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Structured register of government actions in the geoeconomic space — export controls, tariffs, sanctions, FDI screening, subsidies, industrial-policy laws — cross-referenced into the country, minerals, and ETF surface. Charter: docs/IPTM_CHARTER.md.
Severity 1-5 is the qualitative impact rating (1=minor, 5=structural). The bilateral-trade-grounded quant scorer is the next IPTM milestone. RBI (Register Breadth Index) is a complementary structural-breadth indicator from scripts/py/iptm/breadth.py; divergence between RBI and severity is itself informative (high-sev / low-RBI = strategic chokepoint; low-sev / high-RBI = broad but shallow). Every action has at least one primary source URL. Verify-or-don't-file. See also themes, timeline, graph, sankey, map, country exposure, sector exposure, material exposure (+ graph), weekly briefs, portfolio scan, escalation monitor, trans-shipment hubs. Internal triage tools (RSS-poller candidate feed, source-feed health) live under /admin/candidates + /admin/sources. Subscribe via Atom feed (accepts ?country=CN, ?material=lithium, ?issuer=BIS, ?type=export_control, ?etf=SOXX, ?company=NVDA, ?minSeverity=4, ?year=2026, ?q=…) or pull /api/iptm/actions.
Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines, through the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), issued Resolución Directoral N.° 137-2026-MINEM/DGH suspending Article 43 of the fuel-marketing regulation (Decreto Supremo N.° 045-2001-EM), which requires producers and wholesale distributors to hold minimum stocks of Premium/Regular gasoline, gasohol, and Diesel B5. The exception is nationwide, applies with retroactive effect from 14 August to 13 September 2026, and responds to logistical and inventory replenishment difficulties (maritime and land transport disruptions) affecting fuel supply continuity. A related, narrower exception to biofuel-blending obligations (ethanol-gasoline and B100 biodiesel-diesel mixing) applies in six regions — Arequipa, Moquegua, Tacna, Puno, Cusco, and Madre de Dios — from 17 August to 1 September 2026. Producers and distributors face a 15-calendar-day adjustment period after each exception lapses to resume compliance, and Peru's energy regulator OSINERGMIN is tasked with monitoring compliance.
Brazil's national development bank BNDES approved a BRL 345 million financing package, drawn from the Merchant Marine Fund (Fundo da Marinha Mercante, FMM), for Hermasa Navegação da Amazônia to build 60 river barges and 2 azimuth-propulsion towboats. BNDES frames the deal as the FMM's first allocation specifically targeted at decarbonisation, with the new fleet projected to cut annual CO2 emissions by up to 88.4% via fewer trips and a potential diesel-to-biodiesel switch on the towboats. The vessels will operate on the Madeira-Amazon river corridor in Brazil's North region, adding roughly 35% cargo capacity and an estimated 355 jobs.
The European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/261 in the Official Journal on 10 February 2025, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of biodiesel (fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters / FAME and paraffinic gasoils from synthesis or hydro-treatment of non-fossil origin / HVO) originating in China. Duties range from 10.0% (EcoCeres, an individually-examined producer) to 21.7%–35.6% for other exporters, applied on top of the MFN import duty, covering an estimated €1.4 billion of annual EU-bound Chinese biodiesel flows. The regulation supersedes provisional duties imposed under CR (EU) 2024/2163 and explicitly excludes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from the AD scope while introducing mandatory SAF import-registration tracking.
The European Commission imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of self-propelled mobile access equipment (MAE — aerial work platforms and similar machinery for lifting persons to heights of 6 metres or more) from China via Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/45 of 8 January 2025, with duties ranging from 20.6% to 54.9% depending on the exporting producer. A companion countervailing-duty (anti-subsidy) regulation, CR (EU) 2025/796 of 24 April 2025, added CVD layers of 7.3%–14.2%, bringing the combined AD+CVD duty range to 20.6%–66.7%. The combined package is the second EU trade-defence-against-China initiative completed in the first half of 2025, following the biodiesel AD case (CR 2025/261), and significantly raises the cost barrier for Chinese MAE producers — principally Sany, Zoomlion, and XCMG — in the EU market.
Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) mandated a 40% biodiesel blend in diesel fuel (B40), effective January 1, 2025, stepping up from the prior B35 standard under Keputusan Menteri ESDM No. 341.K/EK.01/MEM.E/2024. The 2025 allocation totals 15.6 million kiloliters (7.55m kL PSO + 8.07m kL non-PSO), absorbing approximately 15.62 million kL of crude palm oil (CPO) into domestic biofuel production. The measure is projected to save Rp25 trillion annually in foreign-exchange versus B35 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 41.46 million tonnes CO2e per year. The government has signalled an advance to B50 by 2026 to eliminate diesel imports entirely.