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12-Jun-2025
Info Justice
Malaysian negotiators have accepted intellectual property protections above those required by the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which will adversely affect affordable and equitable access to medicines in Malaysia for generations.
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12-Jun-2025
The Economic Times
India and the EU concluded five chapters, including intellectual property and trade facilitation, during the 11th round of FTA talks in New Delhi. Discussions also addressed easing certification processes under India’s Quality Control Orders.
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12-Jun-2025
Al Jazeera
The deal includes a provision in which China will supply the US with rare earth elements vital to major US companies, particularly in the auto, semiconductor, and smartphone manufacturing sectors.
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12-Jun-2025
The Star
The US is open to a trade deal with Kenya, the Embassy in Nairobi has confirmed, even as it emerges that President Donald Trump’s administration could throw out talks that were underway during former President Joe Biden’s term.
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12-Jun-2025
Financial Express
Swiss firms eye India expansion as FTA with EFTA nears implementation. With $100B investment planned over 15 years, sectors like biotech, pharma, and engineering align with India’s growth goals, making it a key hub for global value chains and innovation.
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12-Jun-2025
The Eastafrican
Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to work on cross-border infrastructure projects aimed at enhancing bilateral trade.
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12-Jun-2025
Techcabal
A new U.S.-Nigeria Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) may offer a lifeline to the country’s startup ecosystem amid a global funding slowdown. Signed in July 2024, the U.S.-Nigeria Commercial and Investment Partnership (CIP) aims to remove regulatory barriers, promote private investment, and open access to American venture capital, critical support for Nigeria’s tech sector.
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11-Jun-2025
CCPA
The Canadian government should not implement the recently-signed free trade agreement with Ecuador because the agreement’s potential to facilitate environmental and human rights abuses.
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11-Jun-2025
Veblen Institute
Of the many concerns raised by the current version of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, those relating to the inclusion of a “rebalancing mechanism” in the chapter on dispute settlement are perhaps the most serious.
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11-Jun-2025
Reuters
US and Chinese officials said they had agreed on a framework to get their trade truce back on track and remove China’s export restrictions on rare earths while offering little sign of a durable resolution to longstanding trade tensions.
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11-Jun-2025
The Hindu
India and the US are working towards negotiating the first tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement by fall (September-October) 2025.
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10-Jun-2025
CNBC TV18
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that the Free Trade Agreement with the European Free Trade Association is likely to come into effect from September 2025.
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10-Jun-2025
Press TV
A senior Iranian government official says the draft document for a free trade deal between Iran and Venezuela will be finalized within the next two days.
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10-Jun-2025
Yonhap
South Korea and Thailand are set to kick off their sixth round of negotiations for a bilateral economic partnership agreement.
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10-Jun-2025
Voice of Vietnam
Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman has called on the Belgian Parliament to swiftly ratify the European Union – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement to facilitate stronger bilateral investment.
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10-Jun-2025
Reuters
Indonesia said that free trade negotiations with the European Union, which have been ongoing for nine years, are expected to be concluded by the end of June.
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9-Jun-2025
The Guardian
Mozambique has officially launched its first shipment of goods to be exported under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in a bid to boost intra-African trade and advance regional economic integration.
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6-Jun-2025
Reuters
The European Union could approve its planned trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur before summer, but it has not yet fixed a date to do so, EU agriculture commissioner said.
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6-Jun-2025
La Via Campesina
This note compiles various arguments in support of using tariffs and non-tariff barriers to protect small-scale food producers and to promote food sovereignty and economic self-determination.
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6-Jun-2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
From June 2 to 4, the third round of negotiations for Japan-United Arab Emirates Economic Partnership Agreement was held in Tokyo.
