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China signal push to upgrade Switzerland FTA, expanding trade to services, digital sectors
China pushes to upgrade Switzerland trade deal, expanding ties into services and digital economy.
How India’s new free trade agreement with the EU limits AI governance
The India–EU FTA’s formulation of source‑code and algorithmic provisions appears to narrow India’s policy authority, as it shifts the balance towards post‑incident enforcement and away from proactive oversight, at a time when India’s scale and diversity require the opposite.
‘Expect more pressure’: How the Trump administration is bullying the world on behalf of big tech
At least ten countries signed off deals or frameworks designed to benefit American tech companies in 2025.
The e-commerce plurilateral reveals the backdoor strategy to adopt JSIs
Arguably, the most significant outcome from the World Trade Organization’s “reform” ministerial conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon in March 2026 was the adoption by a sub-group of 66 Members of a plurilateral agreement on electronic commerce.
Africa’s digital trade push requires 700 data centres, says AfCFTA chief
Africa will need more than 700 data centres to support the digital trade architecture envisioned under the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene said.
UK and Ghana collaborate to build pioneering Neofingo digital trade finance corridor
ODI Global, in partnership with government's 24-Hour Economy Authority, the AfCFTA Secretariat, has announced the development of a network and protocol called Neofingo at a forum held simultaneously in London and Accra.
One year of Trump tariffs prove corporate profits always came before the public interest
The 2026 NTE Report makes it clear that the Trump administration’s primary motivation behind its trade policy is to protect the profits of big US companies.
Comparing the digital trade provisions in the new US trade deals
Focus on certain digital trade provisions in the nine agreements for which we now have the full legal text.
MC14: JSI plurilateral on e-commerce concludes without US participation
A large group comprising some 66 countries on 28 March announced the conclusion of their Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) “Declaration on Interim Arrangements for Agreement on Electronic Commerce”.
EU and CPTPP agree to progress with "historic" digital trade deal, Canada's international trade minister says
The European Union and the parties to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Friday to move ​forward with reaching a "historic" digital trade agreement between both ​trading blocs.