29-Feb-2024
The Independent
At least seven countries have requested free trade arrangements with the East. African Community (EAC), as the bloc also intensifies efforts to expand the markets for its products.
21-Feb-2024
Global Trade Review
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system could be putting climate action at risk in emerging and developing economies as investors in fossil fuel projects angle for compensation, experts say.
9-Jan-2024
Business Recorder
Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are likely to sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on the lines of FTA with GCC countries.
20-Dec-2023
The Express Tribune
Pakistan has emerged triumphant in the arbitration initiated by Tuwairqi Steel against the federation at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands.
13-Dec-2023
The Express Tribune
Pakistan concluded a settlement agreement with Ozpak, a Turkish company, in longstanding arbitration proceedings pending in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
30-Nov-2023
Business Recorder
These directions were issued after threadbare discussion with Saudi Arabia and Qatar which are insisting on the option of international arbitration in a template of Bilateral Investment Treaty.
27-Nov-2023
The Express Tribune
Pakistani business leaders are urging the initiation of negotiations for a Preferential Trade Agreement in the medium term, with an eventual FTA as part of the long-term strategy for Central Asian Republics.
8-Nov-2023
Business Recorder
Pakistan is likely to scrap Bilateral Investment Treaty template, and allow renegotiating with Saudi Arabia and Qatar on new BIT template.
7-Nov-2023
The Express Tribune
The investment treaty with Saudi Arabia and Qatar would be annexed with the free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), highly placed sources told The Express Tribune.