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Seychelles Partner With AfCFTA to Develop Digital Trade Hub
9-Mar-2026 Wearetech.africa
The AfCFTA Secretariat, Quest Ghana Limited, and the Seychelles government signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the archipelago as a digital trade hub. The initiative focuses on integrating Seychellois businesses into Africa’s digital value chains.
AfCFTA secretary general urges Central African Republic to complete tariff gazetting for full market access
9-Mar-2026 BFT online
The gazetting of tariff offers represents a critical transition point in AfCFTA implementation. While ratification of the Agreement establishes a country’s legal commitment to the continental free trade area, it is the gazetting of tariff schedules that translates that commitment into actionable market access.
AGRA, Continental Free Trade Area agree to boost intra-african agricultural Ttade
9-Mar-2026 Nile Post
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to unlock intra-African trade and reinforce agri-food systems corridors.
Canada calls discussions with US on USMCA ’constructive’
9-Mar-2026 Reuters
Canada and the US held a "constructive" discussion on the review of the North American free trade pact, the office of the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade said.
French blockade looms over Commission’s plan to fast-track trade deals in English
9-Mar-2026 Euronews
The European Commission plans to accelerate trade deal ratification by circulating only English versions for approval by EU governments and the European Parliament Paris is set to oppose the move if it goes ahead.
UAE Zambia partnership Agreement: comprehensive economic framework analysis
6-Mar-2026 Discovery Alert
The UAE Zambia CEPA reflects deeper structural alignments in resource availability, capital flows, and strategic economic positioning. Understanding the mineral exploration importance becomes crucial when examining such partnerships, especially given Zambia’s substantial mineral endowments.
African trade ministers agree on common position before WTO MC14 in Yaoundé
6-Mar-2026 GhanaWeb
African trade ministers have adopted a unified continental position on World Trade Organisation matters ahead of the organisation’s 14th Ministerial Conference, emphasising the mutually reinforcing relationship between multilateralism and regional integration as essential to advancing Africa’s economic interests.
Angola invests $636m in border corridor to formalise trade under AfCFTA
6-Mar-2026 Finance in Africa
Angola has stepped up its regional trade ambitions with a $636 million investment in a new border trade corridor designed to tighten customs oversight and formalise commerce with the DRC. The project positions Luvo as a strategic node under the AfCFTA, which seeks to lower trade barriers and deepen intra-African commerce.
Fast-tracking the UAE-Ecuador BIT: Executive decrees, constitutional limits, and democratic resistance to ISDS
6-Mar-2026 CCSI
What makes this BIT remarkable is how it is being forced through despite clear constitutional text and two recent referenda rejecting ISDS.
Is Bangladesh under diplomatic and psychological pressure over trade deal with US?
6-Mar-2026 Prothomalo
Bangladesh should request time for review, monitor the ongoing legal uncertainties, highlight the limitations of its economic capacity, and most importantly inform the United States that the agreement will be reassessed and revised through the national parliament.
Pakistan advances PTA with Eurasian Economic Union and $1 billion Russia trade deal
6-Mar-2026 Times of Islamabad
Pakistani Ambassador to Russia Faisal Niaz Tirmizi has announced the imminent launch of negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union and the Russian Federation.
Canada signing agreement with EU to enhance free trade deal
6-Mar-2026 CBC
Trade ministers from Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agreement. Negotiations to add digital trade provisions begin Thursday.
US, Mexico to launch review process of USMCA trade pact week of March 16
6-Mar-2026 Reuters
US and Mexican negotiators will hold bilateral discussions starting the week ​of March 16 as part of the joint ‌review of the United States–Mexico–Canada trade agreement, the US Trade Representative’s office said.
Japan, UAE conclude free trade negotiations
6-Mar-2026 Nippon
Japan and the United Arab Emirates have concluded negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement for free trade, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.
DNP+ and MSF welcome the removal of harmful IP provisions in EU-India FTA , but call for continued vigilance
6-Mar-2026 Médecins Sans Frontières
Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) notes positively that the intellectual Property (IP) chapter of this trade deal largely preserves India’s public health safeguards and does not include any harmful provisions that go beyond the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS agreement, such as data exclusivity or patent term extensions.
Indonesia-United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade: a serious threat to national sovereignty and national interest - Indonesia for Global Justice
6-Mar-2026 Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ) firmly condemns and strongly opposes the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) between Indonesia and the United States, which threatens national sovereignty, narrows Indonesia’s policy space for national development, and places Indonesia in a position equivalent to being a subordinate to U.S. interests.
Global call to mobilise against the WTO and free trade agreements
5-Mar-2026 La Via Campesina
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) prepares for its 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, this March, we must confront the troubling reality of its impact on global trade.
UK court rules Spain cannot claim state immunity in renewable energy incentives dispute
5-Mar-2026 Reuters
Spain cannot ​claim immunity to stop a multimillion-euro award over cuts to renewable energy incentives ‌being registered in Britain, the UK’s top court ruled, limiting states’ ability to claim immunity in disputes with investors.
AFTINET submission to reviews of ISDS in agreements with Egypt and Eastern European countries
5-Mar-2026 AFTINET
The submission recommends that Bilateral Investment agreements with Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania and Romania should be terminated without sunset clauses, which preserve existing investor rights to sue after agreements are terminated.
Brazil’s Senate ratifies Mercosur free trade deal with European Union
5-Mar-2026 France 24
Brazil has formally ratified a landmark free trade deal with the European Union, joining Argentina and Uruguay in creating one of the world’s largest trade blocs.