Negotiations
China to tap into Belt and Road potential in cooperation with Belarus
21-May-2018Belarus News China will cooperate with Belarus to actively use the advantages of the Belt and Road concept, Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of Hubei Province Lianghua Zhang said as he spoke at the international seminar Belt and Road. Getting to Know Hubei in Wuhan, China, BelTA has learned.
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21-May-2018 Xinhua
Chinese, Chilean FMs hold talks to deepen bilateral cooperation
China expects Chile to continue to play an active and exemplary role in jointly building the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative with Latin America, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. -
18-May-2018 Anadolu Agency
Turkey, Venezuela ink trade agreement over phone
“By expanding its scope, we aim for this agreement to be turned into a free trade agreement as soon as possible,” Erdogan told. -
18-May-2018 Actualité Turquie
La Turquie et le Venezuela signent un accord commercial par téléphone
"En élargissant sa portée, nous visons à ce que cet accord soit transformé en accord de libre-échange le plus rapidement possible", a déclaré M. Erdogan. -
18-May-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan’s lower house passes TPP trade deal
Japan’s lower house on Friday passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, paving the way for its enactment before the current Diet session ends in June. -
17-May-2018 RT
Iran signs provisional pact to enter Russia-led free-trade zone
The five-nation Eurasian Economic Union has signed a 3-year provisional agreement with Iran to welcome the Islamic Republic into the bloc’s free-trade zone. -
17-May-2018 Sierra Club
NAFTA talks have ignored environmental concerns
NAFTA 2.0 could increase pollution that threatens our communities. -
17-May-2018 Programa de las Américas
TLC Mercosur-Unión Europea: Crónica de un fracaso anunciado
Los puntos de discrepancia siguen siendo básicamente los mismos. Es decir, el Mercosur no acepta la oferta de apertura de la Unión Europea en el sector agropecuario, y el Mercosur, que aún no ha firmado ningún TLC con otro país ni bloque económico, se afirma en la imposibilidad de abrir su sector industrial y de servicios. -
17-May-2018 Cinco Días
España pierde el tercer arbitraje de los 40 a los que se enfrenta por las renovables
El fondo soberano Masdar, de Abu Dabi, reclamaba 394 millones por el perjuicio a sus inversiones. El laudo condenatorio se suma a los de Novenergia y Eiser Infraestructures. -
17-May-2018 ICTSD
Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore. -
17-May-2018 Ecns
China, Norway make ’positive progress’ in free trade negotiations
Both sides conducted negotiations on issues such as trade in goods, trade in services, investment, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, intellectual property rights, competition policies and government procurement.more
Key issues
Spain loses its third millionaire arbitration award for the reduction of renewables
18-May-2018 Turkey TelegraphICSID imposes a fine of 64.5 million euros for a claim by a fund of the state of Abu Dhabi.
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17-May-2018 Common Sense Canadian
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values. -
11-May-2018 Brookings
Perspectives on Pacific geopolitics
The rise of China in the Indo-Pacific has also challenged the long-standing dominance of US in Asia. Therefore, political uncertainty in the US, rapid economic growth, China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its growing assertiveness, and erosion of ASEAN unity – among others – has compelled India to step up its contribution to a region that is also of vital economic interest to India. -
11-May-2018 Basta
Plainte contre la sortie allemande du nucléaire : une décision de la Cour de justice européenne rebat les cartes
« L’Allemagne a toujours affirmé, depuis le début de cette procédure, qu’elle jugeait la plainte de Vattenfall irrecevable », a précisé le gouvernement allemand. -
9-May-2018 Reuters
Germany says Vattenfall has no grounds to seek arbitration over nuclear phase-out
Swedish utility Vattenfall has no legal grounds to ask a US arbitration court if it can claim 4.7 billion euros from Berlin for forcing it to halt nuclear production, the German government has said. -
7-May-2018 Telecompaper
Telefonica Mexico withdraws EUR 850 mln arbitration request - report
Telefonica Mexico has withdrawn its arbitration claim against the Mexican government in which it had requested compensation amounting to around EUR 850 million after reaching an agreement with the country. -
7-May-2018 South China Morning Post
Asean gets tough on the US over trade, but tiptoes around South China Sea build-up
With Singapore as chair of the regional bloc this year, China has an advantage as the focus shifts from geopolitics to trade and investment.more
Texts of agreements
17-May-2018
| Netherlands draft model BIT
As released by the Dutch Government
8-May-2018
| EU-Japan FTA text (Dec 2017, updated Apr 2018)
As released by the European Commission
8-May-2018
| EU-Singapore trade and investment agreements: Final text (Apr 2018)
Authentic texts as of April 2018
8-May-2018
| EU-Mexico FTA: Agreement in principle text (Apr 2018)
As published by the European Commission
Comments
18-May-2018 El Tribunal de la UE cuestiona los mecanismos de arbitraje
joseaner: Alguien me podría aclarar cómo influye esto en una tratado multilateral como es el Tratado de la Carta de la Energía, firmado por la propia Unión19-Apr-2018 Pourra-t-on encore interdire le glyphosate avec le Ceta ?
Pierre DIDIER: Une fois de plus procès d’intention et intox. 1.TOUS les accords commerciaux conclus par l’UE depuis qu’elle existe contiennent une formule de15-Apr-2018 Free trade talks between Indonesia, Australia expected to complete by August
seth hanson: How can any country even think about investing / dealing with Indonesia. They treat foreign company’s with contempt and will steal there money