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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 1, 2026 Global Insights
- Americas Insights
- Asia-Pacific Insights
- EMEIA Insights
- TradeFlash February, 2026
TradeWatch Global Insights
As global trade continues to shift at pace, geopolitics is increasingly shaping how companies trade, invest and operate. Trade professionals are navigating a landscape defined by new agreements, heightened regulatory risk and rapidly evolving operating models.
This issue explores how recent EU trade deals are reshaping market access, while sanctions expansion and automation are changing how businesses manage risk and execution across global trade operations.
TradeWatch Americas Insights
Under our Americas chapter, focus is on:
- AEO program in Brazil: new certification levels may bring competitive advantage
- Heightened scrutiny in Mexico: new materiality requirements and mandatory electronic customs valuation reporting
TradeWatch Asia-Pacific Insights
The Asia-Pacific chapter focuses on the following key issues:
- Australia: moving to strengthen trade protections as Anti-Dumping Commission takes control of safeguard measures
- Japan 2026 tax reform: abolition of 60% valuation rule and new domestic JCT framework on low-value goods
- Japan: signing of the Japan–Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement
TradeWatch EMEIA Insights
Under the EMEIA chapter, authors focus on:
- Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program: trust-based trade facilitation
- Duty deferred, growth unleashed: the MOOWR revolution for Make in India
- EU-CBAM enters into force as authorization deadline approaches
- EUDR at the gates: key customs, tax and supply-chain considerations
- Reforming the EU Customs Union for e-commerce
- Saudi Arabia introduces Voluntary Disclosure controls with full waiver of customs violations
- The EU’s overhaul of customs supervision in the era of explosive e-commerce growth and digitalization
- The EU–Mercosur Agreement: tariff policy opportunities, legal ambiguities and practical limitations
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 2, 2025
TradeFlash July, 2025
TradeWatch 1, 2025
TradeFlash Feb, 2025
TradeWatch 3, 2024
TradeWatch 2, 2024
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