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Indonesia, Tunisia to ink Preferential Trade Agreement in January
25-Nov-2025 Jakarta Globe
Indonesia is set to finalize a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Tunisia in January 2026, negotiated since 2018, will see Tunisia reduce tariffs on these products, while Indonesia will lower or eliminate duties on Tunisian goods including crustaceans, dates, and other agricultural products.
AfCFTA: Electronic platform to digitize issuance of certificates of origin
3-Nov-2025 AfricanManager
The Ministry of Trade and Export Development is working to launch an electronic platform to digitize the issuance of certificates of origin for exporting local products to several African countries, under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
AfCFTA launches Tunisia workshop to harmonize digital trade laws
1-Oct-2025 News Ghana
Five-day programme aims to help North African nation domesticate protocol as digital commerce integration advances. Tunisia has become the latest African country to receive targeted support for implementing the continent’s ambitious digital trade framework.
Tunisia: Zenith Energy claims USD 573 million
25-Sep-2025 AfricanManager
Zenith Energy Ltd. announced Monday that its UK subsidiaries have filed their final submissions in an ongoing international arbitration case against the Republic of Tunisia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington.
Raw materials and resource-shackling under the EU’s FTA texts
6-May-2025 Third World Network
In the area of energy and raw materials, the EU comes up with regressive and restrictive text proposals for its free trade agreement with India (also Tunisia, Vietnam, Mexico) which are directly contradictory to its own conduct and regulations
Tunisia issues over 200 certificates of origin under AfCFTA
23-Apr-2025 AfricanManager
As part of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Tunisia has issued between 200 and 300 certificates of origin for the export of local products to several African countries.
UAE and Tunisia open CEPA negotiations to boost $350m trade ties
20-Mar-2025 Arabian Business
The UAE and Tunisia have started negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement as the two countries look to boost $350m trade ties.
Tunisia to face sand mining claim
9-Jan-2025 CDR
Minerali Industriali is taking action under the Italy-Tunisia bilateral investment treaty for alleged mistreatment related to its sand mining and processing business.
Zenith Energy wins key decision in ICSID arbitration
2-Jan-2025 Investing.com
In a significant legal development, Zenith Energy Ltd. announced that the ICSID has rejected a request for bifurcation by the Republic of Tunisia in an ongoing arbitration case.
Russia reaffirms commitment to free trade zone with North African countries, including Morocco
14-Nov-2024 Yabiladi
Russia is preparing agreements on a free trade zone with Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. That’s the whole of North Africa.
Update on arbitrations against the Republic of Tunisia
4-Oct-2024 Euronext
The investors have determined a revised amount of US$503 million as the total claimed amount of the ICSID Arbitration
Europe and Asia: which countries Ukraine plans to conclude and update FTAs with this year
7-Aug-2024 Ukrinform
Ukraine is preparing to approve and update several free trade agreements (FTAs) with several European and Asian countries in the near future.
USD 12 billion dispute decided in Tunisia’s favour
10-Jan-2024 CDR
A wrangle over a shareholding in a Tunisian bank which dates back to the 1980s has finally been resolved in arbitration.
Tunisia and Turkey formalize revision of free trade agreement
11-Dec-2023 African Manager
As part of efforts to strengthen economic relations between Tunisia and Turkey, Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Kalthoum Ben Rejeb, and her Turkish counterpart, Omar Bulat, officially signed the revised free trade agreement between the two countries on December 3, in Istanbul.
Free trade and debt: the two sides of neocolonialism
16-Nov-2023 bilaterals.org
Highlights from the workshop organised in Marrakesh by Attac Maroc, bilaterals.org, CADTM Africa, GRAIN and the Tunisian Observatory of Economy.
Zenith adds another arbitration case over Tunisia problems
6-Nov-2023 Energy Voice
Zenith Energy has launched international arbitration in Paris against state-owned Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP).
The EU’s extractive trade policies in Tunisia contribute to migration
6-Oct-2023 Aljazeera
If the EU really wants to address what it calls a ‘migration crisis’, it needs to rethink how it trades with the rest of the world.
Tunisia to review free trade agreement with Turkey
15-Sep-2023 The North Africa Post
Tunisia’s ministry of Trade is set to amend a free trade agreement with Turkey, believed detrimental to the North African country, reports say.
Russian Federation includes Morocco in North African free trade zone project
9-Aug-2023 Fresh Plaza
During a meeting with his Cabinet of Ministers, president Putin announced his intention to sign free trade agreements with several North African countries, namely Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.
Zenith Energy Ltd launches legal proceedings against Tunisia, seeking compensation of $48 Million
12-Jun-2023 BNN
Zenith Energy Ltd, an international energy firm, filed a lawsuit against Tunisia on Wednesday, claiming financial damages of at least $48 million.