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 new year brings new developments in trade. Four CFR experts highlight the trade policies they will be monitoring this year.

The move by the European Parliament delays a push by the bloc to find new trading partners, as President Trump has threatened escalating U.S. tariffs.

China had its biggest trade surplus ever last year at almost $1.2 trillion, according to data released Wednesday, defying tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed on the world’s second-largest economy as it sends more exports to other parts of the world.

India and the European Union are close to concluding a long-sought free trade agreement (FTA), with an announcement expected on Tuesday at the India–EU Summit in New Delhi.

Chytil, 26, has appeared in just 72 combined games across the past two and a half seasons, dating back to the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs. With one year remaining on his contract and a $4.4375 million cap hit, Chytil will have to demonstrate that he’s going to be able to stay in the lineup to be moveable at this juncture.

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.

China has reported its trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion last year as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the United States under President Donald Trump

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The president’s quick reversal on tariffs over Greenland was another sign of his willingness to rip up the international order — even parts of it that he himself has made.