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IMF | Tokenization Can Change the World’s Financial Architecture

Policy choices will determine whether tokenized finance strengthens or fragments the financial system. Tokenization is often described as a technological upgrade enabling faster settlement, cheaper payments, and programmable assets. But it is a lot more. When financial assets and liabilities move onto shared digital ledgers, the structure of the financial system itself changes. Processes that today occur sequentially — execution, clearing, settlement —can now happen simultaneously, governed by software rather than institutional processes. Risk could migrate away from the balance sheets...
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OECD | The Research and Innovation Workforce Continues to Expand Across the OECD

Across the OECD area, the share of science and engineering professionals reached 3.7% of the workforce in 2024; information and communication technology (ICT) professionals grew to 3.1%. R&D personnel in turn rose to almost 1.6%. The professional science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)  workforce has continued to grow across OECD and EU economies, according to the latest data from the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory (ReICO). The share of science and engineering (S&E) professionals rose from 3.2 to 3.7% of total employment across...
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

European Commission | Questions and Answers on Implementing the EU’s Steel Regulation: the Tariff Quota Distribution for Steel Imports

What quotas have been put in place on steel imports into the EU and whom do they concern? The EU's steel measure, which enters into application on 1 July 2026, reduces duty-free imports of 26 categories of steel products into the EU by an average of 47% as compared with the quotas under steel safeguard. As of 1 July 2026, a total of 18.3 million tonnes of steel will be allowed to enter the EU duty-free each year. Today's implementing...
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IMF | Righting Globalizations’ Wrongs

Place-based policies offer regions left behind by globalization a path beyond economic populism. One of the most firmly held beliefs in economics is that free trade is good for humanity. Yet that confidence in the economic virtue of open markets can blind the profession to the complications of deep global economic ties. When in the 1990s the world leapt into frenzied globalization, policymakers touted the potential efficiency gains but gave short shrift to possible painful distributional consequences. Those consequences have...
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European Commission | Ensuring Fairness and Safety: €3 Customs Duty for Low-Value Parcels

From 1 July 2026, the EU will introduce a temporary €3 customs duty on low-value parcels imported from outside the EU, mainly through e-commerce. This includes a wide range of products commonly bought online, such as clothing, toys, electronics, and other consumer goods worth up to €150. Every day, millions of low-value parcels enter the EU. Many contain products that do not meet EU safety standards or are undervalued or falsely declared to avoid customs duties. At the same time, the current customs duty exemption gives non-EU sellers an unfair advantage over businesses that manufacture...
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IMF | Artificial Intelligence and the Economics of Adjustment

Today’s AI policies will shape tomorrow’s job market. Artificial intelligence has reignited an old fear—that technology will eliminate work faster than economies can adapt. Variations of this concern appear every time powerful new technologies emerge. What feels different today is the speed, scope, and visibility of AI’s advance, particularly in cognitive tasks long assumed to be uniquely human. Yet history shows that whenever new technology emerges, economies ultimately undergo deep structural transformation. This allows labor markets to adapt to the potential...

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The European American Chamber of Commerce is a network that brings together Europeans and Americans to engage in an open dialogue. Over the years we have built a community of like-minded European and American business executives who work together to further develop transatlantic trade relations.

Bytes & Beverages: Cyber Risk in the Age of AI

Cyber risk is no longer confined to IT departments — it is now a board-level issue shaped by regulatory pressure, legal exposure, and rapidly evolving attacker capabilities. This seminar brings together legal, technical, and strategic experts from both sides of the Atlantic to explore how organizations are navigating a fragmented regulatory environment, the rise of AI-enabled cybercrime, and the growing need for structured governance around AI deployment. From the US’s multi-layered regulatory system to Europe’s evolving cyber and data protection framework, the discussion will highlight where organizations are most exposed—and what “good preparedness” now actually looks like in practice.

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    Transatlantic Business & Investment Conference 2026

    Hosted by The Transatlantic Business & Investment Council | The TBIC Transatlantic Business & Investment Conference returns to Texas for its tenth anniversary edition. After hosting our first conference in Frisco, we are excited to celebrate this milestone year in Houston, one of the most dynamic and diverse economic regions in the United States. The 2026 conference will once again bring together economic developers, European companies, industry experts, and members of the TBIC network for a full day dedicated to foreign direct investment, transatlantic cooperation, and practical insights for communities and businesses alike.

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      Troutman Pepper Locke | Beyond CAPE: Importers Move for Class Certification to Recover Liquidated IEEPA Tariffs Not Covered in Phase 1 of Refund Process

      Key Points Plaintiffs in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump moved to certify a mandatory class under Rule 23(b)(2) covering all importers whose IEEPA tariff refund claims remain ineligible for processing through the government’s CAPE program. The U.S. Supreme Court held in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, requiring the government to process and pay refunds with interest on all affected entries. The government has limited CAPE to entries liquidated within the preceding 90 days,...
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      Trepp | The 13 Colonies Have a New Battle on Their Hands: Office Distress

      About 250 years after the original 13 colonies declared their independence from England, their commercial real estate markets are facing a very different battle: CMBS office delinquencies. Office distress is not evenly distributed across our nation's first 13 states. Only four states with CMBS office exposure posted delinquency rates below the national average of 16.75%. Connecticut recorded the highest CMBS office delinquency rate among the states at 52.63%, with 13 properties carrying delinquent loans that have a balance of $730 million....
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      Jaguar Freight | Death, Taxes…and Higher Prices

      In this week’s Roar: The end of the USMCA, ocean carriers are increasing capacity, updates to the tariff refund portal, top supply chain technology trends, and amending the Direct Air Waybill Framework. The U.S. has declared that it won’t extend the USMCA, which will trigger a 10-year countdown for the North American Trade Pact to expire in 2036. The move launches a six-year review at a time when U.S. officials are pushing for tougher regional content rules and new trade protections....
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      Trepp | No Taxation Without Data-Center Regulation

      While no tea has been thrown into any harbors just yet, local communities throughout the country have been increasingly pushing back on data-center developments. In fact, a panelist at Trepp Connect (in NYC) in May noted that community pushback is the greatest challenge that data-center developers are facing today. Last year, at least 25 data-center projects throughout the country were canceled because of local resistance, a quadrupling of the number of projects that were canceled in 2024, according to Newmark. Communities oppose...
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      Jaguar Freight | Headlines for Q3 2026: A Reopened Strait, More Tariff Changes, and Defining a Path Forward

      Global Ports The Headlines: Even with the shaky MOU agreement in place, the impacts of the Strait of Hormuz closure are likely to take months to work through global ocean networks. But that is not the only ‘hotspot’ impacting ports. The Panama Canal terminal dispute remains an active geopolitical issue, with Panama’s takeover of the Balboa and Cristóbal ports contributing to regional tensions and the broader U.S.-China trade disagreements that have affected shipping operations around the world. What’s Important: Two of the world’s...
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      Laura Devine | Developments in US Immigration Policy: Update on H‑1B Fee Litigation, Travel Restrictions, and Adjustment of Status Guidance

      Recent litigation and policy changes reshape key aspects of US immigration, but uncertainty remains. US immigration policy has undergone a series of notable developments in recent months, particularly in relation to the $100,000 H‑1B visa fee, the administration’s vetting framework associated with Executive Order 14161, and updated USCIS guidance on adjustment of status. While these measures initially introduced significant challenges for employers, subsequent litigation and policy clarifications have begun to reshape how they are applied in practice, offering limited clarity...

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      New Micropodcast Series: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic

      The EACCNY is happy to announce the launch of its “What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” series, an initiative that aims to offer our members and wider audience hands-on updates on current affairs and policy developments on both sides of the pond. In these 3-5 minute segments, EU and US policy makers and experts along with a select group of EACCNY members will answer a single timely question: What’s Happening Across the Atlantic” focusing on a specific topic that is relevant to our audience.

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      Foley Hoag is a full-service law firm with deep roots in delivering sophisticated legal counsel to businesses, institutions, and individuals across the United States and around the world. With four offices in the U.S. and one in Paris, the firm brings a uniquely transatlantic perspective to its practice. Foley Hoag advises clients on complex corporate transactions, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, litigation, and regulatory matters, serving a diverse client base that includes multinational corporations, emerging companies, and financial institutions in, among others, the innovation industries of life sciences, health care, technology, energy/renewables and cannabis. The firm’s international disputes practice represents sovereign states and entities as well as global corporations in high-stakes commercial and investment arbitrations governed by all major arbitral bodies and under all major arbitral rules, as well as in domestic litigation with an international law component. Foley Hoag recognized for its collaborative, client-focused approach and its ability to navigate cross-border legal challenges with precision and efficiency.

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