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10-Sep-2025
RNZ
New Zealand is courting the Fijian government to join PACER Plus, a free trade and economic partnership agreement - but Fiji are holding out.
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10-Sep-2025
Yonhap
Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has said South Korea was positively considering joining a trans-Pacific trade pact, in a bid to bolster economic cooperation with Japan.
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9-Sep-2025
MercoPress
The Uruguayan state had its bank accounts in Luxembourg frozen for several months due to non-payment of an arbitration award over the closure of national airline Pluna.
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9-Sep-2025
The Jakarta Post
China is pushing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to sign an upgrade to their free trade agreement before the end of the year, Vice Commerce Minister Yan Dong said on Monday, as Beijing seeks to diversify its exports amid US tariffs.
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9-Sep-2025
Business Recorder
Pakistan and Thailand reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral trade by advancing talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and exploring cooperation in sectors such as information technology, services, and the Halal food industry.
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9-Sep-2025
The New Indian Express
India will soon be finalizing the terms of reference for its proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Qatar in early October, signaling a fresh push in its broader trade diversification strategy, confirmed sources from the Ministry of Commerce.
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9-Sep-2025
Antara News
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto announced that the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU CEPA) document is set to be signed on September 23 this year.
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8-Sep-2025
The Guardian
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has submitted a petition demanding a people-centred African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with a stand-alone protocol on labour and social clauses.
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8-Sep-2025
European Coordination Via Campesina
Farmers from across several countries, together with a broad coalition of around 40 trade unions and civil society organisations, united in action to deliver a clear and urgent message: the EU-Mercosur and EU-Mexico free trade agreements must not, and will not pass.
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8-Sep-2025
Eurasianet
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has sided with Kazakhstan in a case brought by a Kyrgyz entrepreneur claiming over $34 billion in damages. Instead, the businessman, Yevgeny Belavin, now must pay all of Kazakhstan’s substantial legal fees, as well as court costs.
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8-Sep-2025
The Times of India
India and Israel are set to sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty during the visit of Israel’s finance minister later this week, in what is being seen as a step towards laying the groundwork for a free trade agreement, according to sources.
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8-Sep-2025
The Tribune
India and the European Union are set to hold the 13th round of talks for a Free Trade Agreement in New Delhi beginning Monday, marking a critical step towards finalising the trade pact by the end of this year.
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8-Sep-2025
Yonhap
Both countries will work to speed up the talks to reach a forward-looking agreement that addresses newly emerging economic issues, including digital trade and supply chain resilience.
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8-Sep-2025
South Centre
Coercion rather than negotiations among equal partners seems to explain the final adoption of TRIPS Agreement.
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8-Sep-2025
The Brussels Times
Farmers from Belgium and neighbouring countries gathered in Brussels on Thursday evening to protest against a trade deal with Mercosur, proposed by the European Commission just a day earlier.
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5-Sep-2025
The Africa report
AGOA supporters believe their best hope is for a short-term renewal as part of a broader bill. Options include the Continuing Resolution government funding bill and the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), both of which must pass before the start of the new fiscal year on 1 October.
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5-Sep-2025
La Via Campesina
Through years of internal consultations, the movement has developed a set of initial proposals, which she presented with an invitation for broader input and collaboration.
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5-Sep-2025
European Coordination Via Campesina
The European agri-food sector will bear the huge economic and social costs of the deal, as the burden of US debt is shifted to EU farmers.
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5-Sep-2025
ColombiaOne
The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, called for accelerating the signing of a trade deal with Japan during his meeting with the Asian country’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba.
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5-Sep-2025
Globes
German company Sunflower cannot enforce in Israel a binding arbitration award requiring the Spanish government to pay it €18.4 million plus €1.5 million in costs.
