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From trade deal to corporate takeover: threats of lawsuit abuse in RCEP
7-Oct-2025 IBON International
This episode unpacks the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, world’s largest free trade agreement, and the dangerous push to insert the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism into its investment chapter.
AfCFTA risks failure without labor protections, union leader warns
7-Oct-2025 News Ghana
The African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) promise of transformative economic integration could remain unfulfilled unless governments design industrial policies that prioritize workers’ welfare alongside trade liberalization, according to a prominent labor economist.
Parliament trade chief calls Commission’s handling of Morocco deal ‘outrageous’
7-Oct-2025 Euractiv
“Despite having just improved our framework with the Commission to prevent this kind of situation ... they’ve gone ahead and done exactly that,” Bernd Lange, who chairs Parliament’s trade committee, said
Spanish farmers turn to legal action against recent EU-Morocco agreement
7-Oct-2025 Yabiladi
The Coordinating Body of Farmers and Livestock Breeders Organizations in Spain (COAG) has announced plans to pursue legal action against the trade agreement between the European Commission and Morocco.
How a dead US trade deal is pushing Africa further into China’s orbit
7-Oct-2025 South China Morning Post
Lapse of African Growth and Opportunity Act deals tariff blow to continent and ‘creates fertile ground’ for Beijing to expand its clout.
India, Qatar target mid-2026 for Free Trade Agreement signing: Piyush Goyal
7-Oct-2025 The Economic Times
India and Qatar are on track to finalise a Free Trade Agreement by mid-2026, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced during a business delegation visit aimed at expanding bilateral trade and investment.
Morocco and EU reach new trade deal including Western Sahara farming products
6-Oct-2025 Reuters
orocco and the European Union have agreed to introduce origin labeling as an amendment to their agricultural deal, ensuring that products from Western Sahara receive the same preferential tariffs as those originating from Morocco, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said on Thursday.
India–EU FTA: 14th round of trade talks to resume in Brussels today
6-Oct-2025 Financial Express
India and the EU resume the 14th round of Free Trade Agreement talks in Brussels, aiming for a December 2025 conclusion.
Talks on proposed trade pacts with Chile, Peru in Oct, Nov
6-Oct-2025 Financial Express
India is set to resume free trade agreement negotiations with Peru in November and will hold a second round of talks with Chile under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement in late October.
Soybeans: China’s new bargaining chip in trade war with US?
6-Oct-2025 South China Morning Post
While US officials express expectations of meaningful progress in the next round of trade talks, analysts suggest soybeans are poised to become a key bargaining chip for China in upcoming negotiations, and a comprehensive deal may not be easily signed.
PH seeks to update trade deal with Japan
6-Oct-2025 Inquirer.net
The Philippines is looking to revive discussions to update the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement, in a bid to widen market access for local agricultural products.
China to speed up zero-tariff trade pact with Kenya
6-Oct-2025 The Star
Chinese Ambassador to Kenya, Guo Haiyan, said the two countries will work together to ensure Kenyans start benefiting as soon as possible from the deal. In 2023, China was Kenya’s largest source of imports, valued at approximately Sh459 billion.
The corporate siege of Honduras: international arbitration demands, energy transition, and state sovereignty
3-Oct-2025 bilaterals.org
Between July 14 and 17, in the city of Choluteca (Honduras), more than 60 people from 20 local communities and representatives of national and international social movements gathered for the “Meeting of communities affected by energy projects in southern Honduras - Without human rights, there is no energy sovereignty.”
India, US agree not to seek info on source code
3-Oct-2025 The Economic Times
Selling of products and services by US companies in India is likely to get easier with the two countries renegotiating a trade deal, with focus on facilitating digital trade.
India-Asean officials to meet in Jakarta to resume goods trade pact review
3-Oct-2025 NDTV
The official said that the work on the review of the Asean-India Trade in Goods Agreement has progressed well, but it is still some distance from conclusion for any announcement.
The international investment legal regime, climate change, and human rights: an overview
3-Oct-2025 CIEL
Fossil fuel companies alone have launched over 300 ISDS cases, seeking over $80 billion in damages for climate-related policies aimed at phasing out oil, gas, and coal.
Bangladesh, Japan set to finalise economic partnership deal by year-end
3-Oct-2025 Jagonews24.com
Bangladesh is on the cusp of signing its first-ever Economic Partnership Agreement with Japan, as the country prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status in 2026.
ICSID caseload statistics 2025: key trends and insights
3-Oct-2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
ICSID has released its FY 2025 caseload statistics, unveiling new data on damages including the difference between damages claimed and damages awarded.
Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need
2-Oct-2025 CCPA
Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development.
EFTA seeks Bilateral Investment Treaty with India to support $100 billion investment commitment
2-Oct-2025 CNBC TV18
The European Free Trade Association has proposed a Bilateral Investment Treaty with India to encourage its member countries’ companies to fulfill their collective investment commitment of $100 billion over the next 15 years.