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Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Grace Fu (right) and EU Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic at the signing of the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement in May 2025.

Mexico's Sheinbaum, Trump talk trade as USMCA review approaches

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Vietnam, EU elevate diplomatic ties as international order ‘is under threat’

FILE PHOTO: European Union and Vietnamese flags are seen at the government office in Hanoi, Vietnam June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kha/ File Photo

EU adds India in rush for trade deals after Trump’s return

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, January 27, 2026. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

EU Parliament refers Mercosur trade deal to bloc’s top court, to joy of European farmers

Farmers outside the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, France, celebrating on Jan 21, as lawmakers vote to refer the recently-signed Mercosur trade deal to the courts.

Mexico says trade pact with US will survive despite Trump's skepticism

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the Manzanillo seaport as Mexican authorities bet on positive economic growth and the strength of global trade building an expansion to the port named \"Nuevo Manzanillo\", in Manzanillo, Mexico, April 22, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

France to vote against Mercosur trade deal, Macron says

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France January 8, 2026. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 19, 2025

A police officer walking with a wounded man, during protests by farmers in Brussels on Dec 18 against the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal between the EU and the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Germany, Spain urge EU to back Mercosur trade pact, but France resists

A protester wearing a Jeunes Agriculteurs (Young Farmers) flag throws a vegetable near the European Parliament in Brussels, during a farmers' protest on Dec 18 over the EU-Mercosur deal.

EU-Mercosur deal delayed as farmers stage Brussels show of force

A police officer walking with a wounded man, during protests by farmers in Brussels on Dec 18 against the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal between the EU and the South American countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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