Tag: Rules of Origin
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South Korea’s president concedes the Pacific trade pact will not be joined on his watch, tells farmers he will not force losses on the powerless, and floats an export levy on the industries that would have gained SEOUL, October 26, 2026 – President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that South Korea is unlikely to…
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After fourteen years of negotiation, Vietnam signs a comprehensive free trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and both sides frame the result as a rules-based hedge against a fragmenting trading system HANOI, October 21, 2026 – Vietnam and the four member states of the European Free Trade Association signed a comprehensive free trade…
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India and New Zealand switch on a tariff-free trade corridor, and within 24 hours the two customs services agree to swap origin data electronically to stop the preferences leaking away NEW DELHI, October 21, 2026 – The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement entered into force on October 20, eliminating customs duties on every tariff line…
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India’s revenue intelligence service has opened a tariff classification inquiry into the local arms of Pernod Ricard and Diageo over bulk Scotch imported under the three month old India-UK trade agreement, turning the pact’s headline concession into its first enforcement test NEW DELHI, 20 OCTOBER 2026 India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has opened an investigation…
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India and New Zealand switch on a free trade agreement that strips duties from every Indian tariff line entering New Zealand, opens 57 per cent of New Zealand’s shipments to India duty free on day one, and leaves dairy behind a wall that Wellington could not breach. NEW DELHI, 20 OCTOBER 2026 The India New…
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Customs directors from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo met in Ouagadougou this week to review a draft preferential tariff regime for the Confederation of Sahel States, the clearest sign yet that West Africa’s breakaway bloc intends to build a customs union of its own rather than rejoin the one it left. OUAGADOUGOU, OCTOBER 19,…
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Vietnam and the four European Free Trade Association states sign a comprehensive free trade agreement in Hanoi, opening a phased tariff elimination schedule that reaches 98 percent of Norwegian exports within seven years and hands Southeast Asia’s most export-dependent economy another hedge against a fracturing trading system. HANOI, OCTOBER 18, 2026 Vietnam signed a comprehensive…
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Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein will sign a free trade agreement with Vietnam on Sunday, fourteen years after talks began and fifteen months after global tariff turbulence gave both sides a reason to finish them HANOI, October 15, 2026: The four member states of the European Free Trade Association will sign a free trade agreement…
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India’s foreign minister wants the European Union trade agreement in force by early 2027, the European ambassador says 2027, and the commerce minister says signature in December with implementation in the first half. Importers need the date, not the ambition NEW DELHI, October 15, 2026: Three senior officials have now given three overlapping but non…
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Washington finally explains what counts as American metal inside a Canadian machine, and the answer reshapes the Section 232 bill for exporters of steel, aluminum and copper derivatives. A 15 per cent floor means no amount of US content buys a clean entry. OTTAWA, October 16, 2026 – Canadian exporters of steel, aluminum and copper…