Container shipments from China to Mexico skyrocketed in January
“With a sizable portion of these goods likely being trucked into the U.S., it gives rise to the possibility that China’s increase in trade with Mexico is being used to circumvent tariffs placed on imports from China to the U.S. as part of the ongoing trade war.”
[FreightWaves]
Parliament adopts its position on major reform of EU Customs Code
“The EU Customs Code needs a thorough revamp due to the exponential growth of e-commerce and many new product standards, bans, obligations and sanctions the EU has put in place in recent years. The reform introduces new tools and puts in place simpler processes to help customs authorities to work more efficiently and focus on checking the riskiest goods, shipments and traders.”
[European Parliament]
Panel of EU lawmakers backs watered-down supply chain audit law
“The requirement to prevent, end or mitigate harms to human rights and the environment, such as child labour and biodiversity loss, applies to a company's ‘upstream’ partners in design or manufacture, and ‘downstream’ partners who transport, store and distribute products.”
[Reuters]
UK and Turkey open talks on new post-Brexit trade deal
“The existing deal, signed in 2021, largely replicates the previous EU deal with Turkey that was negotiated in the 1990s, and the UK is now looking to ‘modernise’ the agreement with a focus on the service sector.”
[The Independent]
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