WFP Gaza food aid reaches 1.1 million as funding falls by half

The Commission's proposal would end the 15-year maximum approval for pesticide active substances and reserve safety reviews for exceptional cases. Periodic review is what removed substances from the EU market, so the change narrows how new harm evidence reaches regulatory action. It is not enacted;…

The measures freeze ICC assets in the US and bar certain transactions rather than stopping investigations, so effects have been administrative: staff banking problems and a software switch to European alternatives. The covered parties and prohibited transactions remain undefined.

Trump's proclamation lifts Section 338 duties on named Canadian goods such as plywood, paper products and refrigeration equipment starting October 30, 2026. Duties on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods remain, and the relief turns on whether a shipment matches a listed category.