On April 3, 2026, the decree amending, adding to, and repealing various provisions of the Federal Law for the Protection of Industrial Property (LFPPI) was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, introducing significant changes across different components of Mexico’s industrial property system. The reform entered into force the following day and directly affects

1 May 2026 marks a turning point in trade relations between Europe and South America. The EU-Mercosur interim trade agreement enters into provisional application on that date, and from that moment companies, consumers and farmers across the EU begin to benefit from its effects. After more than 25 years of negotiations, a market of 700

Brazil’s National Social Security Institute (INSS) has established, through Ordinance DTI/DIRBEN/INSS No. 156/2026 published on 6 May 2026, a new digital system called INSS Empresa, which enters into force on 15 May 2026. The system creates an official channel through which companies can remotely and centrally consult information on the leaves of absence and social

After almost a decade of negotiations, the EU and Australia concluded negotiations on their free trade agreement on 24 March 2026. The agreement creates a trade and services framework between two advanced economies that already exchange goods and services worth more than 89.2 billion euros per year, trade that sustains 460,000 jobs in the EU.