The 2026 NTE Report makes it clear that the Trump administration’s primary motivation behind its trade policy is to protect the profits of big US companies.

While energy bills spiral, public money could soon flow to an overseas fossil fuel company. Because a government dared to block a climate-wrecking coal mine.

Ecuadorian trade union ASTAC and its European partners denounce the outrageous lack of human rights and environmental protections in the banana industry under the EU-Ecuador Trade Agreement.

For nearly thirty years the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), peasants’ organisations gathered in Cameroon have concluded that the WTO and free trade agreements hinder the development of countries in the Global South and lead to the ruin of small-scale producers worldwide.

India plans to sign an FTA with New Zealand in late April, enabling skilled visas for Indian workers, 20 billion dollars of NZ investment, and boosting already rising bilateral trade.

India and the UK are looking to implement their FTA and the Double Contribution Convention in the next 30 to 45 days while India and Oman are aiming to operationalise their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by May 2026.

Pakistan on Thursday proposed signing a Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom, terming it a natural progression of the growing economic partnership between the two countries.

Focus on certain digital trade provisions in the nine agreements for which we now have the full legal text.

If the BRI’s pivot toward overseas manufacturing and cleantech represents the “hardware” of China’s economic statecraft, then its proliferating network of free trade agreements and related pacts provides the essential “software.”

Both China and Congo have completed their respective domestic ratification procedures, and the early acceptance arrangement will officially take effect on April 1, 2026.

Pakistan and Indonesia are steadily advancing towards deeper economic integration, with ongoing efforts to upgrade their existing trade framework into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) by 2027 and a strong focus on diversifying bilateral trade.

The "minimum thresholds" for participation have been exceeded in more than seven countries. The petition continues to gather signatures with the aim of reaching one million.

Group describes Israeli move as ’grave democratic regression,’ stressing that there must be ’consequences’.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree ratifying international agreements with Serbia on investment protection and economic cooperation.

Poland wants safeguards in the EU-Australia trade deal to protect its beef sector, Agriculture Minister Stefan Krajewski has said, warning that new trade agreements could hurt producers despite currently high cattle prices.

The reciprocal trade agreement signed with the US may severely limit Bangladesh’s energy options, Debapriya Bhattacharya, convener of Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh, said.

Mexico is advancing simultaneous trade agreement modernizations with the European Union, set for signing in May 2025, and the European Free Trade Association, which includes Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein.

The National Assembly ratified the bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Arab Emirates, marking South Korea’s first free trade pact with a Middle Eastern country.

The Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the National Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Circles and Farmers Cooperatives (MAGOSZ) strongly condemn the European Commission’s irresponsible actions.

The country takes a similar approach to that of the United States, where less comprehensive deals can be signed quickly

The government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the government of the Republic of Korea signed an Economic and Trade Cooperation Agreement.

The grant comes as Seychelles prepares to benefit from China’s zero‑tariff policy for African countries, with negotiations on the “early harvest arrangement” for a bilateral free trade agreement now completed between the two countries.

The filing marks the first time a foreign investor has openly threatened treaty-based arbitration against San Marino over its handling of a major banking transaction

In the midst of war, Russian oligarchs are suing Ukraine – not in Moscow or Kyiv, but through European trade treaties and arbitration courts in Washington.

New Zealand has proposed initiating negotiations for a bilateral Free Trade Agreement with Bangladesh to significantly expand trade and investment between the two nations.

Tras casi una década de negociaciones para renovar el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre México y la Unión Europea (TLCUEM), este mayo se anticipa la firma del nuevo acuerdo con la visita de Ursula von der Leyen al país.

El Gobierno de la India y el del Reino Unido apuntan a una posible entrada en vigor de su histórico Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) en un plazo de «30 a 45 días», según anunció este martes el ministro de Comercio indio, Piyush Goyal.

El representante de comercio internacional del Ministerio de Comercio y viceministro de Comercio de China, Li Chenggang, y el ministro de Desarrollo, Industria y Comercio de Nicaragua, Erwin Ramírez, presidieron conjuntamente la primera reunión de la Comisión Conjunta del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre China y Nicaragua.

El titular del Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Mincetur), José Reyes, anunció que Perú y Marruecos acordaron conformar un grupo de trabajo bilateral encargado de elaborar un estudio de factibilidad, con el objetivo de evaluar la posible suscripción de un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) entre ambos países.

México y Suiza acordaron analizar “a la brevedad” la modernización del tratado comercial que abarca a ambos países y que también incluye a Islandia, Noruega y Liechtenstein, informó el subsecretario de Comercio Exterior, Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez.

La ministra de Comercio Internacional de Canadá, Maninder Sidhu, anunció este lunes el firme compromiso de su país para concluir un acuerdo comercial con el Mercosur antes de finalizar el año 2026, así lo informó Sputnik.

El presidente de Paraguay, Santiago Peña, promulgó este lunes la ley que ratifica en su país el acuerdo de libre comercio entre la Unión Europea (UE) y el Mercosur, cuyas disposiciones comerciales entrarán en vigor de forma provisional a partir del próximo 1 de mayo.

A través de esta nueva acción, que se fundamenta en las disposiciones del TLC suscrito entre Panamá y Singapur, Sinolam International reclama la cancelación, en 2024, de la licencia otorgada para desarrollar el proyecto "Gas to Power Panama" para la generación de energía en el corregimiento Puerto Pilón, en la provincia de Colón.

Las empresas demandantes solicitaban una indemnización superior a 2 mil 100 millones de dólares, argumentando supuesta expropiación de tecnología y afectaciones a su inversión bajo el marco del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte.

Le syndicat équatorien ASTAC et ses partenaires européens dénoncent l’absence scandaleuse de protection des droits humains et de l’environnement dans l’industrie de la banane, dans le cadre de l’accord commercial entre l’Union européenne et l’Équateur.

Plus de trente ans après la naissance de l’organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), les organisations paysannes réunies au Cameroun renouvellent leur constat que l’OMC et les accords de libre-échange empêchent le développement des pays du Sud et conduisent à la ruine des petit⋅es producteur⋅rices.

La multiplication d’accords bilatéraux entre l’Union européenne et le reste du monde laisse entrevoir une stratégie européenne d’émancipation de ses dépendances commerciales à la Chine et aux États-Unis, qui ont fait de la guerre commerciale une arme de terreur mondiale.

Cette mesure, issue de l’Accord de partenariat économique pour le développement partagé, propulse le pays à l’avant-garde de la coopération sino-africaine.

L’Assemblée nationale a adopté le projet de ratification de l’accord de partenariat économique global (CEPA) conclu avec les Emirats arabes unis (EAU).

Le Groupe S&D exprime sa profonde inquiétude suite à l’approbation par la Knesset israélienne d’une législation introduisant la peine de mort pour les Palestiniens reconnus coupables de terrorisme.

L’économiste américain Richard Baldwin explique que les droits de douane américains poussent le reste du monde à se rapprocher et à signer des accords de libre-échange. Mais, même sans les Etats-Unis, les tensions vont persister.

La Chine et les Seychelles sont parvenues à un consensus sur les mesures de mise en œuvre précoce de l’accord de partenariat économique pour le développement commun.

Emmerson PLC a déclaré avoir soumis une demande de dommages-intérêts de 1,215 milliard de dollars pour le développement de potasse à Khémisset, y compris les intérêts et nets d’impôts locaux, dans le cadre de son arbitrage contre le Maroc.