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On April 29, the European Commission launched a public consultation on "legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques,"

Through its phased-in tariff reductions, the agreement will raise challenges for U.S. products including wine and spirits, cotton, pulses and beans, forest products, and tree nuts.

For over a decade, Peru has been one of the world’s top performing economies, registering sustained high growth accompanied by low inflation.

In 2016, the Dominican Republic was the fifth-largest market, valued at almost $484 million, for U.S. consumer-oriented products in the Western Hemisphere after Canada, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.

On December 15, 2017, the South African Revenue Services (SARS) announced that it will start to collect sugar tax from all sweetened beverages, excluding 100% fruit juices....

The Ministry of Finance office of the Central Board of Excise and Customs announced a 30 percent tariff on the importation of chickpeas (Chana/Garbanzos/Vigna spp. and Phaseolus spp.)....

On November 15, 2017, the Federal Commission for Regulatory Improvement (COFEMER) posted three draft regulations which would establish the physicochemical and microbiological....

Peru has established a new price band for rice that aims to increase importing costs. The new price band uses changes the reference price from Thai to Uruguayan rice prices.

On December 13, 2017, the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament launched a joint online register of "delegated acts".

On September 17, 2015, Iceland and the EU reached an agreement to reduce agricultural tariffs and increase meat and dairy quotas.

Guatemala announced that it will open World Trade Organization (WTO) tariff quotas in 2018 for 5,000 metric tons (MT) of black beans, 150,000 MT of yellow corn, 50,000 MT of white corn....

On December 8, 2017, the European Union and Japan announced the conclusion of the final discussions on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).