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In the news and on the record From major media coverage to our own announcements and research, explore how ImportGenius is shaping the conversation around global trade. Discover the stories we’re helping uncover—and the ones we’re telling ourselves. Visit our newsroom Finance How Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and Canada will sweep across the U.S., state by state The impact on economies across the U.S. will be extensive, though it will vary greatly from state to state. Check economic insights Finance How Companies Are Dodging Trump Tariffs On Canada, Mexico And China U.S. companies are frontloading cargo bound for the U.S. due to the uncertainty regarding tariffs. Walmart, Columbia Sportswear and Lenovo have been actively stockpiling goods, according to U.S. Customs data… Check tariff insights Global Trade The U.S. Wants to Ban China’s High-Tech Cars, but They’re Already Here in El Paso Mexican dealers are selling cutting-edge Chinese cars that U.S. consumers can’t buy. Americans are warming to the idea of them. Find out more Industry News Indonesia orangutan forest cleared for 'carbon-neutral' packaging firm Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found. Find out more Global Trade Painkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa Indian companies have sent more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa – where they have not been approved by regulators – in three years. Find out more Industry News ‘Definitely a Sham’: As Tariffs Climb, Trade Fraud and Accounting Tricks Proliferate U.S. imports from China have shrunk drastically. But billions of dollars of the change appear to be the result of accounting gimmicks and outright fraud. Find out more Global Trade Iran Takes Aim at the Industries Behind the Gulf’s Pivot From Oil As tit-for-tat reprisals mount, the region’s diversification into tourism, metals and banking is giving Tehran a wider range of targets to strike Find out more Industry News ImportGenius shapes the news headlines ImportGenius helps news organizations track cash shipments to Iran, Russian sanctions evasion and more Find out more Global Trade Made in the EU, Dropped on Kyiv: How European Parts Are Enabling Russia’s Winter Drone War The workhorse of Russia’s drone fleet — responsible for crippling Ukraine's energy grid and triggering a humanitarian crisis — is built with EU technology. Despite tightening sanctions, parts for the Geran-2 are still flowing into Russia with ease. Find out more Industry News Cancer drugs are being scrapped at huge scale after quality failures in Peru Tens of thousands of vials have been pulled from shelves at the last minute because the country keeps buying dangerous drugs Find out more Investigation Venom and vacuum: How Nigeria’s antivenom shortage turns snakebites into death sentences Snakebite can turn a quiet night or routine farm visit into a brutal race against time. Find out more Finance Revealed: Russia’s secret $2.5bn cash shipments to Iran Trainloads of banknotes are among Kremlin’s imaginative solutions to circumvent sanctions and keep ally afloat Find out more Global Trade Why did Pairi Daiza send 7 buffalos to a controversial Indian zoo? A small group of Cape buffalos stood quietly in the Belgian winter, their dark shapes contrasting with the snow. What visitors didn’t see was that seven others from the same herd had already been transported far from Pairi Daiza — all the way to India. Find out more Global Trade How China is powering Putin’s deadliest new weapon Beijing provides vital equipment as Russia accelerates production of missiles that can strike Europe in minutes Find out more