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ASEAN, China signal commitment to rules-based trade with ACFTA 3.0
18-Sep-2025 Bernama
ASEAN Secretary General Dr Kao Kim Hourn said the upgrade would mark a new chapter in the partnership with technology and innovation at the centre of the cooperation.
India & Eurasia to launch FTA talks
18-Sep-2025 The Economic Times
India and the five-nation Eurasian Economic Union are set to start discussions for a free trade agreement from November.
African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US trade programme
18-Sep-2025 Reuters
African manufacturers are lobbying US Congress to grant a last-ditch extension of one or two years to a duty-free trade programme due to expire at the end of September, a Kenyan factory owner involved in the campaign said.
European Commission calls for freezing of free trade with Israel over Gaza
18-Sep-2025 The Guardian
The EU executive has called for a suspension of free trade with Israel and sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
EU, Indonesia to sign trade pact next week in Bali, Indonesian minister says
18-Sep-2025 Reuters
The European Union (EU) and Indonesia have finalised a trade agreement to be signed next week in Bali island, a senior minister from the Southeast Asian nation said. The signing will occur on September 23, Indonesia’s senior economic minister Airlangga Hartarto told Reuters.
Bangladeshi government angling for free trade with EU
18-Sep-2025 Vietnam News
Bangladesh is seeking to sign free trade agreements with the European Union and other major trading partners to retain preferential access after graduating from the least-developed country category in November next year.
AfCFTA: A pan-African dream under influence?
17-Sep-2025 bilaterals.org
Is the AfCFTA truly an autonomous African initiative that serves the peoples of the continent, or is it merely another tool for maintaining the dominant global economic order?
Mexican envoy sees momentum for Korea-Mexico FTA, urges stronger private sector ties
17-Sep-2025 The Korea Times
Mexico and Korea are poised to revive stalled Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks, driven by a $29 billion trade volume and strong bilateral investment, with both nations seeking deeper economic integration.
Indonesia backs CEPA talks with Mercosur to boost trade
17-Sep-2025 Antara News
Indonesia, through Trade Minister Budi Santoso, has reiterated its strong support for advancing negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with Mercosur, the South American trade bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia.
Canada’s Alamos exits Türkiye, sells 3 gold mines to Nurol for $470M
17-Sep-2025 Türkiye Today
As part of the agreement, arbitration proceedings brought by Alamos’s Netherlands subsidiaries against the Republic of Türkiye under the Netherlands–Türkiye Bilateral Investment Treaty will remain suspended.
Withdraw from new bilateral investment treaty with Israel, rights groups and citizens urge Indian govt
17-Sep-2025 The Wire
Condemning the recently-inked India-Israel Bilateral Investment Treaty and terming it a clear sign of India’s complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, nearly 100 rights organisations and individuals have urged the Indian government to withdraw from the treaty.
Cancel the Canada-Israel free trade agreement
17-Sep-2025 CJPME
The Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement treats Palestinian land as though it were “Israeli,” rewarding illegal settlements and giving cover to Israel’s ceaseless colonial expansion.
US, Canada and Mexico kick off trade pact consultations
17-Sep-2025 Financial Post
The US, Canada and Mexico are set to formally begin consultations ahead of the high-stakes review of their regional USMCA trade accord next year, the US and Mexico announced.
NZ courts Fiji to join PACER Plus amid Fijian concerns over economic impact
17-Sep-2025 RNZ
New Zealand is courting Fiji to join a regional free trade and partnership agreement, but Fijian government officials say the island nation will decide whether to join the agreement by the end of the year.
Mercosur, EFTA sign FTA in Rio de Janeiro
17-Sep-2025 MercoPress
The Southern Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay) and the EFTA states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) signed a Free Trade Agreement, creating a zone of nearly 300 million people with a combined GDP of over US$4.3 trillion.
Map: Big Tech’s targets in Trump’s secret tariff negotiations
16-Sep-2025 Public Citizen
A new analysis maps the wide array of policies around the world on data privacy, AI accountability, digital taxes, and anti-monopoly laws that Big Tech industry lobbyists have urged US trade negotiators to target.
India in talks with nearly a dozen nations for trade agreement including US, EU, Australia
16-Sep-2025 The Tribune
According to official updates from the commerce ministry, the country has accelerated discussions on free trade agreements with key partners across multiple regions.
First Russian oil, now American corn: How US is using tariffs against India
16-Sep-2025 NDTV
After weeks of diplomatic friction, Trump said his administration is continuing negotiations to address trade barriers with India and that he would talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a sign of a thaw in the India-US ties.
Early harvest deal a target as India, EU speed up FTA talks
16-Sep-2025 Financial Express
India and the EU are fast-tracking FTA talks with an interim “early harvest” deal likely by year-end. With 60–65% chapters agreed, both sides push for market access, visa relaxations, and clarity on carbon tax exemptions amid global trade uncertainty.
India, US to hold trade talks today: Breakthrough expected in free trade agreement amid Trump’s tariffs
16-Sep-2025 India TV News
India and the United States will hold a day-long talk on the India-US bilateral trade deal in New Delhi on Tuesday, which was impacted after the imposition of 50 per cent import tariffs by the US on Indian goods.