18-Mar-2025
Business Standard
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon aims to finalize a free trade agreement with India within 60 days, targeting a tenfold increase in bilateral trade over the next decade. While both nations express strong optimism and highlight complementary economies, sensitive agricultural products like dairy pose potential challenges.
18-Mar-2025
The Nation Thailand
Thailand and the EU are accelerating free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations, aiming for completion by year-end, Thailand views the FTA as crucial for enhancing its global competitiveness and economic security, with the EU being a significant trading partner.
18-Mar-2025
Business Standard
A survey by the Federation of European Business in India (FEBI) reveals strong EU business support for the upcoming EU-India FTA, with 72% planning increased investment, contingent on the removal of non-tariff barriers like complex customs and data localization requirements.
18-Mar-2025
Public Seminar
How an unregulated techno-utopia came into existence and continues to sabotage a nation’s sovereignty.
18-Mar-2025
Nigerian Tribune
ITUC-Africa has issued a powerful call to action, urging governments and institutions to ensure that trade-led growth translates into decent jobs, social justice, and sustainable development.
18-Mar-2025
Hindustan Times
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently set their negotiators the target of finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of the year.
17-Mar-2025
The Economic Times
India and New Zealand will resume talks for a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday. The FTA negotiations had stalled in 2015 due to disagreements over sensitive areas like dairy and agriculture.
17-Mar-2025
GMA News Online
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. of the Philippines met with Japanese officials in Tokyo to address the declining market share of Philippine bananas, advocating for an immediate review of the Philippines-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (PJEPA) to create a fairer trade environment.
14-Mar-2025
Hurriyet Daily News
Ukrainian President Zelensky announced that Ukraine views Türkiye as a key strategic and security partner, expressing readiness to ratify the Free Trade Agreement during President Erdoğan’s forthcoming visit.
14-Mar-2025
Financial Post
The action is being taken under the umbrella of the free trade agreement between Peru and Canada.
14-Mar-2025
Attac France & bilaterals.org
Donald Trump’s return to power and his fresh round of tariffs have sent further shockwaves through the neoliberal order that has shaped global trade since the 1990s. So does this mark the death of free trade?
12-Mar-2025
América Latina Mejor sin TLC
The Platform, together with Latindadd, held a virtual meeting aimed at providing elements for analysing the new global economic situation brought about by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.
10-Mar-2025
Business Korea
The fourth round of enhancement negotiations for the FTA between South Korea and the United Kingdom is scheduled from March 10 to 14 in London. Following the implementation of a bilateral FTA in 2021, the two countries are now working to update the agreement to reflect new trade norms and deepen economic cooperation, focusing on areas such as trade and gender equality, digital trade, and the bioeconomy.
