Trade Compliance Records · Live 30-day observation layer

TCR Global Trade Friction Index

A reproducible public index of source-supported trade-compliance friction across jurisdiction scopes. It combines published TCR Trade Intelligence with independently verified, de-duplicated source signals. It does not predict border outcomes, provide legal advice, or assign an official country-risk rating.

Current observation

Global score
20out of 100
Observation level
MODERATE
Published intelligence evidence
25items / 30 days
Verified source signals
4accepted / 30 days
Regulations tracked
2081

Generated: . Period: August 2026.

Current jurisdiction-scope observations

Scope identifies the source-supported regulatory or trade context. It is not inferred from a publisher’s location.

RankScopeWeighted evidenceArticlesVerified signals
1EU27.762
2GLOBAL27.070
3US15.722
4ZA12.040
5AFRICA11.030
6UK/AU3.010
7SA3.010
8CN3.010

Methodology and evidence boundary

Weighted aggregation of published trade-intelligence evidence and independently verified, deduplicated source signals (critical=5, high=3, medium=1.5, low=0.5; source signals confidence-weighted) normalized to 0–100 over a 30-day rolling window. Alerts themselves never contribute.

Risk weights are critical 5, high 3, medium 1.5, and low 0.5. A Google Alert is never a score input. It first becomes a private discovery candidate; only a sealed original source that passes classification, confidence, and deduplication gates can become a separately disclosed source signal.

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