Africa’s AfCFTA quietly adopted a controversial digital trade protocol, mirroring outdated U.S. tech rules that risk undermining data sovereignty and regulatory power.
The Japan Consumers Federation is concerned that Japanese agriculture and food safety will be used as bargaining chips and sacrificed in the Japan-US trade negotiations, and has issued the following emergency statement.
Consumers’ Association of Penang submitted a Memorandum on June 2025 to strongly urge the Malaysian government not to rush to endorse and/or sign the trade deal with EFTA. If a deal is to be signed, such a deal must not contain any TRIPS-plus obligation.
As the review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal approaches, hundreds of labor and civil society organizations across the United States have written to the Trump administration with shared views on the significant changes needed for the pact to benefit working families and communities.
101 organizations are calling on First Quantum Minerals to close its Cobre Panama mine, drop the international arbitration against Panama, and implement environmental remediation at the mine site.
Despite promises to listen to farmers and take action to tackle the crises of prices and generational renewal in the farming sector, EU and national government decision makers try to force the closure of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade agreement.
On 3 June 2025, Switzerland and Chile signed a new bilateral investment treaty. Chile is one of the most important destinations for Swiss foreign investment in Latin America.
Poland’s agriculture minister has reiterated his country’s opposition to a trade deal between the European Union and a bloc of South American countries, saying that farming should not be “sacrificed” for gains in other sectors.
Pakistan and US trade talks expected to conclude next week, aiming for a strategic and investment partnership. Finance Minister Aurangzeb and US Commerce Secretary Lutnick discussed expediting the agreement.
The European Union (EU) has committed about €1.1 billion to help the African Union (AU) implement the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a key agreement aimed at boosting trade across Africa.