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Romania withdraws from the Energy Charter Treaty
30-Oct-2025 Energy World
The Government has approved a draft law approving Romania’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
Trump’s secret trade deals with Malaysia and Cambodia revealed: Imperialist bullying on behalf of Big Tech, other corporate interests
30-Oct-2025 Public Citizen
An early review of the texts reveals new handouts to Big Tech and other corporate interests, with little to nothing that will help working people in the US.
S Alam files international arbitration claims over asset freeze: FT report
30-Oct-2025 The Daily Star
Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder and chairman of the controversial business conglomerate S Alam Group, has filed an international arbitration claim alleging that Dhaka’s asset recovery drive has cost his family’s business "hundreds of millions" of dollar.
Canada nears free trade pact with ASEAN, says Prime Minister Carney
30-Oct-2025 Market Screener
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country is working to finalize a new free trade agreement with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Trump announces trade breakthrough with South Korea
30-Oct-2025 Reuters
US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung finalized details of their fraught trade deal at a summit in South Korea.
Call for signatures: We say no to AfCFTA – trade justice for people, not corporations!
29-Oct-2025
French farmers petition Macron to block Mercosur trade agreement
29-Oct-2025 RFI
Forty-four French farmers’ organisations have signed an open letter urging President Emmanuel Macron to “clarify” France’s stance and take action to block the South American Mercosur trade agreement, which they regard as both unfair and even dangerous.
US trade talks ‘going nowhere fast’: Trew on additional tariffs on Canadian products
29-Oct-2025 CTV
International Trade Policy Researcher Stuart Trew on Trump announcing additional tariffs on Canadian products and why he thinks ‘CUSMA is going down the pipes.’
India-EU FTA: Both sides eye final deal by 2025 end; agreement on steel, auto and other sectors remaining
29-Oct-2025 The Times of India
The talks were described as productive, with both sides reviewing unresolved areas within the negotiations and identifying what they termed “possible landing zones” on pending issues.
ICSID rejects Romania’s call to terminate Eurohold’s EUR 500 mln arbitration request
29-Oct-2025 Romania-Insider
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington rejected the Romanian government’s request to terminate the arbitration case filed by the Bulgarian group Eurohold and its insurance arm Euroins Insurance Group.
Russia, China, update bilateral investment treaty as Belt & Road Initiative projects look set to increase
29-Oct-2025 Russia’s Pivot to Asia
The reference to infrastructure construction suggests that Chinese participation as part of its Belt & Road Initiative projects and investments into Russia will increase.
US-Cambodia trade agreement text (Oct 2025)
28-Oct-2025 The White House
US-Malaysia trade agreement text (Oct 2025)
28-Oct-2025 The White House
Gulf trade deal could ‘lock in’ more rights for fossil fuel industry, campaigners warn
28-Oct-2025 Global Justice Now
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.
OIC member states move to modernize investment agreement
28-Oct-2025 Zawya
Held the first meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments.
Trump signs rare earth minerals deal with Japan ahead of China meeting
28-Oct-2025 The Washington Post
President Donald Trump and Japan’s newly‑appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed a framework on critical minerals, aiming to curb US dependence on China’s dominant supply of rare earths essential for modern technology.
China and ASEAN, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact
28-Oct-2025 Reuters
China and ASEAN have signed an upgraded free trade agreement—officially named the "3.0" version—at a summit in Malaysia, aiming to deepen economic integration by slashing trade barriers and expanding market access in digital, green, and other emerging industries.
New bilateral safeguard clauses on EU-Mercosur FTA: an ineffective technical proposal against the structural and localised impact of the treaty
27-Oct-2025 European Coordination Via Campesina
Although the European Commission presents these clauses as a safety mechanism to protect farmers, they are designed never to be activated.
Beyond dance with Trump, shocking details emerge on deal Anwar signed
27-Oct-2025 Malaysia Now
Questions are now being raised over the contents of a trade agreement which includes clauses requiring Malaysia to consult Washington before engaging in trade with a third country.
US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider
27-Oct-2025 Reuters
US Treasury Secretary said talks had eliminated the threat of Trump’s 100% tariffs on Chinese imports starting November 1. Bessent also said he expects China to delay implementation of its rare earth minerals and magnets licensing regime.