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UAE, Bahrain enforce investment protection pact to strengthen bilateral economic ties
12-May-2025     Arabian Business
The agreement provides a comprehensive legal framework that ensures full protection for investments and strengthens mutual investor confidence.
Singapore and EU sign digital trade pact, deepening cooperation amid global uncertainties
10-May-2025     The Straits Times
Singapore and the European Union inked a digital trade agreement designed to provide greater clarity and legal certainty for businesses on both sides to transact online more seamlessly.
Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block
10-May-2025     The Guardian
Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement.
What is in the UK-US tariff deal?
10-May-2025     BBC
It is only the bare bones of a narrow agreement, there will be months of negotiations and legal paperwork to follow.
Türkiye, UK to begin free trade agreement renewal talks in July: Trade Minister
10-May-2025     Türkiye Today
The first round of negotiations to modernize the free trade agreement between Türkiye and the United Kingdom is scheduled to begin in July, Türkiye’s Trade Minister Omer Bolat announced.
Russia, China to sign new investment protection agreement
10-May-2025     TASS
The new agreement after its signing will replace a similar one that was enforced in 2006.
Malaysia continues GCC trade talks that began in 2011
10-May-2025     AGBI
Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that talks on closing a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council are continuing, 14 years after they first began.
New German Chancellor wants EU-Mercosur deal expedited
10-May-2025     MercoPress
Germany's newly appointed Chancellor Friedrich Merz supported the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, despite France's reservations due to environmental concerns.
EU accelerating free trade talks with Asia: trade chief
9-May-2025     The Daily Star
The European Union is speeding up free trade negotiations with key Asian countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and India, in response to the heavy tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.
US declines to engage with ASEAN as a group on tariffs
9-May-2025     The Sun
The United States has chosen to avoid tariff negotiations with ASEAN as a unified group, preferring instead to engage in bilateral talks with individual member countries, according to Malaysia’s Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry.