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31-Mar-2025
ETUC
Digital trade agreements should not prevent enforcement of workers’ rights or indeed the improvement of working conditions.
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31-Mar-2025
BEUC
The EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement is the first EU trade deal focused solely on digital trade. While it aims to strengthen online consumer protections, some provisions could put fundamental rights at risk.
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31-Mar-2025
Business Korea
The economic and trade ministers of Korea, China, and Japan have agreed to resume negotiations for the Korea-China-Japan Free Trade Agreement.
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28-Mar-2025
TNI
The landscape of financial profiteering from investor-state dispute settlement claims.
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28-Mar-2025
Xinhua
The lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved the law on ratifying the agreement between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on encouragement and mutual protection of investments.
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28-Mar-2025
CNBC TV18
Excluding dairy and agriculture-based products from the US-India agreement to protect the interests of local farmers is facing resistance from Washington, which is demanding lower tariffs on all products.
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28-Mar-2025
Trend
A seminar was held at the Eurasian Economic Commission on the development of cooperation with Iran in the areas of transport and logistics, in anticipation of the upcoming implementation of a Free Trade Agreement.
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28-Mar-2025
European Commission
A European Commission report published highlights the good progress made in recent negotiations to deepen trade and investment relations with five Eastern and Southern African partners.
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28-Mar-2025
France 24
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he expects talks between South America’s Mercosur bloc and Japan on a trade deal to begin in the second half of the year.
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26-Mar-2025
Azernews
British oil and gas company Victoria Oil & Gas has filed a lawsuit against Kazakhstan, citing provisions under the Energy Charter Treaty.
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26-Mar-2025
TNI
Despite criticism of the free trade agreement with the United States, Colombian President Gustavo Petro opted to reassess a series of clauses on investments and arbitration, instead of requesting a complete renegotiation.
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26-Mar-2025
UK Government
The sixth round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Switzerland took place in Switzerland between 3 and 10 March 2025.
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25-Mar-2025
The Economic Times
India and the US are set to finalise the contours and terms of reference for a bilateral trade agreement during a three-day discussion. The focus is on increasing trade predictability and integration, with the first phase of the agreement expected to be completed by fall 2025.
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25-Mar-2025
NDTV
The two leaders had a "brief discussion to update on progress made... in relation to the economic prosperity deal," a spokesman said.
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25-Mar-2025
Foreign Policy in Focus
Extraordinary corporate privileges in US foreign and trade policy are designed to help companies win even when their investments fail.
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25-Mar-2025
Nikkei Asia
Chinese Foreign Minister pressed for an early restart of free trade talks between Japan, China and South Korea. He also reiterated China’s interest in joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
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25-Mar-2025
Reuters
The European Commission handed Spain a victory when it instructed the country not to pay any compensation in a case related to claims amounting to billions of euros on renewable energy subsidies cut more than a decade ago.
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24-Mar-2025
South China Morning Post
New Delhi is simultaneously pursuing agreements with the UK and the EU, driven by export-led growth ambitions and concerns over US policies.
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24-Mar-2025
UNI
The public consultation on New Zealand’s negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with India has been launched.
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24-Mar-2025
Nikkei Asia
A possible economic partnership agreement between Japan and Mercosur has been called the "last mega-FTA" free trade agreement. The Japanese and South American business communities have lobbied heavily to make it a reality.