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Method to the madness: How Trump’s chaotic trade agenda benefits big tech
17-Oct-2025     Public Citizen
A close examination of the dizzying chaos surrounding President Trump’s tariff threats and secretive “trade deals” shows a disturbing throughline: this is nothing but a shakedown on behalf of Big Tech.
Cambodia ‘dodged a bullet’ by securing 19% tariff deal with US
15-Oct-2025     Khmer Times
Cambodia dodged a bullet by successfully negotiating a tariff deal with the US, which brought down the rates from 36 percent to 19 percent.
Trump says he’ll discuss trade deal with Milei, defends Argentina lifeline
15-Oct-2025     Buenos Aires Times
US President Donald Trump says he will discuss a potential free-trade agreement with Argentina during White House talks with President Javier Milei.
Understanding digital services taxes
29-Sep-2025     Public Citizen
The US has raised a dispute about the imposition of this tax under “nondiscrimination” provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, alleging that these taxes are targeted at US companies.
Map: Big Tech’s targets in Trump’s secret tariff negotiations
16-Sep-2025     Public Citizen
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.
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
12-Sep-2025     Rethink Trade
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
12-Sep-2025     The American Prospect
Emails from the US trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
US and Ecuador: A trade agreement nears
5-Sep-2025     Devdiscourse
The United States and Ecuador have announced advancements in their trade agreement and tariff discussions.
Battling for farmers' seed systems: UPOV 91 and trade agreements
4-Sep-2025     IATP
A IATP report on on how the U.S. and its seeds companies use free trade agreements to undermine the policy space available for farmers to save, use, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds.
Mounting corporate pressure on Honduras threatens community rights
25-Jul-2025     Mongabay
New data on foreign arbitration claims in Honduras reveal that the lawsuits filed by corporations against the country now total $19.4 billion in legal claims, equivalent to roughly 53% of Honduras’ GDP in 2024.