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Photo illustration of a Canadian passport resting atop a U.S. flag

Trade

September 09, 2026 | Bradley Dress

North America

Trump signs US orders to ban certain Canadian goods

Artificial Intelligence, Energy

September 08, 2026 | Amy Miller

North America

Calif. legislature sends data center bills to governor

Antitrust

September 08, 2026 | Clayton Vickers

North America

Agri Stats settlement ends direct purchasers’ US pork price-fixing claims

Antitrust View More

European Leagues expand EU complaint against FIFA

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Leagues has expanded its antitrust complaint against FIFA to include the women’s international match calendar. It argues that FIFA’s dual role as regulator and competition organizer lets... (more story)

Philips fined in Romania for obstructing antitrust dawn raid

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Philips Romania has been fined more than 5 million lei ($1.1 million) for providing incomplete data during an onsite inspection at its headquarters. In July, the national competition authority ra... (more story)

Pratt & Whitney’s contract changes welcomed by IATA

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Changes by Pratt & Whitney Canada to its contract terms — to address EU competition concerns — have been welcomed by the International Air Transport Association. The changes remove restrictions o... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

China top court issues first AI dispute guidelines, leaves copyright questions open

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top court has issued its first judicial guidelines for artificial-intelligence disputes, clarifying fault, platform liability and evidentiary burdens while leaving unresolved whether training AI models... (more story)

OpenAI eyes South Korean 'inference residency' amid rapid ChatGPT growth

September 09, 2026 | Choonsik Yoo

Asia

South Korea remains one of ChatGPT’s fastest-growing markets, with OpenAI working to bring "inference residency" to the country by securing sufficient domestic computing power, the head of its South Korean ope... (more story)

Samsung invests in Mistral AI, adopts its AI systems for chipmaking

September 09, 2026

Asia, Europe

MLex Summary: Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Mistral AI to enhance its semiconductor engineering and manufacturing capabilities using the French company’s artificial in... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

Bunge and CMG seek EU approval for joint control of Polish grain terminal

September 09, 2026 | Jean Comte

Europe

Bunge and Copenhagen Merchants Group have requested European Commission approval to acquire joint control of a dry bulk terminal at the Polish port of Gdynia. The move follows almost one year of pre-notificati... (more story)

Booking fails to overturn Etraveli prohibition in EU court appeal

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Booking has lost its challenge at the EU's lower-tier court to the European Commission's prohibition of its acquisition of Etraveli. The General Court said it upheld the merger block, and the EU ... (more story)

Linfox Armaguard designated under Australia's cash-distribution law

September 09, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Australia’s dominant cash-in-transit provider Linfox Armaguard has been designated by the country’s central bank under the new cash-distribution framework, the competition regulator said. In a st... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Tech firms face UK monitoring over efforts to curb AI deepfakes

September 09, 2026 | Imogen Howse

Europe

Tech platforms face active monitoring over their efforts to stop the spread of illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — after the UK regulator announced a new enforcement program. Ofcom sai... (more story)

Airbnb, Booking, other platform data could support EU short-term rental curbs

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Data collected from Airbnb, Booking and other online platforms under EU short-term rental rules could be used by local authorities to support restrictions on rentals where they contribute to hous... (more story)

Online platforms face UK deadline to curb spread of illegal deepfakes

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Online platforms have three weeks to put measures in place to stop illegal intimate images — including AI-generated deepfakes — from spreading on their services, the UK's online safety watchdog h... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

EU aims to unlock €10bn in IP-backed finance a year with new Innovation Act

September 09, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

The EU is looking to patents and other intellectual property assets to become a bigger source of financing for European companies, with its European Innovation Act aiming to unlock €10.2 billion a year while t... (more story)

China top IP court refines patent judgments amid rise in emerging-industry cases

September 09, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China’s top intellectual property court is reshaping its approach to judgments to better coordinate infringement litigation with administrative patent challenges, amid a sharp rise in cases involving strategic... (more story)

Japan ramps up public spending on content as Cool Japan Fund falters

September 09, 2026 | Toko Sekiguchi

Asia

Japan is seeking a sharp increase in public spending on creators and the content industry just as mounting losses at the government-backed Cool Japan Fund force policymakers to reconsider an earlier model for ... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Judge improperly threw out businessman’s bribery conviction, US says in appeal

September 08, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

A US judge abused his authority when he tossed out the foreign bribery conviction of a Texas-based Mexican businessman, federal prosecutors said in their appeal of the judge’s decision.

US asks appellate courts to vacate Corporate Transparency Act decisions

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in two cases to vacate decisions relating to the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act so it can go to a lower court a... (more story)

Iranian airlines, intermediaries sanctioned by US

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: Under Operation Economic Outcast, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 36 targets for supporting Iran’s aviation sector, which the regime uses to move weapons,... (more story)

Financial Services View More

Securities issuers invited to comment on revised EU prospectus disclosure guidance

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Securities and Markets Authority has proposed changes to prospectus disclosure guidance, following recent reforms to EU listing rules. The consultation focuses on clarifying what inf... (more story)

US SEC subpoenas investment advisor ISS after refusal to comply with investigation

September 08, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed investment advisor International Shareholder Services for information about its compliance with federal securities laws after the company refu... (more story)

Quick EU bank prudential changes risk ‘race to bottom,’ commission official says

September 08, 2026 | Fanny Roux

Europe

Almorò Rubin de Cervin, a senior European Commission official, on Tuesday rejected banks’ calls for immediate, targeted changes to EU prudential rules, warning that such moves could trigger a race to the botto... (more story)

Trade View More

EU duties on subsidized Indonesian steel products were valid, EU court rules

September 09, 2026 | Karoline Del Vecchio

Europe

Chinese-owned Indonesian steel company IRNC has lost its appeal against EU trade-defense measures imposed in 2022 to counter imports of subsidized stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in Indon... (more story)

WTO complaints rose in 2025 as members pursue reform, annual report says

September 09, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: World Trade Organization members launched 13 new disputes in 2025, up from 10 the previous year, the WTO said in its annual report. The organization’s Appellate Body remained unable to hear appea... (more story)

New public procurement framework unveiled by EU Commission

September 09, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Public buyers could favor EU suppliers and restrict access for companies, goods and services from countries that fail to provide reciprocal procurement access, under a new EU public procurement o... (more story)

State Aid View More

EU to press ahead with FSR information requests outside the bloc, official says

September 08, 2026 | Anna Ferrari

Asia, Europe

The European Commission will continue asking for information under the EU foreign subsidies rules for mergers despite China's instructions to its companies not to cooperate with the requests, an official from ... (more story)

Belgian funding for Flemish nature reserves wasn’t state aid, EU says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Public funding by authorities in Belgium’s Flanders region to non-profit groups Natuurpunt Beheer, Durme and Limburgs Landschap to acquire land and transform it into nature reserves did not const... (more story)

Germany’s €400m aid to Sanofi for insulin production wins EU clearance

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Germany has secured EU state aid clearance to give €400 million of support to drugmaker Sanofi, to cover the costs of a program designed to strengthen the resilience of its supply of insulin. The... (more story)

Energy View More

Agribusiness faces uncertainty as UN land-degradation talks stall

September 09, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Oceania

Agribusinesses and investors face continued uncertainty over global drought rules, after UN land talks in Mongolia in August pushed a decision on the issue to the next conference in 2028, exposing how geopolit... (more story)

EU faces no immediate oil supply risk despite Middle East volatility, task force says

September 08, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU faces no immediate oil supply problems, despite instability in the Middle East driving significant price volatility, according to the Oil Coordination Group, which brings together EU count... (more story)

EU countries press for clarity on post-2030 carbon market overhaul

September 08, 2026 | Louis de Briant

Europe

EU countries are pressing the European Commission to rethink key elements of its proposed post-2030 Emissions Trading System overhaul, an internal document shows. The text compiles comments from 17 countries r... (more story)

Technology View More

Japan's DPA to broaden consultations on amended privacy-law rules

September 09, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Japan’s data protection authority plans to broaden stakeholder consultations as it drafts implementation rules for the amended privacy law. The Personal Information Protection Commission said Wed... (more story)

Tech Council opposes amendments to Australia's under-16 social-media ban

September 09, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: The Tech Council of Australia, an industry body representing technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft, said the proposed amendments to enforce... (more story)

UK law for device-level child protections now in the works; no timetable given (update*)

September 08, 2026 | Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Major tech platforms will be required to build in device-level protections for children under planned new UK legislation, culture minister Lisa Nandy told lawmakers Tuesday, three months after companies were t... (more story)