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High Seas and beyond: High Seas Treaty, creating new international law to govern State marine activities, enters into force
On 17 January 2026, the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (the “High Seas Treaty”) will come into force, following the 60th ratification having been deposited on 19 September 2025. Presently, 75 of the 145 signatories have ratified
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European Union seeks to reset trade relationship with China at the 25th EU-China Summit
On 24 July 2025, at a one-day summit in Beijing, European Union (“EU”) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang to seek to reset the EU-China trade relationship.
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Central African Republic militia leaders convicted of war crimes at the International Criminal Court
On 24 July 2025, the International Criminal Court (the “ICC”) convicted two former Central African Republic (“CAR”) militia leaders of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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India and the United Kingdom sign landmark trade agreement
In July 2025, India and the United Kingdom (the “UK”) signed an historic free trade agreement (“FTA”). According to the UK Government, the new FTA marks the “biggest and most economically significant new bilateral FTA” since Brexit.
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