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  November
    03 November 2025
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR)-India Trade Agreement: Brazil-India Joint Declaration on the Deepening of the agreement
      bullet Canada-Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR): Resumption of free trade negotiations
      bullet Panama- Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR) Economic Complementation Agreement No. 76: Panama ratifies the agreement
      bullet Colombia-Japan: Fourteenth round of negotiations for an economic partnership agreement

  October
    13 October 2025
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet MERCOSUR and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Sign Free Trade Agreement
        bullet Text of the Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and MERCOSUR PDF
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Negotiations on Costa Rica's Accession Advance
      bullet Costa Rica-China Free Trade Agreement: Second meeting of the Free Trade Commission
      bullet Negotiations of a Partial Scope Agreement between El Salvador and Belize: Third round of negotiations

  August
    18 August 2025
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): Third round of negotiations of the Working Group for Costa Rica's accession
      bullet Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Chile and the United Arab Emirates: Chile’s Senate Finance Committee approves the agreement
      bullet Chile - The Philippines: Second round of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

  July
    24 July 2025
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Policy Reviews: Colombia
      bullet Chile-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (FTA): Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies approves modernization of the agreement
      bullet Chile and Switzerland sign modernization of bilateral agreement on investment promotion and protection Spanish versionPDF
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): II Meeting of Senior Officials and Working Group for Costa Rica's Accession to the Treaty
      bullet Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE) No. 58 Mercosur-Peru: Peru and Uruguay announce Terms of Reference for the bilateral improvement and deepening of the agreement
      bullet Latest MERCOSUR Decisions Spanish version
      bullet MERCOSUR and EFTA conclude free trade negotiations

  June
    25 June 2025
    TRADE POLICY DEVELOPMENTS
      bullet U.S. Trade Representative 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE)
      bullet U.S.-UK Reach Historic Trade Deal: Fact Sheet PDF
      bullet Office of the United States Trade Representative: 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights
      bullet Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) between Chile and the European Union: Provisional application of nine chapters begin
      bullet Argentina-Chile Economic Complementation Agreement No 35: Third Administrative Commission of the Trade Agreement and Seventh Binational Meeting on Trade, Investment and Economic Relations
        bullet First Meeting of the Labor Committee
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Costa Rica begins meetings to join the CPTPP
      bullet Chile-India: First round of negotiations of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
      bullet XIII Round of Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
      bullet Free Trade Agreement Chile-MERCOSUR (ECA No 35): Sixty-Ninth Additional Protocol
      bullet Negotiations for a free trade agreement between El Salvador and Peru: Second round of concludes successfully
      bullet Peru and Thailand resume negotiations to deepen trade agreement
      bullet Pacific Alliance: Free Trade Agreement with Singapore comes into force
      bullet Peru and Guatemala sign a protocol to implement their Free Trade Agreement
      bullet Panama-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA): First Meeting of the Free Trade Commission
      bullet Peru and India resume negotiations to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
      bullet Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates consolidate progress toward a trade agreement
      bullet Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: Entry into force
        bullet Text of the Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Costa Rica begins meetings to join the Agreement

  February
    11 February 2025
    Trade Policy Developments
      bullet MERCOSUR – El Salvador: Argentina - representing MERCOSUR and El Salvador sign terms of reference to begin negotiations for a free trade agreement
      bullet Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): The United Kingdom formally enters the Agreement
      bullet Interim Agreement Commercial between Chile and the Union European: Entry into force of the Agreement
      bullet Pacific Alliance - Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore: Senate of Chile approves economic-trade agreement between the Pacific Alliance and Singapore
      bullet Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA): Conclusion of substantial discussions on Costa Rica's accession to this agreement
      bullet Chile - Panama Free Trade Agreement: Extraordinary session of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Affairs Committee
      bullet Chile-Brazil Free Trade Agreement: Chile and Brazil held the first meeting of the Trade and Environment Committee
      bullet Tratado de Libre Comercio Colombia - EE.UU.: Decisión No. 9 de la Comisión de Libre Comercio - Nota interpretativa sobre capítulo de inversiones del Acuerdo
      bullet Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Trade and Investment (CEPA) Costa Rica - United Arab Emirates: Notes of ratification of the Agreement exchanged
      bullet Canada – Ecuador: Canada welcomes successful conclusion of free trade agreement negotiations between Canada and Ecuador
      bullet El Salvador – Peru: Joint declaration agreeing to restart negotiations to sign a free trade agreement
      bullet Pacific Alliance: Admission of Costa Rica as a candidate for membership in the bloc

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