On November 25, 2025, the European Commission (EC) sent a notification to the WTO Secretariat on the application of safeguard measures on some manganese and silicon-based alloying elements.
The EU has appealed the WTO's ruling in its anti-dumping tax dispute with Indonesia over stainless steel, as the WTO's appellate body remains paralyzed.
The Canadian government announced a series of new trade measures to support domestic steel businesses in the face of increasing competitive pressure from abroad.
The European Union has formally approved tariffs of up to 45% on electric vehicles imported from China, a sweeping trade measure set to take effect January 1, 2026.
Vietnamese lobster exports to China and Hong Kong surged over the past ten months of 2025, reaching US$702 million, up 135% from the same period last year and accounting for almost the entire sector, according to VASEP.