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Spain responds positively to Cambodia’s investment pitch
13-Jun-2024 Khmer Times
Spanish Secretary of State for Trade Ms. Maria Amparo Lopez Senovilla responds positively to Cambodia’s ‘door-knocking’ mission to bring in more investments from Europe.
Berkeley seeks $1 bln in damages from Spain over uranium mine dispute
29-May-2024 Reuters
Australian mining group Berkeley Energia filed a request for an arbitration to seek $1 billion in damages from the Spanish government after it refused to give final approval for its uranium mine project.
Berkeley to take uranium mine dispute with Spain to arbitration
12-Apr-2024 Mining.com
Australian mining group Berkeley Energia will take its dispute with Spain to international arbitration after the country refused to give final approval to a uranium mine near the city of Salamanca.
Spain and Ireland call for ’urgent review’ of EU-Israel agreement over war in Gaza
15-Feb-2024 Euronews
Prime ministers Pedro Sánchez and Leo Varadkar have asked the European Commission to "undertake an urgent review" of the EU-Israel agreement in light of the war in Gaza and the worsening humanitarian crisis.
Spain suggests simplifying CAP, strengthening Mercosur ‘mirror clauses’
14-Feb-2024 Euractiv
Spain will present a proposal to strengthen mirror clauses in free trade agreements, such as the EU-Mercosur deal.
Algeria thaws trade relations with Spain
23-Jan-2024 Atalayar
After a dispute that lasted more than 19 months, Algiers is reconciling with Madrid, starting with the appointment of a new ambassador. The resumption of trade relations between the two countries has not been long in coming.
Madrid’s new stance on Western Sahara boosts trade between Morocco and Spain
21-Dec-2023 Atalayar
Trade relations between Morocco and Spain are at an all-time high. Since the government of Pedro Sánchez changed the traditional Spanish position on the Sahara issue, recognising the Moroccan autonomy plan.
Analysis: Spain hatches plan to win Macron over to EU-Mercosur trade pact
9-Jun-2023 Reuters
The Spanish Prime Minister will attempt to persuade the French President the Mercosur pact would help the EU to broaden its alliances with other open, democratic nations and to "rebalance" the geopolitical map.
"The EU Agreement doesn’t favor Moroccan growers"
5-Jun-2023 Horti Daily
The objective was the agricultural development of Morocco’s rural population and traditional farmers. It’s been a fallacy because the rural population hasn’t developed and Moroccan farmers haven’t improved their situation.
A US fund declares Spain in “technical default” and claims almost 1,000 million government bonds
28-Apr-2023 Time.News
The US fund Blasket Renewable Investments has activated the “default” clause that declares Spain at “technical impact” after the Government has not yet paid the pending awards for the cuts in the premiums for renewables.
Spain tells World Bank it will not pay €2-billion ICSID awards for renewable energy debts
28-Apr-2023 Capital Madrid
The World Bank has sent a de­vas­ta­ting letter to the Spanish go­vern­ment to de­mand pay­ment of the awards that con­demn our country to com­pen­sate the in­ves­tors af­fected by the re­tro­ac­tive with­drawal of the pre­miums granted to re­ne­wable ener­gies.
Brazil, Spain want EU-Mercosur deal by end of the year
27-Apr-2023 Buenos Aires Times
Leaders of Brazil and Spain hope long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur trade bloc can be finalised by the end of the year.
Brazil’s Lula visits Spain with Mercosur deal on agenda
26-Apr-2023 Yahoo
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Spain on the second stop of a European tour aimed at resetting relations and making progress on a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur.
The EU is committed to developing the Association Agreement with Algeria
16-Mar-2023 The Maghrebian Economist
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced on Sunday that Brussels is sticking to the association agreement with Algeria.
Spain sticks with decision to block Berkeley’s uranium mine
8-Feb-2023 Mining.com
Berkeley said it also believes the rejection is not legal as it infringed on its rights under an international agreement known as the Energy Charter Treaty.
Spain-Algeria trade deadlock raises business anxiety
8-Dec-2022 Daily Sabah
Six months after Algeria cut ties with Spain following the dispute over Western Sahara, trade between the two countries remains paralyzed, much to the dismay of the worst-hit companies.
Berkeley Energia sends notification of dispute to Spain over uranium plant application
21-Nov-2022 Market Watch
Berkeley Energia Ltd. sent a written notification of an investment dispute to the Spanish government following the rejection of its application to construct a uranium-concentrate plant as a radioactive facility at its Salamanca project in November 2021
Spain to follow Italy and Poland and leave the Energy Charter
13-Oct-2022 The Corner
Spain has initiated proceedings to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, signed by 53 countries and in force since 1998, designed to protect foreign investment in energy infrastructure.
Uruguayan FM off to brokering Mercosur deal approval with EU
7-Sep-2022 MercoPress
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo is off on a European tour seeking to advance in the signing of the Mercosur-European Union agreement.
Algeria and Spain return to normal trade relations despite the current political crisis, economic reality prevails and trade relations resume
24-Aug-2022 Atalayar
After almost two months, Algeria has ended trade restrictions with Spain. This decision eases the current crisis between Algiers and Madrid, triggered by Spain’s turnaround on the Sahara.