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"Congress has decided that we should be kept in AGOA. What now remains is the executive," Ramaphosa said, referring to the pact now needing President Donald Trump's signature after approval by Congress.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

U.K., and Australia signed a maritime security pact known as AUKUS.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The pact also requires signatories to provide detailed updates, including lab results and measures being taken to contain the threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

On Monday, Turkish officials and Pakistan’s foreign and defense ministers and army chief met with their counterparts in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to discuss how to “institutionalize” the pact, according to official statements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

“It’s quite clear Balewa did it because he wants to take away attention from his defense pact with the British,” Odenigbo said.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Alongside the compact are a stack of deals, short-term agreements, treaties, multistate pacts, federal interventions and other legal arrangements governing water used for drinking, irrigation, hydropower and recreation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The U.S. remains their main market, but incremental growth will increasingly come from elsewhere, helped by free trade pacts the European Union has signed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

It also creates an incentive for countries to comply with trade pacts that they earlier struck, she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

But major partners like the EU, which earlier signed a trade deal with Washington, expect their pacts to hold.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

And there they are, instantly drawn into one of those pacts you’d be hard-pressed to break if you ever expect to go home and face your district.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins