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FTA with US ‘unlikely’ under Trump but nickel deal may be doable
While a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could open up the market for Indonesian nickel, the incoming administration’s protectionist stance makes this less likely. Indonesia’s reliance on Chinese investment in its nickel industry could also complicate matters due to ongoing US-China trade tensions.
European trade deals: Greenwashed but still dirty
The strongest economic actors still find their way into the corridors of power of the EU, when we need the planet and the most vulnerable around the world to take power away from them.
Argentina’s Milei to seek free trade agreement with the US
Argentine President Javier Milei said he will seek a free trade agreement with the United States and expects the incoming Trump administration to “support” his government with the International Monetary Fund.
Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New Zealand’s exports but this oversimplifies and diverts attention from the more systemic challenges a second Trump presidency will pose.
Kenya-US Trade Deal: How Donald Trump’s win affects Ruto’s Govt STIP agreement with America
Trump could delay the conclusion of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership introduced by Biden, calling for fresh talks incorporating his 2020 FTA.
Trump’s plan for US providers in NHS could scupper hopes of free trade deal
Republicans’ Project 2025 manifesto suggests opening up NHS to ’foreign competition’.
Third-party funder is the only winner in Odyssey Marine Exploration’s suit against Mexico
The country will likely have to pay over $30 million to an American litigation firm because it wanted to protect its environment from harmful seabed mining.
"Starting point of free trade pact": India on critical mineral deal with US
Trade minister Piyush Goyal said that India has sought a critical mineral partnership agreement with the United States as he hopes for talks on a broader trade pact between the two nations.
Stricter rules of origin won’t help Michigan’s auto workers
The United States International Trade Commission found that, through 2022, there were “few signs” that USMCA’s rules of origin had led to changes in production, trade, employment and investment or competitiveness.
India signs key pacts on clean and fair economies under IPEF, no progress on trade pillar yet
India is now signatory to three out of the four pillars under the IPEF, sees current terms of the trade pact as less favourable for the country.
IPEF expected to be up and running next year
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for Prosperity is expected to be fully functional next year, with the trade component of the agreement to be substantially complete by the end of 2024.
Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep-sea mining company based in Florida, sued Mexico after rejecting environmental permits for a phosphate mining project off the coast of the state of Baja California Sur.
Odyssey Marine Exploration reports win in NAFTA arbitration case
The award orders Mexico to pay US$37.1 million for breaching its obligations under NAFTA, plus interest.
Day of action against the WTO and FTAs: Statement of organizations in Canada and the US
Organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United State recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies.
Kenya, US edge closer to landmark trade deal as talks enter eighth round
As Kenya and the United States gear up for the eighth round of negotiations under the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP), the urgency to conclude a long-delayed free trade agreement has intensified.
20 years later, US-Morocco free trade pact yields mixed results
“Given the strategic sectors Morocco has chosen to develop, the agreement may never truly fulfill its potential,” a new analysis by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy finds.
US, Chile further extend Free Trade Agreement
The enhanced agreement would further protect some US cheeses from losing access once the European Union’s geographical indications commitments enter into force.
How NAFTA broke American politics
Since its passage in 1993, the trade agreement has played an outsize role in presidential elections — which now often hinge on the three Rust Belt states it helped to hollow out.
US escalates efforts to halt Ottawa’s digital services tax
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has requested dispute settlement consultations with Ottawa under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement.
The for-profit city that might come crashing down
The dream of Próspera, founded by a US corporation off the coast of Honduras, was to escape government control. The Honduran government wants it gone but Próspera filed an astronomical $10.775 billion lawsuit against the state.