Governments worldwide are deploying targeted trade restrictions—from EU tariffs on steel to Chinese agricultural coercion—reshaping global commerce through tariffs, quotas, and selective barriers that pit nations against each other and threaten foreign investment flows.
·EU expands Armenia aid as Russia tightens trade restrictions on the region
·Brazil challenges EU steel quotas and tariffs as unfair trade barriers ahead of 2026
·Trump administration negotiates trade policy changes with Canada and Mexico over sticking points
·China uses agricultural trade restrictions as coercive tool against trading partners
·New generation of trade barriers increasingly targets specific sectors and services rather than broad rules
drawn from Türkiye Today, IndexBox, CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies, CEPR · updated 9h ago