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June     25 June 2025     TRADE POLICY DEVELOPMENTS       U.S. Trade Representative 2025 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE)       U.S.-UK Reach Historic Trade Deal: Fact Sheet       Office of the United States Trade Representative: 2025 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Rights       Advanced Framework Agreement (AFA) between Chile and the European Union: Provisional application of nine chapters begin       Argentina-Chile Economic Complementation Agreement No 35: Third Administrative Commission of the Trade Agreement and Seventh Binational Meeting on Trade, Investment and Economic Relations         First Meeting of the Labor Committee       Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Costa Rica begins meetings to join the CPTPP       Chile-India: First round of negotiations of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement       XIII Round of Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)       Free Trade Agreement Chile-MERCOSUR (ECA No 35): Sixty-Ninth Additional Protocol       Negotiations for a free trade agreement between El Salvador and Peru: Second round of concludes successfully       Peru and Thailand resume negotiations to deepen trade agreement       Pacific Alliance: Free Trade Agreement with Singapore comes into force       Peru and Guatemala sign a protocol to implement their Free Trade Agreement       Panama-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA): First Meeting of the Free Trade Commission       Peru and India resume negotiations to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA)       Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates consolidate progress toward a trade agreement       Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: Entry into force         Text of the Costa Rica-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement       Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): Costa Rica begins meetings to join the Agreement   February     11 February 2025     Trade Policy Developments       MERCOSUR – El Salvador: Argentina - representing MERCOSUR and El Salvador sign terms of reference to begin negotiations for a free trade agreement       Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP): The United Kingdom formally enters the Agreement       Interim Agreement Commercial between Chile and the Union European: Entry into force of the Agreement       Pacific Alliance - Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore: Senate of Chile approves economic-trade agreement between the Pacific Alliance and Singapore       Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA): Conclusion of substantial discussions on Costa Rica's accession to this agreement       Chile - Panama Free Trade Agreement: Extraordinary session of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Affairs Committee       Chile-Brazil Free Trade Agreement: Chile and Brazil held the first meeting of the Trade and Environment Committee       Tratado de Libre Comercio Colombia - EE.UU.: Decisión No. 9 de la Comisión de Libre Comercio - Nota interpretativa sobre capítulo de inversiones del Acuerdo       Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Trade and Investment (CEPA) Costa Rica - United Arab Emirates: Notes of ratification of the Agreement exchanged       Canada – Ecuador: Canada welcomes successful conclusion of free trade agreement negotiations between Canada and Ecuador       El Salvador – Peru: Joint declaration agreeing to restart negotiations to sign a free trade agreement       Pacific Alliance: Admission of Costa Rica as a candidate for membership in the bloc