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ASEAN, China signal commitment to rules-based trade with ACFTA 3.0
ASEAN Secretary General Dr Kao Kim Hourn said the upgrade would mark a new chapter in the partnership with technology and innovation at the centre of the cooperation.
Map: Big Tech’s targets in Trump’s secret tariff negotiations
A new analysis maps the wide array of policies around the world on data privacy, AI accountability, digital taxes, and anti-monopoly laws that Big Tech industry lobbyists have urged US trade negotiators to target.
Cross-border data flows and free trade agreements
Provisions that restrict the regulation of cross-border data flows can limit the ability of States to implement domestic measures to protect the privacy and security of consumer data.
Source code disclosure and free trade agreements
Consumer rights are at risk when FTAs limit the ability of countries, their regulatory and oversight agencies, or appropriate third parties to monitor the software being imported into their territories.
Trump administration must choose between Big Tech and US sovereignty as industry seeks to weaponize trade policy to attack data security, privacy policies in other nations that US has also adopted
Congress and federal agencies and US states have adopted the same sorts of data security and privacy policies that Big Tech lobbyists are pushing President Trump to attack as the “illegal trade barriers.”
The tech lobbying is coming from inside the house
Emails from the US trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
Google adtech fine on hold as EU awaits lower US car duties, sources say
EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal.
How fining Elon Musk’s X could threaten the US-EU trade deal
The European Union is expected to penalize the company, which has been accused of breaching the Digital Services Act, a law President Trump has criticized.
Digital taxes put US-EU trade talks under pressure
Trump is now threatening retaliation over EU tech rules, shaking the bloc’s 15% tariff deal. Lacking China’s rare earths leverage, Brussels is scrambling for countermeasures — what cards can it still play?
AfCFTA | bank of Algeria joins PAPSS network as Algeria prepares to host Intra-African Trade Fair 2025
Algeria now becomes the 18th country of presence for PAPSS, marking a significant step in advancing Africa’s journey towards deeper financial integration. Algeria’s accession to PAPSS comes at a moment when the nation prepares to host the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025) from September 4-10 2025 in Algiers, Algeria.