The latest edition of Trade Watch is attached below. Trade Watch is a quarterly communication prepared by EY’s Global Trade practice. Highlights of this edition include:

Global

— Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and Japan entered into force
— Focusing on fundamentals — a global trade leading practices briefing
— Free trade agreement negotiations between Mercosur and the EU concluded

Americas

— Developments on the path towards USMCA ratification
— Ecuadorian Customs Authority enacts new regulations to apply or renew as an AEO
— Latest developments on the US-China trade dispute
— Managing ongoing trade costs: Is business certainty attainable in the current legal landscape of US country of origin determinations?
— Spotlight on latest developments in Canadian trade
— US export controls on “emerging technologies”

Asia-Pacific and Japan

— AEO in China — modernizing the program
— Is the customs audit environment in Asia-Pacific changing?
— New Zealand’s customs modernization — an update

Europe, Middle East, India and Africa

— Africa Union launches operational phase of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
— Brexit update
— Brexit — what is happening in the Netherlands?
— ECJ limits the assessment of import VAT in case of irregularities
— EU quick fixes — the impact on intra-EU trade of goods
— Need for action in structures comprising non-European exporters, developments in Germany
— Recast of the EU Dual-use Regulation
— Thinking outside the zone

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Trade Watch for Autumn 2019