18-Jun-2025
         											Daily News Egypt
                                                
                                                Egypt has approved a free trade agreement with Serbia that will gradually eliminate customs duties, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced, noting that bilateral trade has more than tripled to around $300m since 2022.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    18-Jun-2025
         											21st century chronicle
                                                
                                                Amb. Isiaka Imam, Secretary-General, D-8, Organisation for Economic Cooperation, says the organisation is focusing on achieving a target of 500 billion dollars in intra-trade among member countries by 2030.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    18-Jun-2025
         											The Jakarta Post
                                                
                                                The negotiations for the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA) have concluded, but the agreement is not expected to take effect before 2027. Once fully implemented, the trade deal is projected to Indonesia’s exports to the European Union by up to 50% over the first three years.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    17-Jun-2025
         											The Japan News
                                                
                                                The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US tariffs, according to government sources.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    17-Jun-2025
         											Japan Consumers’ Association
                                                
                                                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.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    17-Jun-2025
         											Business Daily
                                                
                                                On June 12, 2025, China announced it would extend duty-free market access to 53 African countries, eliminating tariffs on 98 percent of taxable products originating from these nations.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    17-Jun-2025
         											Consumers’ Association of Penang
                                                
                                                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.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    17-Jun-2025
         											Club of mozambique
                                                
                                                The Mozambican government intends to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States. An economist at the CIP fears that it could harm the country’s economy due to “weak competitiveness”.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    16-Jun-2025
         											Citizens Trade Campaign
                                                
                                                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.
                                             
                                            
                           
                                        
    
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                
                                                
                                                    13-Jun-2025
         											European Coordination Via Campesina
                                                
                                                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.