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14-Oct-2025
The Guardian
As part of efforts towards forging a viable and practical path for implementing the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol, Nigeria has held the maiden digital trade market access roundtable, welcoming regulators from Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa.
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14-Oct-2025
WSRW
In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.
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14-Oct-2025
European Commission
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14-Oct-2025
Bangkok Post
Thailand hopes to complete free trade agreement talks with South Korea by the end of this year, according to Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun.
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14-Oct-2025
The Kyiv Independent
The European Council has agreed to reduce and eliminate duties on a range of Ukrainian agricultural products, paving the way for the first significant update to tariffs under an EU-Ukraine trade agreement since it was adopted in 2016.
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14-Oct-2025
Togo First
Togo began revising its national strategy for implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on October 6. The Ministry of Trade, Handicrafts, and Local Consumption organized a three-day workshop in Lomé to update the framework.
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14-Oct-2025
Reuters
India and the United States are set to hold trade talks this week, with New Delhi pledging to import US energy and gas as it aims to address Washington’s concerns over its Russian oil purchases, an official said.
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14-Oct-2025
Politico
India and the EU are intensifying their talks on a free-trade deal and will meet nonstop after making progress during a round of negotiations last week, the European Commission said.
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13-Oct-2025
European Trade Justice Coalition
These fast track trade deals risk serving the business interests of transnational corporations instead of contributing to more sustainable trading relationships.
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13-Oct-2025
India TV
Dairy has become a key sticking point in the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations due to the conflicting interests of both countries.
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13-Oct-2025
Pulse
South Korean companies are suffering increasing damage following the Korea-China Free Trade Agreement as low-cost Chinese products are flooding into the domestic market, an analysis showed.
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13-Oct-2025
MercoPress
Canada and the Southern Common Market further explored on Friday a possible free trade agreement during a meeting in Brasilia between chief negotiators and technical teams.
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13-Oct-2025
Reuters
Switzerland hopes to seal an updated free trade agreement with China in early 2026, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said, following a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
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10-Oct-2025
Euronews
Inserted into a parliamentary resolution, a few lines welcoming the Mercosur agreement were rejected by a majority of European lawmaker.
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10-Oct-2025
1tv.ge
The parties discussed strengthening trade and economic ties between Georgia and Gulf Cooperation Council member states, with particular attention to the possibility of launching free trade agreement negotiations.
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10-Oct-2025
Mongabay
Malaysia is preparing to amend its Protection of New Plant Varieties Act to join the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by 2026 - a key criterion for Malaysia to join a trans-Pacific free trade agreement.
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10-Oct-2025
GRAIN
GRAIN has updated its dataset on free trade agreements that push harsh new standards for intellectual property rights over biodiversity, going beyond the international standards set by the World Trade Organisation.
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9-Oct-2025
Yahoo
The US has been seeking an opening to discuss the bloc’s legislation, including digital and technology rules as well as corporate compliance and climate-related regulations.
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9-Oct-2025
The Globe and Mail
North America is not going back to the free-trade regime that existed for decades, and the United States is no longer interested in buying Canadian-made cars, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said.
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9-Oct-2025
Yahoo
The African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) expired on Tuesday 30 September after being in place for 25 years (it was renewed for ten years in 2015).
