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Urgent call from international CSO to Ecuador on the Chevron case
12-Dec-2020 Stop Corporate Impunity
150 organizations are asking the government of Ecuador to appeal the arbitration award issued by the Dutch justice system in favor of the oil transnational Chevron.
In spite of its many sponsors, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) goes into the wall
12-Dec-2020 SOL
The sharp decline in manufactured goods trade and the growing food deficit over the past 25 years call for the African Union to be more modest in its ambitions to become “the next world manufacturing center”, far from the free trade illusion of the AfCFTA.
Digital trade top agenda item in pending Canada-UK trade talks
11-Dec-2020 The Globe and Mail
When Canada and Britain begin negotiations as early as next year on a bilateral, post-Brexit trade deal, digital trade will be a top priority.
Vietnam, Britain close in on post-Brexit trade deal
11-Dec-2020 Reuters
Britain and Vietnam have concluded talks to negotiate a new free trade agreement, weeks before Britain completes its transition out of the European Union on Dec. 31.
Deep and comprehensive dependency
10-Dec-2020 TNI
How a trade agreement with the EU could devastate the Tunisian economy.
African ambassadors expect more cooperation with China under new FTA
10-Dec-2020 CGTN
The AfCFTA requires strong infrastructure linkage across the African continent, an area where China can reach out to help.
GCC ministers discuss increasing free trade agreements with other countries
10-Dec-2020 MENAFN
GCC states need to ensure the adoption of economic diversification plans through free trade agreements, UAE Foreign Trade Minister said.
Brexit: Ratcheting up the pressure for a trade deal
10-Dec-2020 BBC
Some in the UK will find level playing field controversial. For them, the very point of Brexit was to undercut EU rules and regulations.
Philip Morris to soon submit motion to intl arbitration in case of AMCU fine of UAH 1.2 bln
10-Dec-2020 Interfax
Philip Morris Ukraine, a large tobacco manufacturer, will file a motion with the ICSID in response to the decision of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on a UAH 1.2 billion fine.
Canada-UK trade deal signed — but implementing bill unlikely to meet deadline
10-Dec-2020 CBC
Officials met privately to ink agreement with current trade rules set to expire January 1.
Israel, Korea to sign free trade agreement within days
10-Dec-2020 i24 News
Israel and South Korea are set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) next week, according to Israel’s Foreign Affairs Ministry’s confirmation. The FTA will be signed over Zoom and in the presence of the ambassadors of the two countries and senior government ministers.
Singapore and Britain ink free trade deal
10-Dec-2020 The Star
Singapore signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Kingdom to ensure that companies from both countries continue to enjoy the same benefits that they are receiving under the Republic’s FTA with the European Union.
India-UK trade agreement may be in the offing
10-Dec-2020 The New Indian Express
Indian apparel manufacturers are keen on the trade deal as they fear India will lose out to rivals like Bangladesh and Vietnam without a trade pact.
‘No African nation yet to meet AfCFTA requirements’
9-Dec-2020 TheGuardian.ng
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) said no nation had met the requirements for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), despite the political will to get the pact ratified in good time.
Lords vote to revoke UK trade deals with countries committing genocide
9-Dec-2020 The Guardian
Ministers’ scope to sign trade deals with governments that abuse human rights have been severely reduced after a double defeat in the House of Lords.
Norway inks interim trade agreement with UK, Iceland; deal means no new tariffs on seafood products
9-Dec-2020 IntraFish
The parties inked an interim trade continuity agreement and are also negotiating a free trade agreement, to be completed as soon as possible.
Indiana Resources to begin arbitration again Tanzanian govt in Q1, 2021
9-Dec-2020 Mining Review Africa
Indiana Resources expects to begin arbitration with Tanzania over the expropriation of the Ntaka Hill nickel project and other alleged breaches of the UK-Tanzania BIT early 2021.
Kenya and UK sign trade deal
9-Dec-2020 The East African
The trade deal will enable Kenyan exporters of flowers and other fresh vegetables will continue accessing the UK market under a duty free, quota-free arrangement, just the way they did when the UK was in the European Union.
The EU-Mercosur agreement: increasing pesticide use and GMOs, and undermining healthy food production and standards
8-Dec-2020 IATP
The EU-Mercosur agreement is inconsistent with the EU’s recently announced Farm-to-Fork Strategy, which aims to dramatically reduce pesticide use and completely ban any residue on food of pesticides not registered for use in the EU.
Open letter from climate leaders and scientists to signatories of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
8-Dec-2020 End Fossil Protection
Withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty because it impedes the transition to clean energy.