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Negotiations update on an enhanced UK-Switzerland FTA

26-Jun-2025 UK Government

The seventh round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland took place in London between 5 and 13 June 2025.

Farmers in EU raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals

5-Jun-2025 Reuters

French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.

EU and Ukraine preparing to negotiate new trade agreement – Polish minister

27-May-2025 MSN

Ukraine and the EU are preparing for negotiations on a new trade agreement. The Polish minister emphasized the need for Ukraine’s agricultural sector to comply with European standards.

Switzerland and US agree to accelerate trade talks, Swiss president says

27-May-2025 Reuters

Switzerland and the United States have agreed to accelerate their trade talks and are determined to reach an agreement quickly, Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said, without specifying a time frame.

Zelenskyy proposes U.S.-Ukraine free trade agreement to Trump – Ukraine’s trade envoy

21-May-2025 Interfax

Ukrainian President, in a letter to US President outlining new opportunities for cooperation in defense and trade, proposed the conclusion of a free trade agreement between Ukraine and the United States.

The new UK-EU deal at a glance

20-May-2025 BBC

The UK and the EU have reached a new deal setting out post-Brexit relations on areas including fishing rights, trade and defence.

’Breakthrough’ in last-minute EU-UK talks before summit

19-May-2025 BBC

Negotiations to reset the UK’s post-Brexit relations reached a "breakthrough" last night, No 10 sources said, as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to meet EU leaders at a summit in London.

Sweden to propose EU membership of Pacific rim free trade group CPTPP

14-May-2025 Reuters

Sweden said it would propose that the European Union join a Pacific rim-based trading group with the aim of forming the world’s biggest free trade area to help counter the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Trump’s trade war pushes EU toward Pacific free traders

13-May-2025 Politico

US President Donald Trump has two gigantic trade blocs in Europe and the Pacific now eyeing each other and considering a previously far-fetched idea.

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

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