According to aggregate data, China's market share of euro area imports has increased by 3 percentage points since 2016, while its share of US imports has fallen by 11 percentage points. The European Commission has imposed additional tariffs of up to 37.6% on imports of electric vehicles from the PRC, a temporary customs regime that could be extended for five years at the end of October. In 2024, the biggest event in global trade was the imposition of 100% tariffs by the US on a large group of Chinese goods.

The Czech railway infrastructure operator, Správa zeleznic (SŽ), has chosen companies to develop a project for the reconstruction of the railway section between Domažlice and the state border with Germany. The work is scheduled for 2027-2030. Reconstruction of the 10-kilometer section from Domažlice to the German border will increase train speeds to 115 km/h. At the Česká Kubice station, conditions will be created to accommodate freight trains up to 740 meters long. This project will improve transport connections between the Czech Republic and southern regions of Germany.

Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK), the company responsible for the national megaproject of the same name, has announced a tender for the construction of the longest high-speed rail tunnel in Poland. This 4.6 km long tunnel will be located in the city of Łódź. The project is the third and most significant contract within this construction initiative. A key element of the project is a single-tube double-track tunnel, which will be bored by a tunnel boring machine with a shield diameter of 14 meters. Trains from Warsaw will enter the tunnel at the Łódź-Fabryczna station and exit to the southwest at the Łódź-Kaliska station, in the Retkinia area.