Agrifood, emissions are top priorities for EU-UK talks, Irish minister says
May 26, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
Concluding EU-UK negotiations on agrifood standards and emission trading schemes are a top priority, the Irish minister for foreign affairs said on Tuesday. The EU and UK agreed last year to wrap up the talks ... (more story)
Russian fertilizer makers appeal UAN dumping tariffs at EU court
May 26, 2026
| Karoline Del Vecchio
Nevinnomyssky Azot and Novomoskovskiy Azot, part of Russian fertilizer giant EuroChem, are challenging the European Commission’s dumping duties imposed on imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate from ... (more story)
China's Wingtech launches anti-sanctions lawsuit over Dutch Nexperia intervention
May 25, 2026
| MLex Staff
Chinese semiconductor company Wingtech Technology has sued Nexperia and related entities in China under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, escalating its dispute over Dutch intervention that stripped the company ... (more story)
US air compressor industry faces unfair imports, industry tells USITC
May 22, 2026
| Eliana Hubacker
The US air compressor industry has been shrinking steadily over the last two decades and now faces “systematic destruction” thanks to unfairly traded air compressors, industry representatives told the US Inter... (more story)
EU, Mexico upgrade trade deal amid geopolitical turbulence
May 22, 2026
| Oscar Pandiello
The EU and Mexico signed a revamped trade agreement on Friday, upgrading a framework in force since 2000 and adding another deal to the bloc’s recent push to diversify trade ties. The agreement, signed at a su... (more story)
Too few companies integrate geopolitical risk in business plans, EU industry chief says
May 22, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
European companies are not doing enough to account for geopolitical and supply-chain risks in their business strategies, EU industry chief Stéphane Séjourné warned on Friday, as Brussels prepares fresh measure... (more story)
Ireland to push self-reliance agenda when it chairs EU member states' body
May 22, 2026
| Cynthia Kroet
Europe's drive for greater economic self-reliance will be on top of the agenda for Ireland, as chair of EU ministers' meetings in the second half of this year, the country's Trade Minister Helen McEntee said F... (more story)
US trade court denies Trump push for stay on Section 122 tariffs
May 21, 2026
| Bradley Dress
The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request for a stay after the federal government lost a case to impose a temporary 10 percent global tariff under Section 122 o... (more story)