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18-Mar-2026
The Financial Express
Bangladesh and India accelerate negotiations to conclude a comprehensive economic deal aimed at strengthening bilateral trade, lowering tariff-and non-tariff barriers, attracting investment and deepening economic integration, sources say.
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18-Mar-2026
AP
Paraguay became the latest and final South American country to ratify the landmark free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, which will establish one of the world’s largest free trade zones.
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17-Mar-2026
Farm Online
Australia and the European Union have moved back into the "end game" of long-running free trade negotiations, with momentum building after a fresh ministerial push and leaders poised to step in to attempt to reach a final agreement.
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17-Mar-2026
South China Morning Post
The US$240 billion deal isn’t ‘null and void’ yet, says the trade minister, as Malaysia waits for Washington to submit updated terms.
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17-Mar-2026
The Hindu Businessline
The government is also advancing other trade initiatives, including agreements with the United Kingdom and Oman awaiting ratification, concluded negotiations with the European Union and New Zealand, and ongoing talks with the United States and several other partners
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17-Mar-2026
Deccan Chronicle
The commerce ministry said that India inked terms of reference with countries such as Philippines and the Maldives to start negotiations for free trade agreements.
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17-Mar-2026
Ecofin
Falcon Energy Materials, a UAE-based company, said it had initiated international arbitration proceedings against Guinea, alleging the “illegal expropriation” of its Lola graphite project.
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16-Mar-2026
The New York Times
A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.
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16-Mar-2026
AP
The North American economies could agree to renew USMCA as it is for another 16 years— a prospect that appears unlikely. Or they could keep working on ways to improve it; under a convoluted renewal process, they have until 2036 to reach an agreement — or the pact expires.
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16-Mar-2026
Reuters
India will hold off on signing a trade deal with the United States for several months, four Indian sources said, as fresh investigations by President Donald Trump’s administration into what it calls excess industrial capacity among trading partners add new friction.
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16-Mar-2026
Yonhap
South Korea has won an international arbitration case brought by Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler Holding AG, avoiding a potential payout of 320 billion won ($211.4 million) in damages, the justice ministry said.
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16-Mar-2026
News of Bahrain
The United States and Ecuador have agreed to reduce tariff rates between the two nations, officials said, as countries seek to navigate US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff campaign.
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16-Mar-2026
USTR
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13-Mar-2026
European Commission
The 5th round of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the EU and the Philippines took place between 2 and 6 March 2026 in Brussels.
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13-Mar-2026
Politico
Brussels now needs to formally notify the South American group of its intention to provisionally implement the accord.
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13-Mar-2026
bilaterals.org
The Canada-Indonesia trade deal’s “women-inclusive” label masks a neoliberal agenda that benefits Canadian corporations more than Indonesian women. It exploits feminist language to legitimize market expansion, while reinforcing structural inequalities—especially the burden of unpaid care work on women—and enabling corporate power through costly investor rights (ISDS). True gender justice requires systemic change, not just market inclusion.
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12-Mar-2026
Public Citizen
The US Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the tariffs is yet another reason for countries like Indonesia to be wary of ratifying these deals negotiated with the Trump administration.
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12-Mar-2026
Peoples Dispatch
Developing nations are compelled to adopt legal frameworks favoring multinational seed companies, often through trade agreements and regional protocols that serve imperialist interests and control over the economies of the Global South.
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12-Mar-2026
The Business Standard
Bangladesh and Indonesia have agreed to accelerate negotiations on a Preferential Trade Agreement to expand bilateral trade and deepen economic cooperation.
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12-Mar-2026
Latin Finance
Leaders of the South American bloc hope the recent EU trade deal will provide the political will for other pacts with the United Arab Emirates and Canada.
