India’s trade remedies authority has opened an anti-dumping investigation into thick polyester film from China, Singapore, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s second probe into PET film imports in less than a year and a fresh signal of New Delhi’s hardening line on low priced imports. NEW DELHI, Aug. 19. India’s Directorate General…
The United Arab Emirates halts all trade, commercial exchange and financial transactions with Iran after missile fire in the Gulf, severing Tehran’s most important commercial lifeline and redrawing regional trade flows overnight DUBAI, Aug. 20, 2026 The United Arab Emirates suspended all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran on Wednesday, Aug. 19, cutting…
The emirate more than triples its duty-free ceiling for cross-border e-commerce parcels to AED 1,000, a liberalizing outlier in a year when Washington, Brussels and much of the world slammed the small-parcel door shut DUBAI, Aug. 3, 2026. Dubai opened the week by making its border cheaper to cross, at the precise moment much of…

Introduction: Trade Agreements as Strategic Instruments in 2025 In 2025, global trade is undergoing a strategic transformation. Agreements once viewed as static frameworks negotiated, signed, and shelved are now being reactivated as dynamic instruments for economic expansion. Governments and businesses alike are revisiting the terms of past trade deals, not merely to reaffirm diplomatic ties…