18-Jun-2025
21st century chronicle
Amb. Isiaka Imam, Secretary-General, D-8, Organisation for Economic Cooperation, says the organisation is focusing on achieving a target of 500 billion dollars in intra-trade among member countries by 2030.
18-Jun-2025
The Jakarta Post
The negotiations for the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (I-EU CEPA) have concluded, but the agreement is not expected to take effect before 2027. Once fully implemented, the trade deal is projected to Indonesia’s exports to the European Union by up to 50% over the first three years.
17-Jun-2025
The Japan News
The government may propose increasing duty-free imports of US rice in negotiations over US tariffs, according to government sources.
17-Jun-2025
Japan Consumers’ Association
The Japan Consumers Federation is concerned that Japanese agriculture and food safety will be used as bargaining chips and sacrificed in the Japan-US trade negotiations, and has issued the following emergency statement.
17-Jun-2025
Business Daily
On June 12, 2025, China announced it would extend duty-free market access to 53 African countries, eliminating tariffs on 98 percent of taxable products originating from these nations.
17-Jun-2025
Consumers’ Association of Penang
Consumers’ Association of Penang submitted a Memorandum on June 2025 to strongly urge the Malaysian government not to rush to endorse and/or sign the trade deal with EFTA. If a deal is to be signed, such a deal must not contain any TRIPS-plus obligation.
17-Jun-2025
Club of mozambique
The Mozambican government intends to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States. An economist at the CIP fears that it could harm the country’s economy due to “weak competitiveness”.
16-Jun-2025
Citizens Trade Campaign
As the review of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade deal approaches, hundreds of labor and civil society organizations across the United States have written to the Trump administration with shared views on the significant changes needed for the pact to benefit working families and communities.
13-Jun-2025
European Coordination Via Campesina
Despite promises to listen to farmers and take action to tackle the crises of prices and generational renewal in the farming sector, EU and national government decision makers try to force the closure of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade agreement.
13-Jun-2025
Business Standard
The focus of India and the EU negotiation is now on easing regulatory hurdles to facilitate smoother trade, especially for key Indian exports facing high EU barriers, such as chillies, tea, Basmati rice, and dairy products.
13-Jun-2025
Business in Cameroon
On June 11, Cameroon officially deposited its instruments of ratification for the Samoa Agreement at the EU headquarters in Brussels. This new partnership agreement between the EU and the countries of Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific is set to replace the 2000 Cotonou Agreement, which established the framework for the Economic Partnership Agreements.
13-Jun-2025
Club of Mozambique
The Mozambican government is considering a free trade agreement with the United States of America (USA) administration as a way of negotiating a reduction in tariffs imposed in early April, AIM Moçambique reports.
