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World Trade Organization
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EU to push for interim fix on stalled WTO investment pact
02/09/2026The European Union will push for the plurilateral World Trade Organization agreement on investment facilitation to be applied on [...] -
EU adds name to WTO e-commerce duty-free pledge
01/09/2026The European Union formally pledged not to apply import duties on electronic commerce transactions from 24 other countries, [...] -
Brazil launches WTO case against US tariffs
31/07/2026Brazil tabled a dispute settlement complaint against the United States’ latest round of tariffs at the World Trade [...]
- Interview: An ‘adequacy’ template for a WTO semiconductor trade deal
- Türkiye’s China EV tariffs breach WTO limits, panel rules
- Interview: The WTO ‘can’t be frozen forever in amber’
EFTA
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Switzerland shocked by 39% US tariffs
01/08/2025Switzerland faces tariffs of 39% on its exports to the United States of America from 7 August – one of the highest rates [...] -
EFTA, Singapore conclude digital economy agreement
10/07/2025The European Free Trade Association countries signed a new digital economy agreement with Singapore. The deal, announced [...] -
EFTA, Malaysia seal trade pact after decade-long talks
11/04/2025The European Free Trade Agreement countries and Malaysia have concluded a trade deal following more than ten years of [...]
- EFTA, Ukraine ink modernised trade agreement
- Blog: On Norway’s CBAM plan
- The India-EFTA free trade agreement: what was agreed
EU Mercosur
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Brazil faces months-long wait to lift EU meat ban
31/07/2026Brazilian exporters of beef and chicken are frontloading deliveries to the EU ahead of a ban on animal-product imports from the [...] -
Brazil blindsided by EU animal product import ban
12/05/2026Brazil reacted with surprise after the European Union excluded the country from a list of third countries authorised to export [...] -
Legal cloud hangs over EU-Mercosur pact as deal takes effect
30/04/2026The trade pillar of an EU-Mercosur partnership agreement will enter provisionally into force tomorrow, 1 May 2026. The deal [...]
- Opinion: Provisional application – a major step for EU–Mercosur
- Alert: EU-Mercosur trade deal to apply provisionally from 1 May
- EU to provisionally apply Mercosur trade agreement: how and when
