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7-Jan-2025
Daily Pioneer
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), signed in March 2024, is progressing towards implementation by the end of 2025. India will reduce tariffs on select EFTA goods like Swiss watches and chocolates.
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6-Jan-2025
Al Jazeera
Trade deals can allow international corporations to trample over the rights of governments in the Global South. That is the message from the Colombian government, which describes the effect of such deals as a “bloodbath” for their national sovereignty.
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3-Jan-2025
Bangkok Post
The scheduled signing of the Thailand-Efta FTA this month represents Thailand’s first pact with European nations. The government is also working to finish negotiations with key partners such as the EU, South Korea, Asean-Canada and Bhutan, aiming to conclude deals this year.
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3-Jan-2025
Inside Climate News
Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.
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3-Jan-2025
CDR
The company has secured up to USD 11 million in funding against the North African state.
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2-Jan-2025
The Straits Times
China and Singapore have upgraded a 15-year-old free trade deal to further open up their markets to investors and services suppliers on both sides, and expand cooperation in telecoms services.
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2-Jan-2025
The Express Tribune
Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan is set to embark on an official visit to South Korea to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, marking a significant step towards enhancing bilateral economic cooperation.
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2-Jan-2025
Inquirer.net
The first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the Philippines and Chile has been set for March 2025.
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2-Jan-2025
China Daily
The China-Maldives Free Trade Agreement is set to take effect on Jan 1, 2025, China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement
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2-Jan-2025
Arabian Business
UAE will look to add more countries to its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements scheme in 2025.
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2-Jan-2025
Yonhap
South Korea and Bahrain have signed a bilateral investment treaty on cementing the legal grounds for mutual investment and economic cooperation, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
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2-Jan-2025
Reuters
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Emirati counterpart that Brazil will work to seal a deal between South American trade bloc Mercosur and the United Arab Emirates in coming months.
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2-Jan-2025
LRT
Lithuania should not back the ratification of the free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc, Agriculture Minister Ignas Hofmanas has said.
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2-Jan-2025
Arab News
Pakistan and Kenya have agreed on a free trade agreement and mutual cooperation to enhance business and investment opportunities.
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2-Jan-2025
Dhaka Tribune
Mohammed Saiful Alam, founding chairman and managing director of the Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate S Alam Group, has initiated legal proceedings as a Singaporean citizen to seek compensation for alleged financial losses.
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2-Jan-2025
Investing.com
In a significant legal development, Zenith Energy Ltd. announced that the ICSID has rejected a request for bifurcation by the Republic of Tunisia in an ongoing arbitration case.
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2-Jan-2025
Manila Standard
The Philippine-Korea Free Trade Agreement is expected to deliver some $189 million in tariff savings for banana exporters within its first five years as the trade deal comes into force, the Board of Investments said.
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24-Dec-2024
USTR
The United States has prevailed in its dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement challenging certain Mexican biotechnology measures concerning genetically engineered corn.
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24-Dec-2024
The Corner
Favourable news for Enagás, although the amount is lower than initially claimed and represents an accounting loss.
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23-Dec-2024
Client Earth
The EU-Mercosur trade deal does not only contradicts the EU’s flagship legislation against global deforestation but will potentially force the European Commission and EU Member States into legal and political disputes over its implementation.
