US zeroes in on elusive India trade deal after false starts, Trump-Modi rift
July 02, 2026
| Zack Budryk
The US and India have signaled that a long-awaited bilateral trade agreement is in its final stages after months of false starts, but the question of how the US will enforce trade barriers looms over negotiations.
Trump eyes quantum boost, but supply chain challenges remain
July 01, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The Trump administration’s push to accelerate quantum computing applications and deployment faces significant constraints, including to shore up supply chains for the critical and emerging technology. Presiden... (more story)
US regulator of foreign investment eyes agentic AI, data centers
June 30, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
Agentic AI programs that can plan, reason, and act out a series of tasks to achieve more complex goals, and the data centers that provide the massive computing power required to train and run the complex model... (more story)
US high court ruling on FTC's Slaughter could seal firing of copyright chief Perlmutter
June 29, 2026
| Nick Robertson
A US Supreme Court decision Monday allowing the president to fire members of the Federal Trade Commission for any reason could hurt Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter’s legal arguments to keep her own job... (more story)
TotalEnergies court ruling raises questions over corporate climate plans
June 29, 2026
| Louis de Briant
A Paris court ruling that French energy giant TotalEnergies is required to account for climate risks and emissions from the use of its products raises questions about the climate plans and investment decisions... (more story)
USMCA negotiation proposal could undermine US auto reshoring
June 26, 2026
| Eliana Hubacker
Negotiations over the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement's auto rules of origin are at a critical juncture as the agreement enters a 10-year sunset period with annual joint reviews if no deal is reached by the July 1 ... (more story)
CFIUS national security review just one tool in government's expanding toolkit
June 25, 2026
| Curtis Eichelberger
The US government's national security review of foreign investments in the US used to be one of the country's primary means of ensuring adversaries didn't steal American military secrets or gain access to pers... (more story)
EU leaders task Ireland with budget revenue talks amid debate over ETS funds
June 22, 2026
| Louis de Briant
The role of Emissions Trading System revenues in financing the EU's next long-term budget is emerging as a sensitive issue in negotiations over the 2028-2034 spending plan. EU leaders tasked Ireland with advan... (more story)