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Dominican Republic and Ecuador sign pact to boost trust in digital transactions
Dominican Today
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July 4, 2025
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic and Ecuador have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening legal security and trust in digital transactions through the mutual recognition of electronic signatures. The agreement was...
Mercosur and EFTA finalize free trade agreement
Fresh Plaza
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July 4, 2025
Mercosur, South America's leading trade bloc, and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have finalized a trade agreement. EFTA includes Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland, while Mercosur consists of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay,...
Seafood Expo Bharat day three recap: EU to pay more for squid, cuttlefish; India leads Ecuador in small, peeled shrimp
Undercurrent News
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July 4, 2025
Undercurrent News reported from the Seafood Expo Bharat, held in the Indian city of Chennai between July 1 and 3. You can read all the news from day three below: EU importers should expect to pay more for squid, cuttlefish this year, says Jeelani...
US-Vietnam Trade Deal Targets China, Sparks Regional Alarm
TechRepublic
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July 4, 2025
US President Donald Trump. Image: The White House A fraught, high-stakes trade pact between the US and Vietnam is triggering alarm across Asia, after President Donald Trump announced proposed tariffs that remained unconfirmed by Hanoi, while...
Stanley Fischer, economist and IMF crisis handler
The Times
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In the summer of 1998 the rouble lost more than two thirds of its value and Stanley Fischer surrendered a portion of his dignity. Fischer, an economic theorist turned financial-crisis firefighter, was second in command at the International...
Caught between China and US, South American bloc rethinks its trade game as internal rifts deepen
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, July 4 — South America’s Mercosur bloc sought yesterday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump’s global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. “It’s time for Mercosur to...
Mercosur-EFTA deal: South America, Europe forge new economic corridor with free trade pact
Firstpost
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July 3, 2025
South America’s largest trading bloc, Mercosur has signed a trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after 10 years of negotiation amid global economic uncertainties read more South America’s largest trading bloc,...
Vietnam’s deal with the U.S. will complicate trade with China
The Detroit News - Michigan
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The terms of a new trade deal between the United States and Vietnam underscore one of the Trump administration’s central objectives in Asia, economists and region analysts say: clamping down on trade with China. President Donald Trump said this...
Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 3, 2025
Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar...
Brazil’s Lula da Silva promises to fortify Mercosur’s trade with foreign associates
Buenos Aires Herald
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July 3, 2025
Updated at 3:09 p.m. Brazilian President Lula da Silva promised to work toward “fortifying inter-bloc trade with foreign associates” in the next semester as pro tempore Mercosur president after receiving the post from his Argentine counterpart...
Traverse City florists face rising costs due to trade tariffs as wedding season nears
WGTU - Michigan
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — As the peak wedding season approaches, the floral industry is grappling with the impact of trade policies that are driving up costs. Angelica Hutchins, owner of the Blossom Shop in Traverse City, emphasized the significance...
Lula Urges MERCOSUR to Adopt Local Currencies for International Trade Payments
teleSUR
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Brazilian President Lula da Silva (L) and Argentine President Javier Milei (R), July 3, 2025. X/ @atanimaciones July 3, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Thursday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva called on member countries of the Southern Common Market...
In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood
LatinAmerican Post
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July 3, 2025
Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield. Their message from Sarayaku was urgent and straightforward: only...
South American bloc looks to Asia, Europe in face of Trump trade war
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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South America's Mercosur bloc sought Thursday to expand its markets in the face of US President Donald Trump's global trade war, with Brazil calling for closer ties with dynamic Asian economies. "It's time for Mercosur to look toward Asia,"...
Book Review: ‘Confessions of an Economic Hit Man’ by John Perkins
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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July 3, 2025
I was scrolling through WhatsApp messages the other day in a group known as ‘Hasec Pioneers 1998-1999’, the group was created exclusively for the Mt. Hagen Secondary pioneers from 1998-1999 to discuss topics on reunion and of national interest. It...
Indonesia’s aquaculture sector needs technical assistance, finance to match blue economy hype to reality: experts
Eco-Business
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July 3, 2025
Indonesia’s seaweed and shrimp farming sectors have been making headlines as booming industries that address food security, energy and climate concerns, but speakers at the Indonesia edition of Eco-Business’ annual flagship forum said there was a...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Ecuador law reforms spark concern for children’s rights
JURIST
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June 28, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The Public Integrity Law, passed by the National...
Ecuador Apologizes to Abused Abacaleros, Plantation Remains Silent
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 27, 2025
Ecuadorian government officials issued a public apology on May 31 to a group of the 300 “abacaleros” workers subjected to slave-like conditions for nearly six decades at the Japanese-owned abaca plantation, Furukawa Plantaciones. The textile...
South America's Mercosur, Europe's EFTA bloc seal trade deal
Deutsche Welle
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July 2, 2025
Mercosur, South America's largest trade bloc, on Wednesday signed a trade deal with the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA is made up of Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland, while Mercosur comprises full...