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Scrap the UK-Colombia investment treaty: how corporate courts let UK companies undermine human rights and the environment
9-Oct-2024 Global Justice Now
In October 2024, the Colombia-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty reaches the end of its initial ten-year term. The UK and Colombian governments now have the opportunity to work together to terminate the treaty.
Update on arbitrations against the Republic of Tunisia
4-Oct-2024 Euronext
The investors have determined a revised amount of US$503 million as the total claimed amount of the ICSID Arbitration
Malaysia joins six countries to ratify UK’s accession into CPTPP
20-Sep-2024 The Malaysian Reserve
Malaysia has officially ratified the UK’s entry into the CPTPP, marking their first bilateral free trade agreement. The agreement is expected to enter into force by the end of 2024 for the UK and ratifying countries.
UK inks trade deal with Thailand to boost exports
19-Sep-2024 Mirage News
The UK and Thailand have signed an Enhanced Trade Partnership to boost trade and investment. The pact focuses on sectors like automotive, tourism, and digital trade. It includes changes to vehicle emissions testing and simplified procedures for importing UK food and drink. The UK aims to increase trade with Thailand, a rapidly growing economy in Southeast Asia.
Oman, UK discuss GCC free trade agreement
18-Sep-2024 Muscat Daily
The discussions focused on increasing trade and investment, enhancing inter-trade growth, and advancing negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the UK.
UK trade minister to meet Gulf state officials in Saudi Arabia
16-Sep-2024 Alarabiya
UK Trade Secretary will discuss ambitions for a trade deal with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Farmers, food and freedom
13-Sep-2024 Transform Trade
How trade deals are undermining the right to seeds.
India for stricter Rules of Origin in auto sector under India, UK trade agreement
11-Sep-2024 Deccan Herald
India and the UK are negotiating a free trade agreement. The UK seeks reduced tariffs on goods, while India wants greater market access for its professionals and protection for its auto industry. Both countries are also discussing sustainability and innovation in the automotive sector.
UK yet to set up negotiating team to resume free trade deal talks with India
6-Sep-2024 Money Control
India-UK FTA, which has been under deliberations for over two years, could see further hiccups with a new government in the United Kingdom yet to constitute a negotiating team.
UK to join Trans-Pacific trade agreement by December 15
30-Aug-2024 Port Stephens Examiner
The British government says its agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will enter into force by December 15 after it received the final ratification required.
Earth Thrive: Has Rio Tinto initiated arbitration over the Jadar project?
27-Aug-2024 Mining See
Rio Tinto has officially notified the Serbian government about initiating arbitration proceedings concerning the halted Jadar project, under the bilateral investment treaty between the UK and Serbia.
Peru ratifies protocol for UK’s accession to CPTPP
26-Aug-2024 Fibre2Fashion
Peru has ratified the accession protocol of the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the former’s ministry of foreign affairs recently announced.
India-EU free trade talks: Carbon tax back on the table
20-Aug-2024 Mint
India has convinced the European Union to include the bloc’s proposed carbon tax in talks on a free trade agreement, said two officials in the know, ahead of a similar move with the UK.
The India-UK FTA: Finally coming to fruition?
12-Aug-2024 Observer Research Foundation
Following the recent general elections in India and the United Kingdom (UK), the prospect of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) looks closer than ever. Even though the narrative is tempting—recent elections, particularly the change in government in the UK, as the ultimate catalyst for its conclusion—reality is a shade more nuanced.
Seed wars: how UK trade deals threaten global south farmers
1-Aug-2024 Fair Planet
Seed laws, often influenced by corporate interests, criminalize traditional farming practices and threaten food security. Farmers worldwide are increasingly restricted from saving and exchanging seeds, leading to a decline in agricultural biodiversity. While international agreements like UPOV and trade deals solidify corporate control including UK trade deals.
UK announces resumption of free trade agreement talks with Türkiye
31-Jul-2024 Londra Gazete
The British Ambassador to Türkiye, Jill Morris, has announced the U.K. government’s intention to resume Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with Türkiye.
Investment treaties are undermining the global energy transition
31-Jul-2024 E3G
Globally, 2 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of potential annual greenhouse gas emissions is protected via investment treaties.
Negotiating teams to restart FTA talks with India as soon as possible: UK
29-Jul-2024 Business Standard
The process of getting negotiating teams back in the room will kick-start soon to deliver a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, the UK’s newly elected Labour government announced.
Piyush Goyal holds talks with UK and EU on free trade agreements
19-Jul-2024 Investing
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, held bilateral discussions for deeper economic ties and moving ahead on free trade agreements (FTAs) with his counterparts from the UK and EU on the sidelines of the G7 trade ministers’ meeting at Reggio Calabria in Italy.
New UK government to finalise FTA by end of 2024, says GCC secretary-general
12-Jul-2024 Gulf Business
Gulf Cooperation Council secretary-general met with UK’s new Secretary of State for Business and Trade to take forward the ongoing free-trade agreement talks.