A summary of new domestic and international regulations on foreign trade and cross-border commerce effective in September 2026, covering topics such as electronic documentation, excise taxes on batteries, animal and plant quarantine, Vietnam’s Foreign Trade Management Law, and centralized management of cross-border funds.

Starting from November, a number of new foreign trade regulations have come into effect at home and abroad, covering a wide range of aspects such as cross-border trade facilitation, green trade, tariff adjustments in various countries and cross-border e-commerce compliance.

U.S. companies are importing large quantities of Chinese goods after the U.S.-China tariff cuts, setting off a boom in cross-border trade. Chinese traders report a surge in ocean freight and saturated warehouses, while noting that supply chain and consumer challenges remain.