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Brazil tells the EU ‘it won’t move’ on Mercosur talks without ethanol and beef
12-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Brazil insists that it will not table a new offer as part of the ongoing EU-Mercosur talks until a proposal on beef and ethanol is on the table.
Brazil’s Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements (CFIA) and recent developments
28-Jun-2017 IISD
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI
Brazil’s rotten meat scandal strikes ahead of fresh EU trade talks
20-Mar-2017 EurActiv
The European Union has insisted Brazilian representatives attend an emergency meeting to explain themselves regarding a scandal involving rotten meat and the country’s two largest exporters.
Brazil’s bilateral investment treaties: More than a new investment treaty model?
30-Jan-2017 Columbia FDI Perspectives
Brazil has finally become a player in the international investment regime, but it represents a peculiar case in foreign investment relations.
Brazil must be realistic about trade liberalisation in future deal, DG Agri
27-Jan-2017 Agra Facts
Brazil & the other three Mercosur countries need to be realistic about the volumes of beef, ethanol & poultry that can be liberalised.
The year 2016 for India – of new beginnings and not-so-happy endings?
29-Dec-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
While India has been reshaping its arbitration laws and investment climate, the jury is still out on whether these measures will actually help create a more secure legal environment for investors.
India and Brazil conclude negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaty
7-Dec-2016 Lexology
The conclusion of negotiations between India and Brazil culminating in a near-final treaty between the two nations.
Brazil wants free trade within MERCOSUR
30-Sep-2016 Mexico Star
The Brazilian government has discussed measures to eliminate internal obstacles and make free trade possible between member countries of the Southern Common Market.
Brazil will join the TiSA negotiations
7-Jul-2016 Sidera Consult
The Brazilian participation in the negotiations of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) has recently been authorised.
New FTA between MERCOSUR and SACU impacts Brazil export process
19-May-2016 Thomson Reuters
A new Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) entered into force on 1 April 2016, providing preference margins of 10%, 25%, 50% and 100% for almost 1,050 tariff items on each side.
Mercosur delays free-trade offer to EU
23-Feb-2016 Buenos Aires Herald
The reason for the delay of the exchange of offers lies on the EU request for the Mercosur bloc to increase the total trade volume to be included in the final agreement.
South American presidents ‘confident’ of EU trade deal
8-Dec-2015 EurActiv
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her Argentinian counterpart, Mauricio Macri, have expressed confidence that the EU is committed to brokering a trade agreement with Mercosur.
India, Brazil agree to boost bilateral trade ties
21-Nov-2015 The Dollar Business
The two countries agreed to hold trade monitoring mechanism and CEOs forums to explore potential areas of collaborations.
Brazil eager to start talks on free trade zone with EEU
13-Oct-2015 Sputnik
Brazil hopes to commence negotiations on creating a free trade zone with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and the issue is already on the agenda of the Mercosur countries
Towards post-Western investment law?
14-Sep-2015 Voelkerrechtsblog
International Investment Law (IIL) has always been a battleground of competing paradigms and imaginations of economic world order. Today, the old battles between North and South over the rules of global investment are considered history.
Peru moves forward with trade agreements agenda
20-Aug-2015 Andina
Peru is making progress in implementing the agenda of new trade agreements
Brazil-Malawi ICFA (2015)
21-Jul-2015 UNCTAD
ACFI Brasil-Angola (2015)
20-Jul-2015 Ministério das Relações Exteriores do Brasil
Vazquez and Rousseff meeting will address Mercosur/EU trade negotiations
11-May-2015 MercoPress
Uruguay and Brazil presidents, scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting next 21 May in Brasilia will be addressing Mercosur issues, and advancing in the proposal that will allow the group’s members to sign bilateral agreements with third parties not belonging to the region, thus avoiding the ’consensus’ clause clamp.
Brazil has signed Investment Cooperation and Facilitation agreements with Mozambique and Angola
23-Apr-2015 Lexology
The ICFAs open a door to arbitration, providing an alternative to the local courts, but State-to-State, not investor-State.