The EU opened arbitration proceedings with Algeria under the EU-Algeria Association Agreement, claiming that Algeria's trade and investment restrictions violate the agreement.

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls this week released its notifications to Congress of recently proposed export licenses. The notifications, which cover licenses submitted from January through March, include exports to Germany, Ukraine, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the U.K., Denmark, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved an FY 2026 Intelligence Authorization Act July 15 that would provide additional reviews of foreign purchases of land near U.S. intelligence community facilities, according to a summary of the legislation.

A bipartisan group of four House members reintroduced a bill July 15 that would ease defense export restrictions on Cyprus.

The State Department has designated Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Michael Rigas to be its “point person” for speeding up the government’s review of defense exports, Rigas told the House Foreign Affairs Committee July 15.

Congress should ask the Trump administration several key questions as part of its oversight of the Treasury Department’s new program restricting outbound investment, two investment security experts told the House Financial Services national security subcommittee July 16.

The president of Indonesia confirmed to reporters in Jakarta that he agreed to 19% tariffs, in exchange for buying more wheat, soybeans, fuel and Boeing aircraft.

The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent message generated this month in the Automated Export System.

The Council of the European Union on July 15 sanctioned Russian individuals and entities for committing human rights abuses and engaging in destabilizing actions abroad through foreign information manipulation.

India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade this week issued new guidelines for how companies should develop and operate export control compliance programs for dual-use goods. The guidance states that companies must have export compliance programs in order to be eligible for certain export licenses, including India's "Global Authorisation for Inter-Company Transfers" scheme, which issues licenses for exports to company affiliates in certain third countries, and the country's "Open General Export License" scheme, which issues one-time export licenses for a specific time period.