26 Jun
Chapter News, News

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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26 Jun
News, TRIA News

DFC | DFC, MIGA Sign Agreement to Advance Political Risk Insurance in Ukraine

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the home of the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform, to establish a political risk insurance (PRI) framework for the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF). This framework is intended to catalyze and support opportunities for private sector investment and mobilization in Ukraine in connection with the fund’s investments. “This agreement with MIGA marks another important milestone with URIF and furthers the...

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26 Jun
Member News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

Thompson Hine | CBP Issues Interim Final Rules Indefinitely Suspending the De Minimis Exemption for Imports

On June 24, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued two Interim Final Rules indefinitely suspending the $800 de minimis duty exemption for all modes of importation of goods into the United States and establish a new informal entry and bonding process for international mail shipments. Public comments on these two interim rules are due to CBP no later than July 24, 2026. This indefinite suspension means that all such entries of low-value merchandise must utilize appropriate CBP entry procedures and are subject...

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25 Jun
Member News, News

PwC | European Commission Publishes Tax Omnibus Proposal

In brief What happened? The European Commission has published a Tax Omnibus proposal that would amend six EU direct tax Directives: the Interest and Royalties Directive (2003/49/EC), the Merger Directive (2009/133/EC), the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (2011/96/EU), the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) (2016/1164), the Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Directive (2017/1852), and the FASTER Directive (2025/50). The package is intended to simplify the EU direct tax framework, reduce compliance burdens, improve legal certainty, and support EU competitiveness. According to the Commission’s impact assessment, it could...

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25 Jun
Member News, News

NautaDutilh | CADA: A New Proposal for Digital Sovereignty Rules in the EU?

On 3 June 2026, the EU Commission published a proposal for a regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's cloud and AI ecosystem: the Cloud and AI Development Act, or "CADA". The proposal aims at providing legal instruments for the EU and the Member States to commit to actions to improve the competitiveness of the EU ecosystem in relation to AI, cloud systems, and data centres, whilst also furthering the digital sovereignty of the EU. How does this...

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25 Jun
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

European Council | EU-US Trade: Council Gives Final Approval for the Tariff Commitments Under Joint Statement

Today, the Council formally adopted two regulations implementing the tariff-related commitments set out in the EU-US Joint Statement of 21 August 2025. The adoption completes the legislative process and confirms the EU’s commitment to a stable, predictable and mutually beneficial transatlantic trade relationship, while preserving the necessary guardrails to protect European economic interests. "We are committed to a strong and open transatlantic partnership with our historic ally, but openness must go hand in hand with safeguarding our interests. These measures achieve both, supporting...

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24 Jun
Chapter News, News

European Commission | Tax Simplification Package to Streamline Compliance and Enhance Competitiveness of the Single Market

Today, the European Commission adopted an ambitious tax simplification package designed to simplify EU tax rules and reduce compliance burdens for businesses. The package comprises of two proposals, the Taxation Omnibus and the Recast of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) and will modernise the EU's direct tax framework and strengthen the competitiveness of the Single Market while maintaining the existing strong level of protection against tax fraud, evasion and avoidance. The package is expected to save EU businesses around €8 billion annually,...

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24 Jun
Member News, News

Trepp | Ten-Year Conduit Loans Are No Longer the Market’s Default Setting – Spreads Show Why They Still Matter

In a recent TreppTalk blog, we looked at how five-year conduit loans moved from a niche execution to the dominant format for much of the CMBS conduit market. That shift is easier to see when viewed from the other side of the market: the retreat of the traditional 10-year conduit loan. For much of the last CMBS cycle, 10-year conduit lending was the standard template. It offered borrowers longer-term fixed-rate financing and gave bond investors a familiar structure around which...

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24 Jun
Chapter News, News

ECB | What Separates Firms That Use AI Intensively From Firms That Don’t?

Blog | The adoption rate of AI is rising rapidly, but the intensive use that drives transformation and generates macroeconomic gains remains rare. This blog explores what sets intensive AI users apart and what firms need to deeply integrate AI into their production processes. The advent of AI has been widely hailed as a driver of productivity growth. Yet simply adopting AI does not guarantee measurable improvements in firms’ efficiency. What does matter is what they use the new technology...

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23 Jun
Member News, News

Osborne Clarke | Planning, AI and Cyber Rule Changes Bring New Risks for UK and EU Data Center Development

Operators, investors and advisers are contending with legal and regulatory uncertainty as data centre demand rises At a glance Large-scale data centres can now seek consent as nationally significant infrastructure, opening a new planning route in England. Grid access remains a significant constraint for AI Growth Zones in the UK, with a circular eligibility problem yet to be resolved. AI copyright disputes and tightening cyber resilience rules are creating new contractual and regulatory risk for operators across Europe. Data centre capacity...

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