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CommunityOctober 7, 2026

39% of companies say they've delayed entering a new market because of regulatory uncertainty. 14% have abandoned a market entry plan altogether.

We talk to exporters and brand teams every week, and the pattern holds: it's rarely the product that trips people up. It's one of three things. Regulation — certification, labelling, import rules that shift after you've…

CommunitySeptember 30, 2026

72% of trade professionals now call tariff volatility their most disruptive regulatory challenge — nearly double what it was a year ago.

But in our work, tariffs are rarely the thing that actually kills a market entry. They're annoying, they're costly, but they're knowable. What kills deals is softer: a distributor who overpromises reach, a price point…