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The return of investment policy — The U.S. is back in the game
4-May-2012 Huffington Post
Foreign investment policy hasn’t been the main focus of the U.S. government in recent years. However, this may begin to change and industry leaders should not stay behind.
EU trade deal could send drug prices soaring, provinces warn Harper
4-May-2012 Postmedia News
Provincial governments are expressing concern about the prospect of sharply higher prescription drug prices for Canadians if the Harper government accepts European Union demands for expanded drug patent protection laws.
Seoul to limit fallout of China FTA on farm sector
4-May-2012 ThePoultrySite
South Korea will draw up safeguard measures to minimise the fallout of a free trade agreement (FTA) with China on its farming sector, the Seoul government said.
Kaesong Complex could be given special status
3-May-2012
South Korea and China have agreed to designate the Kaesong Industrial Complex an outward processing zone (OPZ). The agreement was made shortly before the two countries’ trade ministers declared the opening of negotiations for a South Korea-China free trade agreement (FTA).
Long, bumpy road to FTA with China
3-May-2012
Trade minister Park Tae-ho has declared the opening of free trade agreement negotiations with China, but a rough road lies ahead. In addition to concerns about the major blow an FTA would deal to the domestic agriculture and fishing sectors and small manufacturers, questions are also being raised about the economic effects of recent FTAs with the European Union and United States.
Free trade plans with China announced
3-May-2012
On May 2, South Korea and China formally announced the beginning of negotiations toward a bilateral free trade agreement.
Agriculture at risk under FTA with China
3-May-2012
Major concerns about a potential South Korea-China free trade agreement are already being voiced by the agriculture community and small manufacturers.
Argentina: Towards a possible new withdrawal from ICSID?
2-May-2012
As long as States, like Argentina and many others, accumulate a large amount of cases against them or obtain sistematically wrong results before ICSID arbitrators — which is the rule, with a very few exceptions — it is possible that the list of ICSID withdrawals will increase in the Americas.
Treaties that gave away the store
1-May-2012 The Hindu
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.