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Marcos renews pitch for EU free trade deal
18-Mar-2024 Inquirer Net
President Marcos has sought the support of the Czech government and businessmen here for the resumption of negotiations for a free trade deal between the Philippines and the European Union (EU).
Czech Republic, Qatar eye cooperation on economy, energy
6-Oct-2022 Xinhua
The Czech Republic and Qatar, pending approval by the European Commission, agreed to sign an agreement on investment protection.
JCDecaux: €40m JCDecaux arbitration against the Czech Republic
26-Feb-2020 Street Insider
JCDecaux SA, an outdoor advertising, invited the Czech Republic to engage in discussions, as the first step in arbitration proceedings.
Corbella: Notley’s ’beating down’ of the oil patch should cost her the election
9-Apr-2019 Calgary Herald
The Czech-based company Petrolama Namur Oil Sands Exploration filed a notice of dispute against Canada on March 29 over the delay in completing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Lower house approves ratification of CETA
13-Sep-2017 Radio Praha
The lower house of the Czech Parliament ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
CEZ seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria in arbitration
29-Jul-2016 Reuters
Czech utility CEZ has launched arbitration seeking hundreds of millions of euros from Bulgaria for failure to protect its energy investments
LN: Czech state hampers EU-Georgia deal over firm’s interests
10-Mar-2015 Czech News Agency
The Czech Foreign Ministry has been using the association agreement between the European Union and Georgia as an instrument of pressure exerted on the Georgian authorities in order to protect the investments of the Czech Energo-Pro firm, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes Monday.
BD to sign FTA with Czech soon: Tofail
30-Sep-2014 Prothom Alo
Bangladesh government has decided to ink a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Czech Republic to expand trade and commerce with the central European country, said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Monday.
EU-Canada trade deal in jeopardy if visa problem not solved, Czech PM says
24-May-2012
Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas (Civic Democrat, ODS) has warned his Canadian counterpart that the Czech Republic could create problems with a trade and economic agreement between the European Union and Canada unless Ottawa backs down over its visa requirement for Czechs visiting the country.
Czechs could delay EU trade deal over visa issue
2-Nov-2011
The Czech government is indicating it could delay the ratification of a Canada-EU free trade agreement, a deal that would be larger in scope than the North American Free Trade Agreement, if the Canadian government doesn’t scrap a visa requirement it imposed on Czech citizens in 2009.
Czechs face uphill battle to cancel US investment treaty
9-Apr-2011 Czech Position
The Finance Ministry wants to cancel the bilateral investment agreement with the US, but that idea faces powerful opposition
Temelín could persuade US to compromise on bilateral investment treaty
9-Mar-2011
Since Czech Position reported Feb. 15 that Prague is likely to withdraw from a bilateral Czech-US treaty on protection of investments, there have been some developments on the issue, with the Czech chargé d’affaires in Washington being summoned to the State Department. Czech diplomats now have some hope that the US is prepared to compromise — due to the lure of a $28 billion tender to expand Temelín.
Czech government wants to scrap US investment treaty
16-Feb-2011 Czech Position
Diplomatic courtesy prompts Czech government to delay move to scrap a disadvantageous investment protection treaty with the US.
Czech Republic, Brazil sign economic cooperation agreement
14-Apr-2008 ČTK
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and his Brazilian counterpart Celso Amorim signed a Czech-Brazilian agreement on cooperation in the fields of economy and industry in Prague, during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s visit to the Czech Republic.
Torched accord
11-May-2007
A recently spawned legal battle between Slovakia and Madeta, the Czech Republic’s largest dairy processor, has led to a discovery that, for the past 10 years, Slovakia has not honored a trade agreement signed between the countries during the Velvet Divorce.
Talks on Pak-Czech investment treaty under way
11-May-2007 The News International
Prime Minister of Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek has assured Pakistan that being the European Union member, Prague would play its role in strengthening Islamabad’s relations and striking a Free Trade Agreement with the bloc.
Mittal Steel to launch Netherlands vs. Czech Republic arbitration
5-Sep-2005
Netherlands-based Mittal Steel, disqualified from the Vítkovice Steel privatization, says that in late September it will launch international arbitration against the Czech state.
Squire Sanders Represents Czech Republic, National Property Fund in Massive Arbitration
22-Sep-2004
The Czech Republic can argue its case that Japanese investment bank Nomura is liable for billions of crowns in damage, according to an interim award issued Sept. 7 by an UNCITRAL arbitral tribunal seated in Zurich.
US-Czech BIT (2004)
30-Mar-2004 Trade Compliance Center