Instead of supporting sustainable development, the agreement has primarily facilitated trade in environmentally harmful goods, and has also failed to introduce effective mechanisms to address sustainability challenges.

The landscape of financial profiteering from investor-state dispute settlement claims.

As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.

As the European Commission and Thailand begin the fifth round of trade negotiations today until 4 April, calls are growing in Spain for tuna to be excluded from any future deal with Bangkok.

The move followed discussions between Suchat Chomklin, Deputy Minister of Commerce, and representatives from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in Colombo.

The US is pushing India to negotiate a large and grand bilateral trade agreement while seeking to open the agriculture sector for American businesses

The UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement programme, initiated in September 2021, has resulted in 26 agreements with strategically significant countries and international blocs by the end of the first quarter of 2025

Digital trade agreements should not prevent enforcement of workers’ rights or indeed the improvement of working conditions.

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.

The economic and trade ministers of Korea, China, and Japan have agreed to resume negotiations for the Korea-China-Japan Free Trade Agreement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The urgent demand for critical minerals has led to the expansion of mining operations, often accompanied by significant human rights and environmental abuses that cause social unrest and spark disputes between states and foreign investors.

Almaden Minerals ha anunciado que ha presentado su memorial en el procedimiento de arbitraje internacional con México en el marco del Acuerdo Integral y Progresivo de Asociación Transpacífico.

Perú se prepara para firmar un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con India a finales de este año, marcando un momento crucial en el fortalecimiento del comercio, la conectividad y el turismo entre ambas naciones.

El ministro de Economía afirmó que el mundo está “ante el nivel de incertidumbre en materia comercial más grande desde la posguerra”.

Desde el Gobierno nipón manifiestan dudas sobre el impacto que un eventual acuerdo podría generar en su producción agropecuaria local.

Mientras el mundo enfrenta las pataletas de Trump en torno a aranceles comerciales, es obligado también poner atención al continuo golpeteo a las soberanías nacionales por empresas trasnacionales cobijadas bajo acuerdos internacionales de inversión, ya sean tratados de libre comercio (TLC) o tratados bilaterales de inversión (TBI).

Si Downing street n’a pas encore révélé sa réponse, plusieurs sources concordent sur une chose : l’accord porterait essentiellement sur le secteur technologique.

L’Inde et les États-Unis se sont entendus pour finaliser la première tranche d’un accord commercial bilatéral cette année.

Face aux hausses de droits de douane imposées par Washington, le Japon, la Corée du Sud et la Chine ont annoncé vouloir renforcer leur coopération économique et accélérer les négociations pour un accord de libre-échange.

Le président brésilien Lula, en visite à Tokyo, a défendu l’intérêt d’un «partenariat» entre le Japon et le bloc commercial sud-américain du Mercosur, pour contrer la montée du protectionnisme américain sous la présidence de Donald Trump.