Trade Diplomacy: India says it is committed to concluding CEPA talks with Chile within 2026, with Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal meeting Chile’s Paula Estévez Weinstein to push a “balanced and mutually beneficial” deal aimed at market access and cooperation across healthcare, energy, minerals, agriculture, machinery and engineering. Critical Minerals & Mining Tech: Canada and Chile are deepening critical-minerals cooperation in Santiago, including a five-year Codelco–MacLean Engineering pact to improve underground mining tech at El Teniente, plus skills-building support for sustainable critical-minerals projects. Regional Minerals Pact: Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru signed a declaration to strengthen strategic-minerals supply chains and technical cooperation, setting up working groups on geology, oversight criteria and human capital. Aquaculture Regulation: A report flags that 3/4 of “sustainable” Scottish salmon farms breached environmental rules while keeping ASC accreditation, raising questions about certification rigor. Animal Welfare Law: Chile advances a bill to ban electric collars on pets, with fines for users and for manufacturers/importers/distributors. Energy & Renewables Security: The US and Japan move to limit foreign-made power equipment, with Japan boosting perovskite solar support as part of a China-linked electrification security race. Space for Industry: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set for launch, promising a faster, cloud-based data push that could broaden who can do astronomy research.