Reuters | January 28, 2026 | International Trade
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday he was disappointed by Europe's decision to strike a major trade agreement with India, saying it showed Europe put trade ahead of the interests of the Ukrainian people.
The foundations for the ratification of a trade deal between the EU and U.S. are in place as long as Washington honours its commitments, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States and South Korea would work out a solution, in response to a query about his surprise threat a day earlier to step up tariffs to 25% on imports from the Asian ally.
Reuters | January 27, 2026 | International Trade
India and the European Union struck a long‑delayed deal on Tuesday that will slash tariffs on most goods, aiming to boost two‑way trade and reduce reliance on the United States amid growing global trade tensions.
President Donald Trump said on Monday he was increasing tariffs on South Korean imports into the U.S. related to autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals to 25%, while criticizing the ally's legislature for failing to enact a trade deal with Washington.
The European Parliament has put off until next week a decision on whether to resume work on the EU's trade deal with the United States, which it had suspended in protest at President Donald Trump's demands to acquire Greenland and threats of tariffs.
Reuters | January 26, 2026 | International Trade | Maritime | Breakbulk News
President Donald Trump's administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the U.S. market for national security reasons, according to people familiar with the matter.
Reuters | January 26, 2026 | International Trade | Commodity
South Korea's Hyundai Steel said in a regulatory filing on Monday its affiliate Hyundai-POSCO Louisiana LLC plans a capital increase worth $2.9 billion for facilities investment in a US steel plant.
AJOT Newsroom | January 26, 2026 | Energy | International Trade | Commodity
Global markets enter the new week facing a familiar but increasingly consequential tension: escalating geo-economic and security rhetoric on the one hand, and a macroeconomic backdrop that continues to deliver resilience on the other.
India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported from the European Union to 40% from as high as 110%, sources said, in the biggest opening yet of the country's vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact that could come as early as Tuesday.
Century Aluminum will take a 40% stake in Emirates Global Aluminium's project to build the first primary aluminium smelter in the United States in almost 50 years, the companies said on Monday.
Reuters | January 26, 2026 | International Trade
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely visit India the first week of March and sign deals on uranium, energy, minerals and artificial intelligence, Dinesh Patnaik, India's High Commissioner to Canada said in an interview.
Reuters | January 23, 2026 | International Trade
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