10/1/2025 6:38:27 PM Freshfields’ geopolitical conversations in Warsaw 2025 By Natascha Doll Thomas Lübbig Stephan Waldhausen Mariusz Motyka-Mojkowski Alex Schmidtke Malte Symann +3 more... Show less On the occasion of the Warsaw Security Forum, Freshfields, in cooperation with our StrongerTogether partner firm Rymarz Zdort Maruta,...
10/1/2025 9:53:14 AM Beyond the Horizon: the EU's New Agreements with Mexico and Mercosur States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Yuri Mantilla Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar Paulina Araiza Lozano +3 more... Show less On 3 September 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) submitted two proposals for the signing and provisional application of...
9/4/2025 9:17:29 AM The EU-US Trade Framework – The Battle Continues By Stephanie Brown Cripps Martin McElwee Lorand Bartels Cara Carr +1 more... Show less Introduction On 21 August 2025, the United States and the European Union unveiled a new Framework on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
6/30/2025 10:41:24 AM Trading for Growth: Unpacking the UK’s New Trade Strategy By Lloyd Rees Last Thursday, the UK Government unveiled its new Trade Strategy (the Trade Strategy). It follows on from the publication earlier that...
6/25/2025 9:10:09 AM The UK’s New Industrial Strategy: A 10-Year Vision for Growth By Lloyd Rees On Monday, the UK Government published its long-awaited new Industrial Strategy (the Strategy). The Strategy is a 10-year plan to...
6/6/2025 8:28:57 AM Tax matters: Trump 2.0 -the intersection of US tax and trade policy By Alison Dickie The second Trump administration has made numerous announcements on trade and tariffs, but US tax policy is increasingly woven into the...
5/6/2025 6:16:01 PM German Election #9: Corporate tax plans in the coalition agreement of the new German federal government By Alex Schmidtke David Beutel Robin Rehorst At the beginning of April 2025, the conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the social democrats (SPD) presented their coalition agreement, titled...
4/25/2025 11:09:25 AM Tariff Crisis: Navigating Contractual Challenges and Remedies for Businesses operating in Germany By Roman Mallmann Moritz Becker Sarah Hillebrand Hendric Labonté Jakob Zumbé +2 more... Show less The recent escalation of US tariffs on imports from around the world, and tariff retaliation from (so far) China and Canada, and...
3/26/2025 9:27:56 AM A Growing Branch of Supply Chain Risk: the Timber Regulations By Matthew Bruce Tahleel Lateef Charlotte Dunn Introduction In recent years, multinational corporations have been under growing regulatory pressure to manage the risks which arise from...
2/14/2025 1:23:31 PM Freshfields’ geopolitical conversations at Munich Security Conference 2025 By Beth George Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Alex Schmidtke Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less What specific impacts of geopolitical tensions are companies facing today? How should governments balance free trade with the protection...
2/13/2025 11:06:10 AM Freshfields' geopolitical monitor By Beth George Christoph H. Seibt Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...