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Argentine crisis arbitration awards pile up, but investors still wait for a payout
25-Jun-2009 Law.com
It’s time for the US Department of State to pressure Argentina to comply with its treaty obligations, some lawyers suggest.
Many US House Democrats want trade policy revamp
25-Jun-2009 Washington Post
Political pressure grew on President Barack Obama to reconsider pending trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea as over 100 lawmakers called on Wednesday for a massive revamp of US trade policy.
106 members of Congress introduce TRADE Act, promote a better trade model
25-Jun-2009 Mike Michaud
Endorsed by more than a dozen fair trade groups, the TRADE Act would revamp US trade policy.
Geingob sheds light on EPAs
24-Jun-2009 New Era
The Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Hage Geingob yesterday provided rare behind-the-scene reasons that have kept the protracted Economic Partnership Agreement between Namibia and the European Union from being concluded despite months of negotiations.
Protecting foreign investment from political risk
24-Jun-2009 Stikeman Eliott LLP
In today’s risk averse environment investment protection agreements are also increasingly attractive to protect pension and mutual fund investments.
Medvedev trip looks to secure Africa’s riches
24-Jun-2009 Moscow Times
President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking Tuesday on a four-day African tour, beginning with a visit to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak before moving on to Nigeria, Namibia and Angola. Medvedev’s trip appears focused on helping Russian companies gain additional access to the continent’s natural resources wealth.
Korea, India to expedite free trade deal
24-Jun-2009 Korea Herald
Foreign ministers from Korea and India agreed on Tuesday to expedite a bilateral free trade agreement between the two countries.
Peruvian violence prompts concerns over Canada’s push for free trade deals
24-Jun-2009 Embassy Magazine
While a great deal of scrutiny has been directed toward Canada’s free trade agreement with Colombia, there has been little said about a similar deal with Peru. In fact, last Wednesday, on one of the final days of Parliament, that agreement barely made a ripple as it quietly received Royal Assent.
“India and Eu’s combined strategy for the free-trade pact worsen its position at WTO”
24-Jun-2009 Institute of International Trade
The most affected from the EU-India FTA will be India’s dairy farming sector, where regularly five million women and 15 million men work to meet their daily needs.
Vicious sting in the tail of FTAs
24-Jun-2009 Business Standard
What is slowly emerging is the beginning of a composite oppositition to FTAs in India.
Murder in Peru: Indigenous rights and corporate interests
23-Jun-2009 COHA
Alan Garcia has gotten Peru into an incredibly difficult situation. It is only too likely that governments of nearby countries, like Colombia, will soon find themselves in similarly frustrating situations, whereby foreign investors’ intrinsic power would be equal to, or even greater than, the host government’s ability to legislate on the behalf of the population.
Jordan-Canada FTA ’in final stages’
23-Jun-2009 Jordan Times
"This is the fastest FTA we have ever negotiated," says Canada’s ambassador in Amman.
RP set to ratify free-trade pact with Australia, New Zealand
22-Jun-2009 Business Mirror
While not part of the official AANZFTA negotiations, the Philippine government is preparing to ratify the free-trade agreement it signed as a member of ASEAN with the governments of Australia and New Zealand.
FTA between Panama and the United States: Re-negotiations imminent?
22-Jun-2009 Panama Star
US congressmen are pressuring Panama to reduce the number of people who can form a union from 40 to 20 and to give foreigners the right to head union organizations in Panama.
Human rights and BITs: Mapping the role of human rights law within investor-state arbitration
22-Jun-2009 Rights & Democracy
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
EPA: EU bows to pressure, moves deadline
22-Jun-2009 This Day
The European Union may have bowed to pressure from Nigeria and other African Caribbean and Pacific countries by shifting the commencement of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement from the June 30 deadline to October 2009.
Logo design contest results
22-Jun-2009
In the first half of 2009, bilaterals.org invited submissions for a new logo for the website.
Relaunch of bilaterals.org
21-Jun-2009
Today we are relaunching bilaterals.org with new features and a new design.
US trade freeze could be slowly thawing
21-Jun-2009 Reuters
After months of little US action on trade, there are signs the issue could become more important for President Barack Obama
Protest supports Peru’s Indigenous
21-Jun-2009 Workers World
Indigenous peoples, solidarity movement activists and environmentalists filled the sidewalks outside the Peruvian Consulate in New York June 10. It was New York’s turn to join the international solidarity movement that has sprung up since Peruvian President Alan Garcia ordered police to attack a demonstration of 5,000 Indigenous people in Peru’s Amazon region.