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• 20-Mar-2026 NewsBytes

  India, Russia working on free trade deal: What’s on agenda?

  India and Russia are working on a free trade agreement, Sergey Glazyev, the State Secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, said.

• 20-Mar-2026 The Economic Times

  Farmers seek agri, dairy carve-out in India-US trade deal over duty-free import fears

  Farmers under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) demanded agriculture, dairy and poultry sectors be excluded from the proposed India-US trade agreement, emphasising that duty-free imports would spell doom for domestic producers.

• 20-Mar-2026 The Hindu

  West Asia troubles to delay India’s FTA talks with GCC countries and Israel

  The FTA with the UK, however, could be implemented by May 1 and the trade agreement with the European Union could be ratified by the European Parliament by the end of November this year.
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  20-Mar-2026 CSIS

  The new containment doctrine: How the United States is using trade to stop digital regulation

  Using tariff threats as leverage, the United States is transforming what has been a domestic regulatory choice into a negotiable trade concession, seeking to establish precedents that will shape digital governance negotiations for years.
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  20-Mar-2026 TNI

  The Argentina-US trade agreement turns the RIGI into a mega investment protection treaty

  The agreement, which still has to be approved by the Argentine Congress, will give the Incentives Regime for Large Investments (RIGI) a central role, converting it into a mechanism to satisfy the appetites of US corporations.
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  20-Mar-2026 Western Sahara Resource Watch

  MEPs push back on Commission over Western Sahara in EU–Morocco trade

  MEPs from across the political spectrum sharply criticised the European Commission over its handling of EU-Morocco trade relations covering occupied Western Sahara, raising concerns over legality, transparency and an apparent disregard for Parliament’s role.

• 20-Mar-2026 The Straits Times

  Singapore-based energy firm Sinolam files arbitration request against Panama

  Singapore-based energy developer Sinolam International has filed for arbitration before a World Bank international court against Panama following the cancellation of its licence for a gas-fired power generation project.

• 19-Mar-2026 Arab Reform Initiative

  Toward a fairer EU-Tunisia agricultural partnership

  This policy analysis traces the roots of Tunisia’s agricultural trade policies, examining key multilateral obligations and the asymmetric outcomes of its trade agreements with the EU.It outlines how the deep power imbalance between the EU and Tunisia is affecting Tunisia’s agricultural policies and documents the critiques and resistance to deeper trade integration among Tunisian civil society, unions, and farmers.
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  19-Mar-2026 Power Shift

  Adding fuel to the climate crisis: the EU-Mercosur agreement

  This publication provides an overview of the consequences of the EUMercosur agreement in relation to deforestation, environmental destruction and climate change.

• 19-Mar-2026 PNA

  PH gets support for Trans-Pacific free trade accord membership

  The Philippines is among the economies that have secured support from the members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership as it seeks to join the multinational trade bloc, a high-ranking Australian official said.

• 19-Mar-2026 UK Government

  Update following Round 4 of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Turkey

  The fourth round of negotiations on an enhanced Free Trade Agreement with Turkey took place in London during the week commencing 23 February 2026.

• 19-Mar-2026 Business Insider Africa

  US-Morocco trade pact gains fresh momentum as both sides target industrial growth

  The United States government and Morocco are seeking to strengthen industrial cooperation following fresh talks between senior officials aimed at unlocking new investment flows and deepening long-standing economic ties.

• 19-Mar-2026 Nikkei Asia

  Malaysia says US trade pact ’void’ in wake of court tariff ruling

  After two days of confusing statements, Malaysia confirmed that its agreement on reciprocal trade with Washington is "null and void" and no longer applies in the wake of the US Supreme Court striking down President Donald Trump’s "reciprocal" tariffs.

• 19-Mar-2026 The Diplomat

  The Indonesia-US agreement: A ‘reciprocal’ trade deal that isn’t

  In the 2026 Indonesia-U.S. Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, the phrase “Indonesia shall” appears more than 200 times. “United States shall” appears in just nine. The agreement may not hold up under international law.

• 19-Mar-2026 AP

  A new US trade deal with Indonesia secures fossil fuels and access to critical minerals

  A new trade pact between Indonesia and the United States has recast their economic ties, binding Jakarta’s resource wealth and energy future more closely to Washington’s strategic needs.

• 19-Mar-2026 Euronews

  European Parliament moves to revive the EU-US trade deal after months of gridlock

  MEPs moved day to revive the EU–US trade deal, scheduling a committee vote, but infighting between political groups keeps final approval by the full assembly uncertain with both March and April floated.

• 19-Mar-2026 Politis

  Canada’s foreign investment problem is heading to arbitration

  Arbitration claims are costly to defend, politically sensitive, and, regardless of outcome, signal uncertainty to global investors.

• 19-Mar-2026 The Manila Times

  Eco Oro completes second tranche of US$4.5 million financing

  The proceeds of the Private Placement will be principally used to support the Company’s application to annul the damages award issued on July 15, 2024 awarding no monetary compensation to the Company in its arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Colombia.

• 18-Mar-2026 Energy Charter

  Written notification of withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty

  On 16 March 2026, Iceland deposited with the Energy Charter Secretariat, in its capacity as the Depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty on an interim basis.

• 18-Mar-2026 Money Control

  India-Gulf bloc FTA talks likely only in second half of the year as Iran war rages

  India and the Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain, signed the Terms of Reference February to launch FTA negotiations
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