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Sweden supports swift EU-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement
3-Mar-2025 ScandAsia
Sweden has expressed strong support for the swift establishment of a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Malaysia.
Vietnam envoy discusses enhanced trade, FTA with Sri Lanka trade minister
3-Mar-2025 Economy Next
Vietnam Ambassador and Sri Lanka Trade Minister discussed the potential FTAs. It raises critical questions about Sri Lanka’s ability to leverage such partnerships effectively amidst its own economic challenges and the need for a more robust trade strategy that prioritizes national interests over mere economic engagement.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal set to begin US visit for bilateral trade talks
3-Mar-2025 CNBC TV18
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to commence his visit to Washington as India and the United states prepare to initiate negotiations for a proposed bilateral trade agreement.
Why India must tread cautiously on EU free trade agreement
3-Mar-2025 Firstpost
India is negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, aiming to conclude by 2025, after a $15.44 billion trade surplus in 2023-24. While opportunities exist in electric vehicle batteries and technology, challenges in the automotive and agricultural sectors require cautious, selective liberalization to protect Indian interests.
Iranian parliament approves free trade zone with EEU
3-Mar-2025 bne Intellinews
The Iranian parliament has ratified an agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) to create a free trade zone, Mehr news agency reported.
Romania objects to EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, agriculture minister says
3-Mar-2025 Romania-Insider
Romania opposes the free trade agreement with the countries of the Mercosur bloc, considering that it will bring significant harm to the agri-food sector and Romanian farmers, said agriculture minister.
What could be in the UK-US trade deal after ’game changing’ meeting in Washington
3-Mar-2025 Sky
Previous negotiations have stalled because of red lines on the NHS and food standards - so what sort of deal could Labour achieve after the Starmer charmer offensive?
US-India bilateral free trade agreement on an unequal framework?
3-Mar-2025 Third World Network
The U.S. and India agreed to negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement (BTA) by October 2025, aiming for $500 billion in trade by 2030. Concerns arise over potential imbalances due to economic disparities, with President Trump criticizing India’s high tariffs. The joint statement commits to enhancing trade and investment, but uncertainties remain about addressing these disparities and the impact on the Indian market amid Trump’s upcoming tariff plans.
Morocco, Egypt review trade agreement
3-Mar-2025 The North African Post
Morocco and Egypt are reviewing their free trade deals after Egyptian authorities-imposed restrictions on Morocco’s car exports.
Potential Trump trade deal would ‘roll out the red carpet to tech billionaire oligarchy’, campaigners warn
3-Mar-2025 Global Justice Now
Campaigners warn potential return of US trade deal talks would take a ‘wrecking ball’ to standards and public services.
Mexico’s path to food sovereignty undercut by USMCA decision
28-Feb-2025 IATP
The dispute panel’s ruling against Mexico in a challenge brought by the US, and Mexico’s eventual agreement to withdraw the provisions on corn, points to the limitations of existing trade rules, which are heavily influenced by industrial agriculture and biotechnology interests.
Decolonising EU trade relations with the Global Souths?
28-Feb-2025 Journal of Contemporary European Research
This article thinks reflexively about the decolonial option and the ruptures it triggers as to what EU trade policy is and the colonial logics sustaining ‘normative’ and ‘geopolitical’ narratives on/by the EU as a trade power.
EU chief’s meetings in India to boost efforts to sign Free Trade Agreement amid Trump tariff threat
28-Feb-2025 Investing.com
After US President Donald Trump’s threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement.
US and Britain will have trade agreement, Trump says alongside Starmer
28-Feb-2025 Reuters
The United States and Britain are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, US President Donald Trump told a joint news conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying such a deal could help avert US tariffs.
Czech farmers protest against Mercosur, food imports from Ukraine
28-Feb-2025 Euractiv
Czech farmers took to the streets across the country, with hundreds of tractors to protest against food imports from non-EU countries.
On digital trade: Will Trump 2.0 continue to break from neoliberalism?
28-Feb-2025 Centre for International Governance Innovation
Time will tell how Trump’s digital trade agenda will evolve.
The new Canada-Ecuador trade deal pushes anti-democratic trade policy
27-Feb-2025 CCPA
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade agreement with Ecuador.
EU-Mercosur Agreement: Old pledges, new potential impacts for food systems and a just transition
27-Feb-2025 IATP
The EU-Mercosur Agreement continues with the narrative that it ensures environmental clauses and climate commitments, in practice it implements measures that could divert means and resources that could otherwise be used for a genuine, just, ecological and inclusive transition.
Trade dept: PH-EU FTA talks ’productive’
27-Feb-2025 The Manila Times
A free trade agreement between the Philippines and the European Union Free Trade Agreement is on track for completion next year with significant progress made during a second round of talks in Manila, the Department of Trade and Industry said.
Business views on Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs)
26-Feb-2025 Business Europe
The EU should adopt a pragmatic and open approach, pursuing CTIPs with countries with vast resources of raw materials and minerals, and with countries that present opportunities for cooperation on clean tech, based on a value-chain approach.