The Trump administration released a new “Agreement on Reciprocal Trade” with Guatemala, following the nearly identical one released yesterday with El Salvador.

The shift in globalisation is not just a bump in the road. It signals a deep transformation of the world economy, its political balances and its power relations.

A little-known yet powerful legal mechanism is undermining the energy transition, by enabling fossil fuel companies to sue countries that take climate action.

Trump’s destructive foreign policy not only reveals the emptiness of the liberal ’rules-based order’, but announces a new approach built on military might and open corporate power.

Asian farmers are bearing the heaviest burden of Washington’s import tariffs. And tariffs are only part of the threat.

The agreement focuses on removing barriers, eliminating administrative, financial, technical, quantitative, and qualitative restrictions that impede trade.

Australian and European officials are scrambling to bridge the gap for an elusive free trade agreement as diplomatic heavyweights prepare a meeting to seal the deal.

Both countries agree to recognize US regulatory certificates and to protect common cheese and meat terms.

South Korea needs more discussion with the US on a trade deal they reached last year, the industry minister said after two days of talks through Friday with his counterpart, following US President Donald Trump’s announcement to raise tariffs.

The Philippines government is negotiating lower tariffs on banana exports to Japan as a stopgap measure before the country secures zero duties through its potential membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The meeting between Pakistan’s Commerce Minister and Canada’s High Commissioner emphasized regulatory reforms and progress on the Bilateral Investment Treaty.

South Korea and the United Kingdom have concluded negotiations to upgrade their free trade agreement (FTA), prompting Korean companies to move swiftly to establish the UK as a strategic overseas base.

The EU–India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has raised concerns in neighboring countries Bangladesh and Pakistan, as it grants Indian goods duty-free access to 93% of the European market. This threatens the competitive advantage these nations have long held in European textile exports, which are vital to their economies.

Its conclusion has been driven in large part by shifting geopolitical pressures from Washington and Beijing, which have forced both Brussels and New Delhi to reassess their strategic positioning.

“The EU is at a fork in the road: It can follow the US down a volatile, destructive path or it can forge its own course toward stability.”

Lawmakers want agreement to be voided if US president threatens Greenland again.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard agreed on Wednesday to begin formal discussions on possible reforms to the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Despite two decades of being handed preferential access to global markets, Nigeria remains trapped in oil dependence as many deals fail to deliver the much-needed diversification.

Tunisia, Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, Togo, and Angola shared practical experiences in implementing the Digital Trade Protocol. These country presentations demonstrated concrete progress in areas such as digital identity systems, payment infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks that support cross-border digital commerce.

Ghana’s growing imports under the AfCFTA, without a corresponding rise in exports, could erode the country’s industrial base and dilute the core objectives of the continental trade pact, an international trade expert has warned.

The Working Group points out that the European Commission’s press release states the agreement provides for a high level of protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property rights, including copyright, trademarks, designs, trade secrets and plant variety rights.

A landmark trade deal struck by India and the European Union on Tuesday will not trigger any changes to the bloc’s carbon border tariff, EU officials said, despite India’s concerns over the scheme.

The free trade agreement between the European Union and India underscores the EU’s efforts to ink new global partnerships at a time when the Trump administration has rattled the region’s capitals which have long relied on a stable relationship with Washington on trade, defense and diplomacy.

TEPA addresses fundamental conflicts of emerging market investment structures. The agreement will enable India to escape the ISDS 2015 liability trap, balancing defensive provisions with a pro-investor focus.

The EU is moving toward a regional trade deal with ASEAN, but for now, it’s focusing on bilateral pacts with member states as building blocks. While agreements with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia (CEPA) are already in place or pending approval, negotiations with Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia are ongoing, with a 2027 target for finalization.

The Gulf Cooperation Council and Indonesia are aiming to finalize their free trade agreement in 2026, trade officials said on Saturday as they wrap up the fourth round of negotiations.

The India-EU free trade agreement, finalised after nearly two decades. This milestone has shifted focus to the long-stalled India-US trade deal, with hopes that the EU agreement may pressure the US to accelerate talks, despite ongoing disagreements over agriculture, digital trade, and India’s imports of Russian oil.

The Kenyan government is facing international legal action over allegations it copied and used Swiss border technology without permission or compensation.

Joint statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and the African Union Commission on the occasion of today’s agreement to establish a Strategic Investment Working Group.

Un mecanismo legal poco conocido pero poderoso está socavando la transición energética, al permitir que las empresas de combustibles fósiles demanden a los países que adopten medidas climáticas.

Ecuador acaba de firmar un “Tratado de Promoción y Protección de inversiones con Emiratos Árabes Unidos” (EAU), uno de los 10 mayores exportadores de petróleo del mundo, con una tasa de extracción de más de 3 millones de barriles al día; por lo tanto, uno de los principales responsables del calentamiento global por sus emisiones de CO2 provenientes de los combustibles fósiles.

En entrevista con Telesur, Luciana Ghiotto comenta la decisión del Parlamento Europeo de solicitar al Tribunal de Justicia del bloque, que evalúe si está en conformidad con los tratados regionales de la UE. Asimismo, analiza quiénes se benefician y quiénes se perjudican a un lado y otro del Atlántico.

Más de 25.000 agricultores y 15.000 tractores se movilizaron en múltiples puntos de España para rechazar el acuerdo comercial entre la Unión Europea y el Mercosur, actualmente paralizado tras su envío al Tribunal de Justicia de la UE, y los previstos recortes en los fondos de la Política Agraria Común (PAC).

Tras la firma del acuerdo con la Unión Europea (UE), el Mercosur pone el ojo en Japón, intenciones que se confirmaron con una reunión entre el canciller de Paraguay, Rubén Ramírez, y el director general para América Latina y el Caribe del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de ese país, Motoyuki Ishize, en Asunción.

El presidente de Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi, viajará a China al frente de una delegación de unas 150 personas, incluidos más de 100 empresarios, en una visita que prevé la firma de más de 30 acuerdos bilaterales y que, según el canciller Mario Lubetkin, prioriza el desarrollo estratégico de la relación por sobre TLC inmediato.

El representante comercial de Estados Unidos, Jamieson Greer, informó que, tras reunirse con el secretario de Economía de México, Marcelo Ebrard, ambos gobiernos acordaron iniciar conversaciones formales sobre posibles reformas estructurales al T-MEC), incluida la revisión de las reglas de origen.

A más de 30 años del TLCAN, comunidades de todo México denuncian un saldo de contaminación, enfermedades crónicas, despojo territorial y muerte. La Red Nacional de Comunidades Envenenadas en Resistencia (Renacer) exige justicia ambiental, atención sanitaria y el fin de un modelo que convirtió regiones enteras en zonas de sacrificio.

India y la Unión Europea (UE) concretaron un acuerdo de libre comercio que marca un hito en las relaciones económicas entre ambas partes, tras casi dos décadas de negociaciones intermitentes y meses de intensas conversaciones. El pacto busca abrir el mercado indio a los 27 países del bloque europeo.

El anuncio del gobierno de Nasry Asfura en Honduras, realizado en su primer día de mandato, sobre la intención de reincorporar al país al CIADI no responde a un trámite técnico, sino a una decisión política. El gesto envía una señal al sector privado de que los intereses corporativos volverán a ocupar un lugar central, aun a costa de los derechos y necesidades del pueblo hondureño.

El procurador general, Manuel Díaz Galeas, explicó que la salida de Honduras del CIADI, formalizada en agosto de 2024, respondió a criterios jurídicos y estratégicos claramente definidos, orientados a la defensa de la soberanía nacional y a la protección del Estado frente a una creciente ola de demandas internacionales.

La bataille contre cet accord d’un autre temps est loin d’être terminée : elle se jouera devant la Cour de justice de l’UE, mais aussi au niveau de la Commission, du Conseil et, in fine, du Parlement européen.

Le basculement de la mondialisation ne relève pas d’un simple accident de parcours. Il révèle une transformation profonde de l’économie mondiale, de ses équilibres politiques et de ses rapports de force.

Un mécanisme juridique peu connu, mais redoutablement efficace, permet aux entreprises du secteur des combustibles fossiles de mener des actions juridiques contre les pays qui prennent des mesures en faveur du climat.

L’Initiative Citoyenne Européenne pour suspendre définitivement l’accord d’association entre l’Union Européenne et Israël, lancée la semaine dernière, a récolté en seulement quelques jours plus de 380 000 soutiens, soit plus d’un tiers des signatures requises.

Les représentants du Mexique et des Etats-Unis ont progressé dans la révision de l’Accord de libre-échange Canada-Etats-Unis-Mexique, dans le but de mener à bien ce processus "aussi rapidement que possible".

Madagascar et l’Union européenne sont sur le point de conclure un nouvel accord commercial élargi, l’Accord de Partenariat Économique

Le groupe Al Habtoor, conglomérat basé aux Émirats arabes unis, a déclaré qu’il engagerait des poursuites judiciaires contre les autorités libanaises en raison d’un litige portant sur ses investissements dans le pays en crise.