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ECVC warns that the EU-Australia trade agreement threatens European food sovereignty
24-Mar-2026 European Coordination Via Campesina
For ECVC, agriculture has no place in such deals. EU trade officials must abandon this path and instead channel their energy into a radical overhaul of the EU’s agricultural trade policy.
Trump’s EU envoy urges swift approval of trade deal
24-Mar-2026 Politico
America’s ambassador to the EU called on the European Parliament to back the trade deal struck with President Donald Trump, arguing it would unlock deeper transatlantic cooperation on energy, tech and AI.
Farmers protest India-US trade deal in Kurukshetra
24-Mar-2026 Hindustan Times
Scores of farmers from four states gathered at Kurukshetra’s Pipli grain market on Monday to protest against the India-US trade deal.
Letter from 220 economists and legal scholars to Colombian President Gustavo Petro calling for action on ISDS
24-Mar-2026 Global Development Policy Center
We write to you as economists and legal scholars deeply concerned that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) poses a serious obstacle to building prosperous, equitable, and sustainable societies.
Do trade deals put public health care up for sale?
24-Mar-2026 CCPA
Alberta’s promised two-tier transition comes with unacknowledged threats from trade and investment agreements.
S. Korea, Mongolia discuss accelerating CEPA negotiations
24-Mar-2026 Yonhap
South Korea and Mongolia discussed Tuesday ways to accelerate negotiations for a bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with the agreement expected to deepen critical minerals cooperation between the two countries.
Australia and EU seal sensitive trade deal
24-Mar-2026 Politico
Après huit ans de négociations, les principaux points de discorde entre l’Australie et l’Union européenne ont été surmontés pour convenir d’un accord de libre-échange.
EU–Mercosur trade deal to take provisional effect from 1 May
24-Mar-2026 Euractiv
EU says businesses, consumers and farmers can benefit immediately.
A tax moratorium to enable a foreign AI invasion
23-Mar-2026 The Hindu
The push for a permanent moratorium signals the US’s bid to dominate the AI-driven global economy.
Trade liberalization and investment promotion: The president approves the Ukraine-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
23-Mar-2026 Ukraine Business News
President Zelenskyy signed a law to ratify the intergovernmental Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.
As EU and Australia sign trade deal, will they defend rules-based order?
23-Mar-2026 Human Rights Watch
As the EU and Australia intensify efforts to conclude trade treaties, their defense of the international rules-based order on which treaties depend has been less robust.
Australian mining billionaire sues Canada for $2 billion
20-Mar-2026 The Tyee
Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed.
How foreign investor lawsuits stymie environmental protection
20-Mar-2026 Mongabay
New data reveal that lawsuits filed by corporations against Latin American and Caribbean countries are increasing, undermining government efforts to implement policies that could benefit the energy transition, human rights and the environment.
India, Russia working on free trade deal: What’s on agenda?
20-Mar-2026 NewsBytes
India and Russia are working on a free trade agreement, Sergey Glazyev, the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said.
Farmers seek agri, dairy carve-out in India-US trade deal over duty-free import fears
20-Mar-2026 The Economic Times
Farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) demanded agriculture, dairy and poultry sectors be excluded from the proposed India-US trade agreement, emphasising that duty-free imports would spell doom for domestic producers.
West Asia troubles to delay India’s FTA talks with GCC countries and Israel
20-Mar-2026 The Hindu
The FTA with the UK, however, could be implemented by May 1 and the trade agreement with the European Union could be ratified by the European Parliament by the end of November this year.
The new containment doctrine: How the United States is using trade to stop digital regulation
20-Mar-2026 CSIS
Using tariff threats as leverage, the United States is transforming what has been a domestic regulatory choice into a negotiable trade concession, seeking to establish precedents that will shape digital governance negotiations for years.
The Argentina-US trade agreement turns the RIGI into a mega investment protection treaty
20-Mar-2026 TNI
The agreement, which still has to be approved by the Argentine Congress, will give the Incentives Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) a central role, converting it into a mechanism to satisfy the appetites of US corporations.
MEPs push back on Commission over Western Sahara in EU–Morocco trade
20-Mar-2026 Western Sahara Resource Watch
MEPs from across the political spectrum sharply criticised the European Commission over its handling of EU-Morocco trade relations covering occupied Western Sahara, raising concerns over legality, transparency and an apparent disregard for Parliament’s role.
Singapore-based energy firm Sinolam files arbitration request against Panama
20-Mar-2026 The Straits Times
Singapore-based energy developer Sinolam International has filed for arbitration before a World Bank international court against Panama following the cancellation of its licence for a gas-fired power generation project.