EU customs and trade news: January 2026
News in week 5: EU and India conclude landmark Free Trade Agreement; EU and Viet Nam upgrade ties to comprehensive strategic partnership; EU-Brazil agreements to create the biggest area of free and safe data flows in the world; EU–Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Agreement - updated rules of origin; amendment and extension of EU–Ukraine road freight agreement - Solidarity Lanes; definitive anti-dumping duty on candles, tapers and the like ; expiry of anti-dumping duty on aluminium products and wire rods; Russia, Tunisia, Sudan - amended lists of sanctioned persons; updates to third-country authorisations for food imports; WCO Technology Conference and Exhibition; and further updates.
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