China Releases an Updated National Mandatory Standard GB 18383-2025 General technical requirements for products with filling materials.

Elderly-friendly home modification is one of the priorities for the Chinese Mainland when it comes to silver economy development. A number of central and local government initiatives have already sought to promote such modifications in homes, communities, and public facilities as part of an ongoing bid to enhance the quality of life for the elderly.

On 10 February 2026, Commission Implementing Regulation(EU) 2026/2 laying down rules as regards the details and format for the disclosure of information on discarded unsold consumer products was published in the EU Official Journal. The Regulation introduces new transparency obligations for economic operators that discard unsold consumer products in the EU market.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a direct final rule updating the mandatory safety standard for crib mattresses. This rule will enter into force on 3 May unless the CPSC receives significant adverse comment by 16 March, in which case it will be withdrawn.

President Trump has delayed until 1 January 2027 the effective date of the 25 percent to 30 percent hike in the Section 232 tariff on upholstered wooden furniture products as well as the 25 percent to 50 percent increase in the Section 232 tariff on completed wooden kitchen cabinets and vanities as well as wooden parts of kitchen cabinets and vanities.

The Mainland’s office furniture sector is getting greener and smarter as it looks to reduce environmental impacts while boosting efficiency.

The Mexican Congress recently approved a draft decree increasing effective from 1 January 2026 the MFN import duties on a broad range of products, including autos and auto parts, textiles, apparel, toys and games, furniture, tyres, travel goods, plastic products, paper products, glassware, iron and steel and articles thereof, and cosmetic products.

Based on Interim Measures for the Administration of Product Quality Supervision and Random Sampling Inspections, the Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation released new rules for quality supervision and random inspections of seven types of products on 23 September.

President Trump issued a presidential proclamation on 29 September imposing effective from 14 October additional tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on softwood timber and lumber, certain wooden upholstered furniture, and wooden kitchen cabinets and vanities.

President Trump announced in a 22 August social media post that his administration is currently conducting “a major Tariff investigation” on U.S. imports of furniture that should be completed within 50 days. According to Trump, once the investigation is completed U.S. furniture imports “will be Tariffed at a Rate yet to be determined.”