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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.
Lupaka Gold sues Peru in the US to enforce nearly US$70mn ICSID award
5-Mar-2026 BNamericas
The Canadian company Lupaka Gold sued Peru before the District Court of Columbia in the United States to enforce an ICSID arbitration award from June 2025 for around US$69 million.
Lee, Singapore PM agree to launch FTA upgrade talks, strengthen AI cooperation
5-Mar-2026 Yonhap News Agency
President Lee Jae Myung and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong agreed to launch negotiations to upgrade their countries’ free trade agreement (FTA) and step up cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) during summit talks.
Indonesia, Uzbekistan launch Free Trade Agreement talks
5-Mar-2026 ANTARA News
Indonesia and Uzbekistan have launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, marked by a virtual signing of a joint statement and a Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement.
Uruguay activates Mercosur–Singapore FTA on a bilateral basis, opening preferential access to Southeast Asia
4-Mar-2026 MercoPress
The Free Trade Agreement between Mercosur and Singapore entered into force on a bilateral basis between Uruguay and the city-state on 1 March 2026, after both sides completed domestic procedures and deposited their instruments of ratification.
Trump’s deal with Argentina marks a new low in Big Pharma-friendly trade
3-Mar-2026 Public Citizen
The US-Argentina deal represents a new low in using US trade policy to bully countries into adopting intellectual property rules that expand Big Pharma’s monopoly power at the expense of access to affordable medicines.
India & Israel to expedite negotiations for an early signing of FTA
3-Mar-2026 The Hindu Businessline
India and Israel gave fresh momentum to bilateral trade ties by expediting negotiations for an early signing of a Free Trade Agreement even as the two countries elevated their relationship to a “Special Strategic Partnership for Peace, Innovation and Prosperity”.
India, Canada relaunch free trade talks after 2023 diplomatic chill
3-Mar-2026 The Economic Times
India and Canada have officially begun talks for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Both nations aim to finalize the pact by the end of 2026.
Ex-Yukos investors can enforce $65 billion arbitration award against Russia in UK, court rules
3-Mar-2026 Reuters
Former Yukos investors can seek to enforce an arbitration award against Russia now worth more than $65 billion over the seizure of the defunct oil group, London’s High Court ruled.