Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan.
The resource contains visual summaries to help break down the controversial Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism built into many trade and investment agreements.
As the UN climate conference began in Belem, Brazil last week, an official UN report explicitly called out Investor-State Dispute Settlement in trade agreements as a systemic barrier to financing climate action in developing countries.
The YPF case exposes the inconsistencies of the international investment protection system, which enables large corporations to engage in predatory practices, creating severe macroeconomic problems for Argentina.
European farmers will mobilise on 24 November in Strasbourg from 11am in support of an MEP initiative to request a CJEU opinion on the EU-Mercosur FTA.
Taiwan is aiming for tariffs on its exports to the United States to be cut to 15% from 20% now, though help in training U.S. workers is not among the "conditions" figuring in their trade talks, senior Taiwan officials said on Monday.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki on November 27 signed an act ratifying the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), officially completing the final step for Poland to become the 20th out of 27 EU member states to do so.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto highlighted recent progress in the IEU-CEPA, noting that the agreement’s legal text has now been translated into 24 languages and is ready to be deliberated in the European Parliament.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) announced that South Korea and Serbia have begun their first official round of negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), taking place in Seoul from December 1 to 4.
India nears a framework trade deal with the US but insists both reciprocal and Russian-oil-linked tariffs must be resolved together, even as parallel talks with the EU and Canada gather pace.
India and Canada will start talks on their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) next week, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday at FICCI AGM.