America First Trade Policy announced on January 20, 2025, as part of President Trump's Day One [...]

The fourth round of negotiations of the EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) wrapped up in Bangkok in November 2024. Now that the latest summary report is out, it is worth [...]

The UK's recent accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) marks a significant milestone in its trade strategy, positioning the UK to engage with some of [...]

As an accompaniment to our biweekly series on 'What Every Multinational Company Should Know About' various international trade, enforcement, and compliance topics, below find an update to our series on [...]

Byline: Contributing Writer Representatives of Liberia and the European Union (EU) have concluded their 12th Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) Meeting, which oversees the implementation of the Forest Law Enforcement Governance [...]

Canada should not overestimate its own importance. It’s Beijing not Ottawa that keeps folks up at night in Washington, Wolfgang Alschner is an associate professor at the common law section of the University of Ottawa. He holds the Hyman Soloway Chair in business and trade law. Regardless of who [...]

2024 DEC 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Researchers detail new data in cogent social science. According to news originating from Ho Chi [...]

Competition policy: Overview With the support of the business community and as part of the complementary agenda of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free-Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA), a Competition Law (Ley de [...]

Political/commercial background: Foreign investment Foreigners have traditionally been cautious about investing in Nicaragua, and the ongoing political crisis along with the onset of the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic in early 2020 [...]

The Indigenous Practice Group ('IPG') at Foglers proudly represents a considerable number of First Nations across Canada on a vast array of matters from economic development, to practicing inherent jurisdiction, [...]

According to Article 8.1 of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the EU and Vietnam, affirming their respective commitments under the WTO Agreement and their commitment to create a better [...]

On October 3, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued updated guidance relating to the intra-company transferee (ICT) work permit category. This revised guidance adopts a more restrictive interpretation [...]

Global Affairs Canada ('GAC') has announced it is now accepting applications for the 2025-year tariff rate quotas (the 'TRQs') for most dairy products (including cheese and ice cream), and poultry [...]

INDIAN UPDATES India and the UAE to review the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) India and the UAE have agreed to review the India - UAE CEPA, which came into [...]

This is the second of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a 'worker-centered' trade policy. Part one introduces the [...]

The United States and Canada are each other's largest trade partners with nearly C$3.6 billion/US$2.7 billion worth of goods and services crossing the border each day in 2023. The United [...]

This is the first of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a 'worker-centered' trade policy. Part one introduces the [...]

AFRICA: Position of various countries on signature of the Multilateral Instrument to Implement Subject to Tax Rule (STTR MLI) Following the signing of the Multilateral Convention to Facilitate the Implementation [...]

Once upon a time there was a country that found a way to circumvent the import tariffs on steel and aluminum by smelting the metal at home, and then sending [...]

Today's Deep Dive is 1,143 words and a 7-minute read. On Sunday, outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (also known as AMLO) signed into law a deeply controversial judicial [...]

Highlights Following its determination that the United Kingdom and Australia have aligned their export control regimes with the regime in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State has recently issued [...]

Byline: Sam Fowles Britain's history of developing and upholding international law should be a source of pride. The UK was once at the forefront of prosecuting war crimes, enshrining international [...]

In the dynamic arena of international trade, Vietnam has made a decisive leap with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This isn't just any agreement; it's a [...]

By: Alan Yanovich1 A few weeks ago, The Economist published an excellent article that drew a contrast between the trade protectionism dominating U.S. politics and the more proactive trade agendas [...]

1. What is the current business climate in your jurisdiction including major political, economic and/or legal activities on the horizon in your country that could have a big impact on [...]

Introduction Multilateralism is the founding principle of the World Trade Organization ('WTO'). Except for certain agreements like the Agreement on Government Procurement, and certain understandings such as the Information Technology [...]

As one of the five founding members of ASEAN and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), Thailand enjoys strong trade agreements with Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, [...]