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Mexico's Secretaría de Economía published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 13 September 2023 the final resolution of the administrative sunset review (examen de vigencia) of compensatory (anti-dumping) duties on imports of coated flat steel (aceros planos recubiertos — metallic and/or non-metallic coated carbon and alloy flat products) originating from the People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei, regardless of country of origin. The resolution confirms that revoking the duties would likely lead to continued or resumed dumping, and therefore extends them for a further five years. Duty rates range from 22.22 % (Baoshan) to 76.33 % (all other Chinese exporters) and from 22.26 % (CSC) to 52.57 % (other Taiwanese exporters).

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive phase on 1 January 2026 following a transitional reporting period that began October 2023. Under Regulation (EU) 2023/956, importers of goods in six carbon-intensive sectors (iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilizers, electricity, and hydrogen) must now purchase CBAM certificates corresponding to embedded carbon emissions. The Q1 2026 certificate price was set at EUR 75.36 per tonne CO2, calculated from EU ETS auction prices. In 2026, the adjustment factor is 2.5%, rising annually to 100% by 2034.

The European Commission adopted Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/111 on 18 January 2023, imposing a definitive five-year anti-dumping duty of 15.2%-46.4% on imports of fatty acid originating in Indonesia, published in the Official Journal on 19 January 2023 and entering into force the following day. The two sampled exporter groups, PT Musim Mas (with related exporter PT Intibenua Perkasatama) and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, received individual company-specific rates; a residual rate applies to non-cooperating exporters. On 28 August 2026 the WTO Dispute Settlement Body adopted a panel report (DS622) finding the EU violated the Anti-Dumping Agreement by using the wrong exchange-rate date when converting a portion of export transactions from euro to US dollars, giving the EU 30 days to state its compliance intentions; the underlying duty remains in force pending that process.

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/97 of 5 January 2023 formally identified Cameroon as a non-cooperating third country under Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 (IUU Regulation), issuing the EU's first "red card" to a West African flag state. The Commission found that Cameroon systematically registered fishing vessels — including vessels with documented prior IUU histories — without adequate monitoring or flag-state control over their activities outside Cameroonian territorial waters. Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/405, adopted 20 February 2023, confirmed the identification and triggered the operative trade consequences: a total prohibition on imports into the EU single market of wild-capture fishery products caught by Cameroon-flagged vessels, a bar on EU vessels chartering or operating under the Cameroonian flag, and a prohibition on EU operators purchasing from or transhipping with Cameroon-flagged vessels in any waters.