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US imposes tariffs of 10% to 12.5% on 60 economies, citing forced labor

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Artificial Intelligence

July 24, 2026 | Emma Whitford

North America

Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications
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Trade

July 24, 2026 | Zack Budryk, Clayton Vickers

North America

Forced-labor tariffs from US prompt pushback, face uncertain legal trajectory
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Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property

July 24, 2026 | Steve Scherer

Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oceania

AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing
Chinese AI spotlights White House policy rift with domestic US implications
Forced-labor tariffs from US prompt pushback, face uncertain legal trajectory
AI infrastructure emerges as next frontier for patent licensing

Antitrust View More

Singapore revamps airline alliance guidance, speeds review process

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: Singapore's Competition and Consumer Commission on Monday published revised guidance on passenger airline alliance agreements, introducing a streamlined three-step notification process and cleare... (more story)

Trip.com announces corrective measures after China's $765m antitrust sanction

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Trip.com has promised a broad overhaul of its hotel-platform rules after China’s antitrust regulator imposed a combined 5.18 billion yuan ($765 million) in fines and confiscated illegal gains from the online-t... (more story)

Trip.com stripped of illegal gains in China's landmark platform penalty

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

Trip.com became the first online platform ordered to forfeit illegal gains in a Chinese antitrust case after the State Administration for Market Regulation found it had abused its dominance in the domestic onl... (more story)

Artificial Intelligence View More

What will the UK tech ministry's abolition mean for policy and regulation?

July 27, 2026 | Imogen Howse and Patricia Figueiredo

Europe

Shutting down the UK government's technology department is expected to slow policymaking and fragment coordination across AI, cybersecurity and online safety, even as AI policy moves closer to the center of go... (more story)

GEMA, Suno ruling to test copyright limits for AI music training in Germany

July 27, 2026 | Inbar Preiss

Europe

German music rights group GEMA's closely-watched lawsuit against Suno, a generative AI music platform, is due to be decided in Munich’s copyright chamber on July 31. The case promises to be a key test of wheth... (more story)

Australian workers to have greater say as Fair AI Taskforce proposal wins backing

July 27, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

A Fair AI Taskforce intended to give Australian workers a greater say will complement the government's broader artificial intelligence strategy, including its proposed national AI framework and Office of AI. I... (more story)

Mergers and Acquisitions View More

BNP Paribas’s car-leasing acquisition wins EU approval

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: French banking group BNP Paribas has won EU approval for Arval Service Lease — its car-leasing business — to buy rival Athlon Car Lease International. The European Commission said the deal raised... (more story)

South Korean regulator launches review of fines for breaches of merger remedies

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: South Korea’s antitrust regulator has invited bids for a four-month study aimed at overhauling coercive fines imposed for failures to comply with merger remedies. The Korea Fair Trade Commission ... (more story)

Zoetis-Neogen genomics business deal raises concerns for New Zealand regulator

July 27, 2026

Oceania

MLex Summary: Zoetis and Neogen are each other’s closest rivals and the proposed acquisition would remove the existing competitive constraint they impose on each other, New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog said in... (more story)

Data Privacy and Security View More

Manufacturers, software developers, others receive EU Cyber Resilience Act guidance

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Manufacturers, software developers and other businesses saw new guidance from the European Commission on Monday to help them implement the Cyber Resilience Act ahead of mandatory cybersecurity in... (more story)

China creates simplified privacy regime for small data handlers

July 27, 2026 | MLex Staff

Asia

China has introduced its first simplified privacy compliance regime for small personal-information handlers, marking a shift toward tailoring compliance obligations to the scale of data processing. The new pro... (more story)

Australian regulator says weak powers hinder social-media ban cases

July 27, 2026 | Sean Maguire

Oceania

Australia's online-safety regulator says it is unlikely to succeed in civil-penalty proceedings against social-media platforms over the country's under-16 social media ban because it cannot compel them to prod... (more story)

Intellectual Property View More

OpenAI ruling shifts India's AI copyright fight from training to outputs

July 27, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

India's first major AI copyright ruling could reshape generative AI litigation by treating model training as potentially lawful while making AI outputs — not training data — the central battleground for copyright disputes.

Servier targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: Servier Laboratories has been targeted by fresh claims from UK health authorities over alleged anticompetitive agreements for the blood pressure medication perindopril, according to filings with ... (more story)

Indian court refuses to halt OpenAI training, citing risks to public interest

July 24, 2026 | Freny Patel

Asia

OpenAI defeated ANI Media's bid for an interim injunction after the Delhi High Court held that training generative artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, on copyrighted works is prima facie fair dealing and... (more story)

Financial Crime View More

Singapore, Thailand central banks formalize cybersecurity cooperation

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Thailand have signed a memorandum of understanding on cybersecurity cooperation and digital-fraud protection, establishing a framework for regu... (more story)

Cartel allegations in Scoular bribery case show US enforcement priorities

July 24, 2026 | Samuel Rubenfeld

North America

Nowhere in the public docket in the Scoular case are there any mentions of cartel-related bribery, but the white-collar defense bar has seized on the claim in the US Justice Department's statement, saying the ... (more story)

Iranian businessman’s Dot One conglomerate sanctioned by US

July 24, 2026

North America

MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four individuals and nine entities that form key components of Babak Zanjani’s broader Iranian sanctions evasion network, ... (more story)

Financial Services View More

TotalEnergies appeals ruling over downstream emissions under French due-diligence law

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: TotalEnergies has appealed a Paris court ruling on its climate-vigilance plan, arguing that France's corporate due-diligence law does not require companies to manage risks arising from customers'... (more story)

Wise denied US banking license over AML concerns

July 24, 2026 | Martin Coyle

Europe, North America

UK-headquartered fintech Wise has been denied a US banking license, due to concerns about its anti-money laundering defenses. The US banking regulator said it had doubts about the bank's ability to manage anti... (more story)

Visa, Mastercard say New Zealand's new fee caps could weaken competition

July 24, 2026 | Saloni Sinha

Oceania

Visa, Mastercard and American Express have warned that the new interchange-fee caps proposed by New Zealand’s antitrust watchdog could reduce competition and innovation while failing to lower costs for consume... (more story)

Trade View More

Turnberry deal has failed to deliver promised certainty, key EU lawmaker says

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: European Parliament trade committee chair Bernd Lange said the first year of the EU-US Turnberry agreement has failed to deliver the certainty promised to businesses, citing continued tariff thre... (more story)

Singapore, Australia sign FTA protocol to bolster essential supply chains

July 27, 2026

Asia, Oceania

MLex Summary: Singapore and Australia have signed a protocol to their free trade agreement committing both countries to seek to avoid export restrictions on agreed essential supplies, including diesel and liqu... (more story)

Indonesia seeks more Chinese investment in semiconductors, high-value industries

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Statement: Indonesia's Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto urged Chinese businesses to expand investment in high-value industries during a meeting with a Chinese business delegation ... (more story)

State Aid View More

Italian aid for road transport sector’s increased fuel prices cleared by EU

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has granted Italy clearance for €300 million of support for road transport companies facing increased fuel prices as a result of the conflict in the Middle East. The regul... (more story)

Dutch support for greening of maritime fleet wins EU clearance

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The Netherlands has won EU state aid approval for €103 million of support to make its maritime fleet more environmentally friendly. The support will involve grants for the purchase of new “clean ... (more story)

State aid guidance on social projects published by EU regulator

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The European Commission has published guidance explaining how countries can grant state aid for projects that provide “social support and social investment.” Such programs can include aid for emp... (more story)

Energy View More

Circular economy promoted as security tool by EU ministers

July 27, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The circular economy should become a cornerstone of Europe's economic security by reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels and critical raw materials, EU environment ministers concluded in Du... (more story)

New EU ecodesign requirements for industrial fans enter into application

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: New EU ecodesign rules for industrial fans took effect on Friday, two years after the new legal text entered into force, introducing stricter energy-efficiency standards, repair requirements and ... (more story)

No immediate oil supply risk despite Strait of Hormuz disruption, EU group says

July 24, 2026

Europe

MLex Summary: The EU sees no immediate threat to its oil supply despite renewed hostilities in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, following a meeting of the Oil Coordination Group, an EU... (more story)

Technology View More

Apple, Google expand MSCA compliance as Japan tests dialogue-first model

July 27, 2026 | Sachiko Sakamaki

Asia

The Japanese competition regulator on Monday published Apple's and Google's second compliance reports under the Mobile Software Competition Act, or smartphone law, highlighting additional measures by the two c... (more story)

Japan publishes second Apple, Google smartphone-law compliance reports

July 27, 2026

Asia

MLex Summary: The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Monday published Apple's and Google's second compliance reports under the Mobile Software Competition Act, covering the period from Dec. 18, 2025, when the law ... (more story)

Discord to roll out stronger, 'UK-style' safeguards in Texas under AG agreement

July 24, 2026 | Maria Dinzeo

North America

Discord has agreed to bring stronger age-assurance and teen-safety protections already used in the UK to Texas under an agreement reached as the state pursues consumer protection claims accusing the platform o... (more story)