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Croatia seeks annulment of UNCITRAL’s INA-MOL ruling before Swiss court
3-Feb-2017 SeeNews
Croatia has lodged a request with the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland for the annulment of an arbitral award in the case INA-MOL
Mexico seeking bilateral free trade deal with NZ in wake of TPP collapse
2-Feb-2017 NZ Herald
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto wants to forge a bilateral free trade agreement with New Zealand and other TPP countries.
Leaked TISA safe harbor proposal: the right idea in the wrong place
2-Feb-2017 EFF
A new leak of the TiSA Electronic Commerce chapter has exposed a brand new U.S. government proposal on Internet intermediary safe harbors.
East Africa: Is the collapse of the Economic Partnership Agreement looming?
2-Feb-2017 All Africa
As it stands now, the Economic Partnership Agreement with the East African Community seems to have hit a dead end.
South Africa and EU spar over chicken meat ‘dumping’
2-Feb-2017 EurActiv
South Africa’s poultry industry says it is on the brink of collapse due to hotly-denied accusations that the European Union is dumping cheap chicken in the country in a dispute over free trade.
A case for trade enforcement: Colombia and intellectual property
2-Feb-2017 IP Watch
President Trump and members of his administration have talked about the need to be tougher on trade enforcement
EU, Mexico accelerate talks to update free trade pact
2-Feb-2017 Reuters
The European Union and Mexico have set two new rounds of trade talks in the first half of 2017.
Posisi tawar Indonesia dalam EU-CEPA dipertanyakan
1-Feb-2017 Okezone
Sejumlah kelompok masyarakat sipil yang tergabung dalam Masyarakat Sipil Untuk Keadilan Ekonomi mempertanyakan posisi tawaran Indonesia dalam perundingan perjanjian perdagangan bebas dengan negara Uni Eropa yang tergabung dalam Comprehensive Economic Parthenership Agreement (EU-CEPA).
RCEP: More relevant now than ever for Asean
1-Feb-2017 The Nation
The RCEP’s challenge for Asean is to balance different ambition levels among the negotiating parties.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer obtains ICSID victory for Republic of Costa Rica in Spanish investor’s emissions control dispute
1-Feb-2017 Public Now
The dispute arose out of a concession contract for the mandatory safety inspection and emissions control of motor vehicles.
African leaders agree deal on continental free trade
1-Feb-2017 Pulse
This agreement is in furtherance of the commitment made by African leaders in Addis Ababa in 2012 towards the establishment of the CFTA.
Wildlife protection: Leveraging the EU-Japan trade deal
1-Feb-2017 EurActiv
The EU-Japan trade deal is an opportunity to encourage Japan to stop flouting multilateral environmental agreements.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
1-Feb-2017 OHCHR
The report provides an analysis of the impacts of international investment agreements on the rights of indigenous peoples.
"In Chinese investment treaties, questions arise on who qualifies for protection"
1-Feb-2017 Lexology
Despite recent criticism from some quarters concerning the use of investment treaties and free trade agreements, the Chinese investment treaty system remains firmly in place.
New Melanesian FTA to demolish economic walls
1-Feb-2017 Indian Newslink
Fiji has signed a new version of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with its member countries
US’ withdrawal no cause for celebration with Malaysia’s anti-TPPA groups
31-Jan-2017 Malay Mail
Local critics are not rejoicing over the United States’ withdrawal from the TPP deal, cautioning instead that the trade pact may be revived or survive in other forms.
Bye-bye BITs? Poland reviews its investment policy
31-Jan-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Poland is clearly sceptical regarding investment protection granted by BITs containing an ISDS system in a current form.
Churchill mulls response over tribunal costs
31-Jan-2017 Stock Market Wire
Churchill Mining continues to see whether there are grounds to seek a revision of annulment of costs awarded against the company.
Austria: Anti CETA, TTIP petition signed by 562,000
31-Jan-2017 Newsmax
An Austrian petition against EU free trade agreements with the United States and Canada has been signed by 562,000 people.
Trade pact: India, Sri Lanka to iron out differences in services, rules of origin
31-Jan-2017 The Hindu
With China too eyeing a similar agreement with Colombo, New Delhi aims to sign expanded FTA this year.