ISDS Case Map
digital economy | e-commerce
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.
The meetings brought together lead negotiators and legal experts from ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat to advance discussions on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement.
President Lee Jae Myung and Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong agreed to launch negotiations to upgrade their countries' free trade agreement (FTA) and step up cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) during summit talks.
The Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice (Koalisi MKE) urges President Prabowo Subianto not to ratify the reciprocal trade agreement (ART) between Indonesia and the United States (US) signed on February 19, 2026. The 19% tariff reduction obtained by Indonesia in this agreement is not commensurate with the surrender of the country's sovereignty to US interests.
The AfCFTA Secretariat, Quest Ghana Limited, and the Seychelles government signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the archipelago as a digital trade hub. The initiative focuses on integrating Seychellois businesses into Africa’s digital value chains.
Trade ministers from Canada and the European Union are set to sign on to a series of improvements to their bilateral trade agreement. Negotiations to add digital trade provisions begin Thursday.
The deal points to creating a secure digital trade environment by promoting paperless transactions and cyber-security .
This so-called ‘deal’ is a one-sided neocolonial trap that locks Indonesia into binding, economy-wide concessions to benefit large U.S. corporate interests.
Digital trade rules embedded in Bangladesh’s new agreement with the US may deprive Bangladesh of tax revenues and also limit the expansion of digital economy, say experts.
Kenya announced the launch of BiasharaLink and Deal House, two digital platforms designed to strengthen economic diplomacy and boost intra-African trade. The initiative seeks to address the execution gap in trade agreements across the continent and to operationalize the AfCFTA.
