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US pork producers welcome Trump stance on free trade with the UK
3-Feb-2017 Pig World
US pork industry leaders have “applauded” the Trump administration for seeking closer trade relations with the UK, backed by a plea for talks between the two countries to begin as soon as possible.
UK trade diplomats hard at work
3-Feb-2017 Politico
Many countries including China, Brazil, and the Gulf States have already expressed their interest in enhancing their trading relationships with the United Kingdom.
Brexit will need new dispute resolution mechanism
3-Feb-2017 Law Gazette
A new mechanism for dispute resolution between the UK and the EU will be needed following Brexit.
Is chlorinated chicken about to hit our shelves after new US trade deal?
31-Jan-2017 The Guardian
Consumers could be exposed to American farming practices banned by the EU.
Theresa May’s Brexit plan will leave Britain subject to secret global trade courts
31-Jan-2017 Buzzfeed
Experts say that to agree trade deals outside the EU, the UK will have to sign up to an “unaccountable” legal system that can force states to overturn laws corporations don’t like.
UK agrees ‘immediate’ post-Brexit talks with US, leaving EU high and dry
31-Jan-2017 EurActiv
US President Donald Trump has agreed to start immediate trade talks with Britain. Switzerland took a similar course of action.
EAC duties losses on imports from EU28-UK from 2015 to 2040 if the EPA is signed
12-Jan-2017 SOL
In the Brexit context it is useful to actualize the losses of duties that the EAC will face on its imports from the EU28 minus UK (EU28-UK) if the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement were signed and implemented.
No treaty benefits for nations that fail to sign new bilateral investment treaty
11-Jan-2017 Bloomberg
India said investments from the countries which fail to re-negotiate investment protection agreement will not get any benefit under any treaty.
Nigeria’s losses of import duties if the regional EPA is implemented: 2020-50
10-Jan-2017 SOL
After the Brexit it is useful to update the value of imports and losses of import duties of Nigeria from the EU28 minus the United Kingdom in case of the implementation of the regional EPA.
Trump could face long path to US-UK trade deal
2-Jan-2017 Politico
Talks between the United States and the United Kingdom on a potential trade deal could be President-elect Donald Trump’s crash course in the often painstakingly slow world of international negotiations.
The impact of Brexit, the regional EPA and interim EPAs of Ivory Coast and Ghana on Senegal and West Africa
31-Dec-2016 SOL
The Economic Partnership Agreement of West Africa was initialled in Ouagadougou on June 30, 2014 by the Chief negotiators but to date Nigeria, the Gambia and Mauritania have not formally signed it.
All 28 EU members must approve post-Brexit trade deal, union’s lawyer says
22-Dec-2016 The Independent
The UK hopes to secure a fast-track trade deal with Europe after Brexit but the advocate general at the European Court of Justice’s opinion, if followed by the bloc’s highest court, could cripple that plan.
We’re about to sign a deal with Canada that’s just as bad as TTIP and could increase inequality across the whole of Europe
19-Dec-2016 The Independent
Despite the clear dangers posed by CETA, Liam ’Take Back Control’ Fox has already signed the UK up to the deal, wilfully bypassing UK parliamentary scrutiny along the way.
Brexit and foreign investors’ legitimate expectations
19-Dec-2016 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Might Brexit trigger foreign investor claims against the United Kingdom?
The challenges of negotiating a post-Brexit FTA with the EU
16-Dec-2016 Open Democracy
While an UK-EU free trade agreement may seem the best way forward, the scope of a comprehensive agreement along with the time and capacity needed to conclude it makes that a difficult sell.
Post-Brexit dreams of empire: arms, free trade and corporate conquest
14-Dec-2016 The Ecologist
A new era of corporate ’free trade’ colonialism looms, spearheaded by aid spending, with ramped-up arms exports to the world’s most corrupt and repressive regimes
Churchill Mining’s $1bn claim against Indonesia struck off
7-Dec-2016 Digital Look
A tribunal has struck out a claim by Churchill Mining for damages after Indonesia’s government revoked its licence for a coal project.
The ’Canadian model’: why Ceta isn’t a blueprint for Brexit
30-Nov-2016 The Guardian
Aide’s ‘cake and eat it’ note praised the recent trade Canada-EU trade deal but there are few similarities with the UK.
UK and India sign wide-ranging IP agreement
10-Nov-2016 WIPR
The countries will exchange best practices in the IP field, such as streamlining the processing of patent, trademark and design registrations.
Peru works on FTA negotiation proposal with UK following Brexit
18-Oct-2016 Andina
Peru has already started to work on a proposal for post-Brexit FTA negotiations with the United Kingdom based on the EU-Peru trade deal