Negotiations
Canada wants free trade deal with southeast Asian nations: Trudeau
16-Nov-2018City News Canada wants to walk down the path towards a free trade agreement with a bloc of 10 Asian nations as early as next spring.
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16-Nov-2018 ECNS
Beijing, ASEAN upgrade FTA protocol
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have upgraded the protocol of their free trade agreement to build the largest free trade zone among developing countries. -
16-Nov-2018 Korea Herald
Korea seeks trade pacts with ASEAN members, agrees to cooperate for regional pact
Seoul agreed to launch a feasibility study on a free trade agreement with Malaysia and resume stalled trade pact negotiations with Indonesia. -
16-Nov-2018 Malaysia Kini
No go on RCEP if deal isn’t right for the people
Malaysia Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reiterated his stand that Malaysia will not agree to lopsided trade deals. Malaysia had raised concerns, one of which is market access, said the source who requested anonymity. -
15-Nov-2018 Xinhua
China’s Hong Kong, Australia conclude FTA negotiations
China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and Australia have concluded the negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) and an investment agreement. -
15-Nov-2018 BusinessLine
Govt mulls delinking investment from FTAs, seeks legal opinion
Certain ISDS (Investor-state dispute settlement) cases against India led it to review its stand on investment treaties. -
15-Nov-2018 Medias24
Maroc-USA: négociations à Rabat autour de l’accord de libre-échange
Les échanges ont porté, notamment, sur les questions relatives à la mise en œuvre de l’accord de libre-échange entre le Maroc et les Etats-Unis pour le volet agricole. -
15-Nov-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
India sought to delay RCEP deal beyond general election
Indonesia accuses Japan of trying to ’force its interests’ on members -
15-Nov-2018 Bloomberg
Latin America’s protectionists want Trump-style trade deals
Brazil, Argentina see Mercosur nations doing individual pacts. Growing support across trade bloc for pro-trade reforms. -
15-Nov-2018 Dialogo Chino
Uruguay seeks alliance with China, challenging Mercosur
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez has a free trade agreement with China high on his agenda. -
15-Nov-2018 Nodal
Viejas y nuevas tendencias en los Tratados de Libre Comercio
Desde hace 25 años se han negociado y firmado más de 300 TLC y cerca de 3.000 TBI a nivel global. En este cuarto de siglo, estos tratados han ido ampliando los derechos para inversores y operadores de comercio, mientras acotan el margen de maniobra de los Estados.more
Key issues
Arbitration against the Kingdom of Spain: final award
16-Nov-2018 Globe NewswireThe net award for Athena Investments amounts to approx. EUR 11M.
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9-Nov-2018 Slovak Spectator
Slovakia does not have to compensate the Union private health insurer
The German Supreme Court dismissed the original arbitration decision against Slovakia concerning the ban on health-insurance companies’ profits. -
8-Nov-2018 IIED
Special economic zones: engines of development or sites of exploitation?
Many SEZs have been associated with compressions of land, labour and human rights. Investment treaties protect investments against adverse regulatory change, including in SEZs. To date, investors have brought at least 20 arbitrations to challenge diverse aspects of SEZ regimes. -
7-Nov-2018 Both Ends
UPOV 91 and trade agreements: Compromising farmers’ right to save and sell seeds
Increased effort to include references to UPOV 91 in EU trade agreements impose intellectual property rights on seeds, which can restrict the farmers’ right to save and re-use seeds and undermine local seed systems -
7-Nov-2018 Global Net
La Tunisie et la Mauritanie déterminées à signer un accord de libre-échange (Chahed)
Le chef du gouvernement tunisien a affirmé la détermination des deux pays à signer dans les délais les plus proches un accord de libre-échange et d’autres accords de coopération administrative pour renforcer la coopération économique. -
6-Nov-2018 https://www.alainet.org/es/articulo...
La caravana migrante en México: Entre el éxodo, la crisis humanitaria y la criminalización
Los millares de centroamericanos, principalmente hondureños, que en semanas pasadas ingresaron a México, son mucho más que una caravana. -
1-Nov-2018 PSI
Carta Global Sobre el Proceso de Reforma de ISDS en la CNUDMI
Como representantes de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil global, reiteramos nuestra oposición inequívoca al régimen de solución de controversias inversionista-Estado (ISDS por sus siglas en inglés) y los derechos de gran alcance para los inversionistas extranjeros consagrados en los tratados de comercio e inversión.more
Texts of agreements
31-Oct-2018
| Netherlands model investment agreement (Oct 2018)
As released by the Government of the Netherlands
28-Oct-2018
| EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements (Aug 2018)
As published by the European Commission
1-Oct-2018
| United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement text (2018)
As published by the Office of the US Trade Representative
19-Sep-2018
| China-Korea FTA
As released by the Ministry of Commerce, China
Comments
1-Nov-2018 More than 300 civil society organizations from 73 countries urge fundamental reform at UNCITRAL’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement discussions
Ramakrishna Venkatasamy: There has already been a huge historical mistake in believing in the goodwill of corporations and giving them too much latitude. We have reached26-Oct-2018 Liberals should consistently fight trade deals that let corporations sue Canada
rick arnold: Excellent article. Because of the 34 Foreign Investment Protection Agrrements (FIPA) that Canadá has signed with mostly smaller and more21-Sep-2018 Rightwing thinktanks unveil radical plan for US-UK Brexit trade deal
Giampietro Fraccari: Unfortunately very few people do things for the interest of all ,but we look always what is convincente to us as individual . We are also getting