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2-May-2025
Philstar Global
The Philippines plans to formally apply to join the high-standard Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) within the year to diversify its trade markets, amid recent US tariffs on Philippine goods.
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2-May-2025
Live Mint
The US and India are on track to finalize a bilateral trade agreement by fall, building on recent discussions regarding tariffs and market access. The deal could be India’s first major trade pact with a developed economy in years, enhancing economic ties amid global uncertainties.
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1-May-2025
Citizen Digital
On January 14 this year, President William Ruto and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between their respective countries.
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1-May-2025
North Africa Post
Mauritania and Morocco launched negotiations to update their 38-year-old trade agreement during the first meeting of a joint technical committee held in Nouakchott over the weekend. The initiative aims to modernize the commercial framework and boost bilateral trade to $350 million by the end of 2025.
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30-Apr-2025
Nikkei Asia
The European Union would be open to entering into a collaborative relationship with the CPTPP trade bloc, Danish Foreign Minister said.
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30-Apr-2025
Reuters
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is interested in advancing talks for a trade deal between South America’s Mercosur bloc and Canada in order to "diversify and expand our exchange".
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30-Apr-2025
The Telegraph
British negotiators are understood to be close to signing an agreement that would align UK food and veterinary standards with the EU’s rulebook.
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30-Apr-2025
CNBC Africa
African Continental Free Trade Agreement Secretary General Wamkele Mene says African countries must unify trade policies in order to deal with the disruption caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s global tariffs.
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29-Apr-2025
Colorado Environmental Law Journal
This paper explores the origins of international investment law and their implications for foreign investment protection law and policy in the twenty-first century.
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29-Apr-2025
SSRN
This paper analyses the broad asset based definition of investment in the BITs signed by four South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.
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29-Apr-2025
SSRN
International investment laws focus mostly on the rights of the investor and diverse opinions of generally accepted international principles such as fair and equitable treatment that encourage investors to litigate intellectual property through Investor State Dispute Settlement
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29-Apr-2025
Financial Express
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal meets UK counterpart Jonathan Reynolds to advance India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks. The negotiations, nearing completion, focus on trade, investment, and visa flexibility.
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29-Apr-2025
Politico
“Before aiming for a free trade deal with the U.S., our first demand is that they withdraw their tariffs,” says French official.
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29-Apr-2025
The Jerusalem Post
Israel seeks to update its free trade deal with the US amid Donald Trump’s sweeping new global tariffs.
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28-Apr-2025
Financial Express
19 categories of products are the focus of the ongoing negotiations. Data storage, Ecommerce, farm products and critical minerals are the key sectors in the discussion.
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28-Apr-2025
Fibre2Fashion
As a Sri Lankan delegation met US trade representative Jamieson Greer in Washington D.C. to discuss reciprocal tariffs, both sides agreed to continue discussions aimed at finalising a bilateral trade agreement.
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28-Apr-2025
Nikkei Asia
Four-member EFTA comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland concludes trade deal with Malaysia as US tariffs sweep world.
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28-Apr-2025
Reuters
India is trying to secure greater access for its steel exports through free trade agreement talks with various countries, federal trade minister Piyush Goyal said.
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28-Apr-2025
IN Diplomacy
The agreement will provide greater access to Latin American markets for Singaporean companies, particularly in industries such as infrastructure, professional services, digital trade, and agri-food.
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28-Apr-2025
Bangkok Post
The fifth round of free trade agreement negotiations between Thailand and the European Union made significant progress to the mutual satisfaction of both sides.
