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Trade is the backbone of the world’s economies, driving investment, job creation, and economic growth while enhancing living standards. Adaptive trade practices are essential for continued prosperity.
EY Global Trade Updates
- TradeWatch 2, 2026 Global Insights
- Americas Insights
- Asia-Pacific Insights
- EMEIA Insights
- TradeFlash February, 2026
TradeWatch Global Insights
Global trade continues to evolve as customs reform, geopolitical disruption and sustainability requirements reshape the operating environment. Trade leaders are navigating a landscape where compliance, technology and business strategy are becoming increasingly interconnected.
This issue explores the rise of data-driven customs supervision, the expanding role of the trade functions, and how organizations can build the visibility, agility and resilience needed to respond to a rapidly changing trade landscape.
TradeWatch Americas Insights
Under our Americas chapter, focus is on:
- USA: Building an audit-ready first-sale program
- Brazil’s Authorized Economic Operator Program undergoes changes: what companies need to know
TradeWatch Asia-Pacific Insights
The Asia-Pacific chapter focuses on the following key issues:
- Excise governance: the tax risk hiding in operational data
- Korea: customs valuation data submission becomes the starting point for customs audits
TradeWatch EMEIA Insights
Under the EMEIA chapter, authors focus on:
- EU tariff reductions for certain US-origin goods as of 1 July 2026
- From transit to transformation: the rise of logistics corridors in the GCC
- The Eligible Manufacturer Importer scheme in India
- Trust & Check under the new Union Customs Code
- Reforming EU customs for e-commerce
- The EU’s new steel import regime
- EU customs reform: from political agreement to practical change
- Proposed major excise tax changes impacting trade with Germany
- EU Customs Union reform: roles and responsibilities in the supply chain
- Customs authorization holders to review conditions
- South Africa: QI Logistics v CSARS customs enforcement judgment
- The EU Forced Labor Regulation: from a human rights concern to a market compliance requirement
TradeFlash February 2026
Welcome to the newest edition of the TradeFlash newsletter, a roundup of the latest developments in global trade around the world.
In this issue, we provide links to articles, alerts, webcasts and podcasts covering key trade topics, with a focus on supply chain resilience, tariff policy developments, sustainability‑driven regulation, technology‑enabled compliance, and shifts in global economic alliances.
Previous TradeWatch and TradeFlash editions
TradeWatch 1, 2026
TradeFlash July, 2025
TradeWatch 2, 2025
TradeWatch 1, 2025
TradeFlash Feb, 2025
TradeWatch 3, 2024
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