Against tough odds, the European Union and four key South American countries are closer than they've been in 25 years to signing a long-delayed free trade deal.

By Dave Graham DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool added fresh impetus in Davos this week to efforts to boost global trade beyond the U.

A look at what's ahead in US trade policy, and how to get in front of it with sourcing, storage, refunds and more.

The carmaker made the claim in a public comment to the U.S. Trade Representative office ahead of a much-anticipated review of the regional trade deal.

By Daniela Desantis and Philip Blenkinsop ASUNCION, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Top officials from the EU and the South American bloc Mercosur signed a free trade agreement on Saturday in Paraguay, paving the way for the European Union's largest-ever trade accord after 25 years of negotiations.

China on Tuesday vowed “firm support” for global free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Since last year, tariff and trade wars have inflicted significant shocks on the world economy and posed serious challenges to multilateralism and free trade,” Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said.

Today, globalisation is being pushed in the opposite direction. Ask for the reason, and many fingers will point at increases in tariffs. It is, however, standards, not tariffs, that are doing most of the pushing—and are the bigger threat to globalisation.

India-EU FTA: India and the EU are on the verge of sealing a landmark trade deal, marking India’s ninth trade pact in four years as both sides accelerate deal-making amid rising global protectionism.

China has announced a more than trillion-dollar trade surplus that poses a greater danger to world commerce than Trump’s tariffs.