US-Brazil: Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) has been signed

The Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB) has published the Executive Declaratory Act Sutri No. 4/2026, dated 21 July 2026, formally binding both the tax authority and Petrobras to Consensual Agreement No. 3/2026 on 24 July 2026. The agreement

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, that he has no interest in revising the six-year-old US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), stating that the trade deal matters far more to Mexico and Canada than to the US. The position comes as

US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to impose tariffs on Canada in response to wildfire smoke drifting across the border on 24 July 2026, telling reporters: "We're going to put a big tariff on Canada because of the smoke." The statement

The US Senate moved forward on a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill with an 86-12 procedural vote, handing President Donald Trump the authority to impose tariffs reaching up to 100% on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. India ranks

The Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RFB) and the Management Committee for the Tax on Goods and Services (CGIBS) have announced, on 27 July, that a joint act establishing the start dates for the mandatory issuance of electronic tax documents

The Trump administration imposed new tariffs across 60 trading partners—the EU, China, Japan, Canada, and dozens more—alleging they've failed to prevent goods made by forced labour from entering their supply chains on 24 July 2026. The move