The global rush for critical minerals, driven by the demand for renewable energy technologies, has intensified competition among major powers seeking to secure control over emerging “green” value chains.
Social organizations in Panama are promoting a petition to the Panamanian government, urging President José Raúl Mulino to reject any negotiations with First Quantum Minerals to reopen the Cobre Panamá mine, whose contract was declared unconstitutional by Panama’s Supreme Court in 2023.
Instead of relying on an investment treaty-based approach and weakening the 2015 Model BIT framework, India should initiate domestic policy reforms such as strengthening the rule of law.
We, the civil society organisations who have signed this letter, are writing to the political leaders of Mexico and the European Union to urge them not to ratify either the “modernised” Free Trade Agreement.
The deal locks the UK into deeper commercial ties with some of the most repressive governments in the world, for economic gains so marginal they barely register.
Criticism against Big Tech’s digital crusade is growing, along with demands for greater regulation. Yet, through underhand tactics such as trade deals, tech companies are blocking reform.
Indonesia and the European Union are accelerating efforts to finalize the ratification of the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA), a key initiative aimed at expanding market access, boosting trade, and strengthening investment cooperation between the two economies.
India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force on 01 June 2026, marking an important milestone in India’s regionalism strategy in the broader Gulf region.
Japan’s ruling party adopted a resolution urging the government to protect domestic farmers from a potential influx of cheap products such as beef and chicken if the country negotiates an economic partnership agreement with the South American trade bloc Mercosur.
India’s ambitious push into FTAs is throwing up challenges that need urgent attention, such as widening trade deficits, worsening inverted duty structures and low utilisation of the pacts, according to a new report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).
Thailand is racing to secure a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union as uncertainty over US tariffs pushes countries to forge new economic partnerships.