Global Trade Alert

Monitoring and reporting on policies that impact #GlobalTrade.

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New @wef White Paper, with @SimonEvenett as lead contributor, examines how firms build capabilities to navigate today’s #economy. Based on interviews with 55+ companies, it finds leadership focus on geopolitics is high, but institutional capabilities lag.

https://t.co/929ToO5uBk

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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: https://t.co/dpVtLPRqHX

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Today's @NZZ features a front-page interview with our founder @SimonEvenett. In the piece, he provides a candid assessment of the current #tradepolicy environment and the recent US-Swiss trade agreement.

🎙️https://t.co/bMMLUVqsmD

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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.

https://t.co/ENzUsKezTn

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New @IMFNews 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: https://t.co/o4WVu3yD2j

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We have updated our #Tariff Deals Booklet, now covering nine bilateral US tariff-related agreements

📥Download the updated Booklet here: https://t.co/dpVtLPQSSp

The update includes four recently announced deals with ASEAN countries and a new scorecard comparing agreement types.

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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: https://t.co/Kx5FGZhEoG

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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: https://t.co/NSvuFPP1q5

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A new @FT article examines #China's #industrialpolicy and productivity growth.

It draws on Global Trade Alert data documenting over 7,500 Chinese subsidy measures since 2009.

https://t.co/rNCH3SB5GK

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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: https://t.co/mzeoY3TlUU

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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: https://t.co/mzeoY3TlUU

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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: https://t.co/8iPrpwawDJ

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🪵US imposes Section 232 #tariffs on timber, lumber & derivative products

Effective 14 Oct 25:
• 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%.

https://t.co/hD2Uj4VrYx

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📢 Today at #WTOPublicForum, GTA in three sessions:

🔃 Trade Readjustment & WTO Reform (10:45, Room E) https://t.co/ATCVcpd3YX

💰 Subsidies & Industrial Policy (13:30, Room E) https://t.co/SFyghiE7gc

🤖 Digital trade & AI facilitation (15:15, Room B) https://t.co/mCGt3EqIax

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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: https://t.co/attGKWgP8r

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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: https://t.co/N60iP7qCai

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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:
https://t.co/a78rLEXV7V

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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.

🔗 https://t.co/a78rLEXV7V

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🌀What does resilience mean for trade in today’s volatile environment?

On Whiteshield’s Trade Winds in the Gulf podcast, @SimonEvenett and Raed Safadi discuss securitisation of #trade, resilience, #technology, and the Gulf region’s role

🎧 Full episode: https://t.co/RxFr0BDH1s

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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.

🧵https://t.co/2eGpObUU5p