On 22 December 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued Announcement No. 83 of 2025, setting out the preliminary determination of its countervailing (anti-subsidy) investigation into certain dairy products imported from the European Union. Provisional countervailing duties will be imposed with a deposit with effect from 23 December 2025 to 21 February 2026. Following this provisional period, the authorities will decide whether to confirm and impose definitive countervailing

According to data from Malaysia’s Department of Statistics, the country’s international trade during the first 11 months of 2025 recorded the following trend with exports rising by 6.1 per cent and imports increasing by 5.6 per cent compared to the same period last year. Exports in November expanded by 7 per cent year-on-year, supported by higher sales in the manufacturing, agriculture sectors, and mining activity, meanwhile imports went up by 15.8 per cent. China remained Ma

According to data from Vietnam’s National Statistics Office, Vietnam’s international trade in the first 11 months of 2025 reached USD 840 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of 17.2 per cent. Exports rose by 16.1 per cent to USD 430 billion, while imports grew by 18.4 per cent to USD 410 billion over the same period. In November alone exports rose 15.1 per cent year-on-year to USD 39 billion, while imports surged 16 per cent to USD 38 billion,. The United States remained

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) officially launched the operations of its regional center in Shanghai, marking the 20th facility it has established globally. The center will serve as a key hub to advance research that can inform policies in emerging markets and middle-income countries and safeguard global and regional financial stability. It will also help deepen understanding of member countries’ perspectives and foster international economic cooperation. The establish

According to data from China’s General Administration of Customs, expressed in dollars, China’s international trade with the rest of the world showed the following trend during the first 11 months of 2025, with exports increasing by 5.4 per cent, imports falling by 0.6 per cent, and total trade rising by 2.9 per cent. In November alone, Chinese exports grew by 5.9 per cent from a year earlier, while imports expanded by 1.6 per cent, and total trade went up by 4.3 per cent. Ch

The Chamber of Deputies approved in the first reading the bill that eliminates the IMU (Municipal Property Tax) on a primary home (not rented out) owned in Italy by Italians registered with AIRE (Register of Italians Resident Abroad) in small towns. The text - Amendments to Article 1, paragraph 741, of Law no. 160 of December 27, 2019, regarding the equalization of the tax regime for the application of the municipal property tax on properties owned in the national territory b