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Bangladesh, Japan set to finalise economic partnership deal by year-end
3-Oct-2025 Jagonews24.com
Bangladesh is on the cusp of signing its first-ever Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan, as the country prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status in 2026.
ICSID caseload statistics 2025: key trends and insights
3-Oct-2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
ICSID has released its FY 2025 caseload statistics, unveiling new data on damages including the difference between damages claimed and damages awarded.
Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need
2-Oct-2025 CCPA
Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development.
EFTA seeks Bilateral Investment Treaty with India to support $100 billion investment commitment
2-Oct-2025 CNBC TV18
The European Free Trade Association has proposed a Bilateral Investment Treaty with India to encourage its member countries’ companies to fulfill their collective investment commitment of $100 billion over the next 15 years.
Trump tariff threats punch holes in UK trade deal
2-Oct-2025 Politico
A flurry of new tariff announcements on pharma, trucks and movies have left British officials scrambling to keep up.
UAE set for trade boost as Cepas with Australia and Malaysia take effect
2-Oct-2025 The National
The UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with Australia and Malaysia have taken effect in a move expected to help the Emirates boost trade and bolster economic ties with the two countries.
The global race for free trade agreements since Trump’s return
2-Oct-2025 Reuters
US President Donald Trump’s tariffs have unleashed an unprecedented burst of free trade agreements and negotiations towards them by partners seeking to offset potential lost exports to the United States.
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.
Canada-Indonesia FTA text (Sep 2025)
1-Oct-2025 Government of Canada
Petro ends FTA with Israel and reshapes the one with the US
1-Oct-2025 MercoPress
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday the end of the Free Trade Agreement with Israel, as well as the reshaping of the existing one with the United States.
Trade deal talks with Qatar from next week
1-Oct-2025 The Times of India
Indian commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Doha next week to kick off talks for a bilateral trade agreement.
Clive Palmer’s multibillion-dollar claims make a mockery of a tribunal that allows foreign investors to challenge court decisions
1-Oct-2025 The Guardian
The billionaire’s last three cases are part of a growing global list from fossil fuel companies against government decisions to reduce carbon emissions.
AFTINET webinar: ISDS - Fossil fuel companies’ secret weapon against climate action and Clive Palmer case outcome
1-Oct-2025 AFTINET
With COP30 in Brazil around the corner and with the prospect of Australia co-hosting COP31 next year, a major threat to effective climate action continues to fly under the radar: Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms in trade and investment agreements.
EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause
1-Oct-2025 Euractiv
After the EU’s top court ruled that the deal breached the principle of self-determination, Brussels was given 12 months to comply.
Ethiopia to begin AfCFTA trade next week ater initial schedule slip
30-Sep-2025 Birr Metrics
Ethiopia is set to start trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on Thursday, 3 October 2025.
US supports one-year renewal of Africa trade pact
30-Sep-2025 Business insider Africa
The Trump administration has signalled support for a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Nigeria-Singapore and Côte d’Ivoire-Singapore bilateral investment treaties enter into force
30-Sep-2025 Allen and gledhill
The Nigeria-Singapore BIT and the Côte d’Ivoire-Singapore BIT have both entered into force. They establish rules on how Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire should treat investments from Singapore, and vice versa. With these treaties, Singapore companies operating will enjoy enhanced protection of their investments
Thai civil society’s open letter to the European Commission ahead of the next round of FTA negotiations: “trade must advance, not undermine, human rights”
30-Sep-2025 Thai Lawyers for Human Rights
As longstanding advocates of human rights and democracy, the EU can leverage the FTA to spotlight abuses and ensure the respect of rule of law, democracy, and human rights, and ensuring that they remain central to the agreement.
Will Canadian companies respond to widescale public dissent by threatening to sue?
30-Sep-2025 Common Frontiers
Tens of thousands of people took to the street in a nationwide strike opposing various Canadian-owned mining projects while the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement could be tabled any day now.
India-EFTA trade pact set to become operational on Oct 1
30-Sep-2025 IANS
The India-European Free Trade Association’s Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement will officially become operational on October 1, with the four-nation bloc comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.