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25-Sep-2025
FIDH
Ecuadorian trade union Agricultural Workers and Farmers Trade Union Association and its European partners denounce the outrageous lack of human rights and environmental protections in the banana industry under the European Union-Ecuador Trade Agreement.
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25-Sep-2025
Buenos Aires Times
French farmers union to stage massive protest next month in rejection of the EU-Mercosur trade deal.
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25-Sep-2025
Reuters
Lesotho’s trade minister said on Wednesday that the U.S. plans to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which gives the continent preferential access to U.S. markets, by a year, after returning from a visit to Washington.
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24-Sep-2025
Linkedin
These cases can cost countries (or rather, taxpayers) billions — even when decisions were taken democratically to protect people, the environment, or national security.
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24-Sep-2025
News Ghana
Ghana has initiated high-level discussions for a transformative port partnership between Tema Port and Delaware’s Port of Wilmington, positioning the West African nation to leverage its role as host of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat for enhanced trans-Atlantic trade connectivity.
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24-Sep-2025
FAST COMPANY ME
Singapore and Egypt have agreed to study the feasibility of a free trade agreement (FTA) as both countries aim to expand economic cooperation and build on their longstanding partnership.
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24-Sep-2025
Reuters
Kenya expects to conclude a trade deal with the United States by year-end, its trade minister told Reuters, a move that could cushion its exports to a key market if an existing regional trade arrangement that expires this month is not renewed.
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24-Sep-2025
FERN
Indonesia and the EU signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, while Environment Commissioner announced that the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation will be delayed by yet another year.
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24-Sep-2025
Reuters
Indonesia and the European Union concluded a free trade agreement on Tuesday after nine years of talks, with both aiming to boost exports and investment and to offset the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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24-Sep-2025
The Star
The Asean-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA) will be upgraded and its scope is being finalised, says Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
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24-Sep-2025
Philstar
The Philippines is looking to conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) by the middle of next year, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
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24-Sep-2025
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch and other groups repeatedly warned EU officials about Vietnam’s rights record before the EVFTA was ratified. Since then, \Vietnam has not only failed to undertake any significant reforms but intensified its systematic repression of basic freedoms.
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24-Sep-2025
Reuters
Vietnam’s prime minister said Hanoi was pursuing new trade deals this year to mitigate the impact of tariffs imposed on its goods by the United States, its largest market.
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24-Sep-2025
Money Control
The thirteenth round of talks between India and the European Union for the proposed trade deal has seen little progress in sensitive sectors such as automotives and agricultural products, though both sides have cited better clarity on their market access demands for industrial and farm goods.
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24-Sep-2025
RLS
In July 2025, the European Union officially initiated a dispute settlement procedure against Algeria within the framework of their association agreement. This move follows several years of commercial tensions, especially over imports, investments, and Algeria’s industrial strategy. Behind this legal dispute lies a deeper questioning of the asymmetric relations between Europe and its southern neighbors.
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23-Sep-2025
Bangladesh is rushing to conclude a large number of bilateral free trade agreements. It will have to make massive concessions in areas critical to its development and future.
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23-Sep-2025
WSRW
Nearly a year after the EU Court struck down the EU-Morocco trade agreement for including occupied Western Sahara, Brussels appears ready to test the limits of international law once again.
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19-Sep-2025
Drilled
Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field.
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19-Sep-2025
1tv.ge
The agreement has been modernised in areas such as electronic commerce, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and investment promotion.
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19-Sep-2025
BBC
Canada and Mexico have agreed to deepen ties, vowing closer cooperation on trade and security, as both countries grapple with rising economic pressure from the US.
