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Africa: Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, Seal Iberian-Africa Trade Pact, As Experts Warn Ai Must Be Ethical in Migration Governance

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Nigeria moved to deepen economic and migration ties with Europe, even as experts at a major conference in Porto warned that artificial intelligence must be governed ethically to protect migrants and the Nigerian diaspora. The two developments dominated the second Centre for African Studies, University of Porto (CEAUP) Conference on ‘Migration, Artificial Intelligence and the…

U.S. won’t renew USMCA, will review trade pact with Canada and Mexico

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FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver a statement along with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on the signing of a new free trade agreement in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018, on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images…

Mexico and Canada push to extend USMCA trade pact | Trade War News

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NewsFeed Mexico and Canada have backed extending the USMCA trade agreement for another 16 years as negotiations over its future continue. The proposal comes amid an ongoing trade dispute with the United States. Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Canada formally requests renewal of USMCA North American free trade pact

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he wants sector-specific tariffs imposed on Canadian steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber by the Trump administration removed or lowered, while Greer has indicated that Canada may have to accept some form of US levies.

Numsa digs in as Eskom wage pact splits unions

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

Eskom’s Kendal coal-fired power station. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters Two of South Africa’s major labour unions have accepted state power utility Eskom’s 7% wage increase offer, while a third has rejected it and declared a deadlock, demanding a higher raise, union representatives said on Thursday. Eskom began pay talks last year with the National Union of Mineworkers…

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Africa: Kenya Approves Defence Pact With France, As Paris Shifts Focus From West Africa

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Kenya’s National Assembly has ratified a bilateral defence agreement with France, underlining Paris’s strategic shift away from its traditional West African sphere of influence towards anglophone Africa. Signed in October 2025, the accord establishes a five-year framework – renewable once automatically. The agreement will “enhance Kenya’s defence capacity through access to French training, technology, and…

Africa: Trump Renews Lapsed Trade Subsidy Pact with Africa

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First enacted in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) allows qualifying sub-Saharan African countries to export over 1,800 products to the US duty-free. Export countries include Nigeria and South Africa. US President Donald Trump has signed into law a one-year extension of a trade preference program with African countries restoring duty-free access to the…

Taiwan, US strike strategic AI and chip supply-chain pact

eriinfo.com6 months ago06 mins

A TSCM fabrication plant in Taiwan Taiwan aims to build a “democratic” high-tech supply chain with the US and form a strategic AI partnership under the new tariffs deal it sealed with Washington last week, Taipei’s top negotiator in the talks said on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump has pushed the major producer of semiconductors,…

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Africa: Aid With Strings Attached: How New Health Pact with U.S. Challenges Ethiopia’s Autonomy

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Addis Abebe — The adage that “there are no free lunches in geopolitics—only postponed bills” captures a core reality of international relations: engagements that appear cost-free in the short term almost always carry deferred obligations. The recently signed five-year health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia and the United States fits squarely within this…

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Africa: ECOWAS, MRU Seal Historic Pact to Prevent Water Conflicts in West Africa

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In a landmark move aimed at preventing future water-related conflicts and strengthening regional integration, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Mano River Union (MRU) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Tuesday sealed a historic agreement to jointly manage shared river basins across the Mano River sub-region. The agreement…