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AngloGold turns to UN arbitration as law changes threaten Geita
17-Jul-2017 Miningmx
AngloGold Ashanti joined Acacia Mining in entering into arbitration over legislative changes in Tanzania which entitles the East African country’s government to renegotiate business agreements with mining firms.
Trading health through IPR, patents
17-Jul-2017 Deccan Herald
Trade agreements between countries have a perceivable impact on access to medicines as a result of changes in patent and other national laws in different countries.
Pakistan refuses $11.5 billion claim in Reko Diq case
17-Jul-2017 The Nation
Pakistan has rejected $11.5 billion damages claim made by the Tethyan Copper Company ltd (TCC) a joint venture between Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation in the Reko Diq case.
TiSA - Foul play
17-Jul-2017 The Future World of Work
One of the world’s leading trade lawyers has written this report for UNI on the implications of TiSA on workers, democracy and UNIs sectors. The conclusions point in 1 direction: TiSA must be stopped!
Crystallex wins court order against Haitong over Venezuela assets
17-Jul-2017 Reuters
Canadian miner Crystallex has won U.S. court approval to bar China’s Haitong International Securities Group Ltd from transferring securities owned by Venezuela, in a move to recoup damages from an expropriation by the OPEC nation.
Australia: Coal and wind interests power ISDS threats against Australia
17-Jul-2017 Mondaq
APR Energy PLC and Nucoal have been making noise about bringing investor-state claims against Australia
Philippines eyes free trade agreement with US
17-Jul-2017 Philippines Star
The Philippines is looking to take its bilateral relations with the US a notch higher as it eyes to secure a free trade agreement (FTA) with the world’s largest economy.
Namibia to sign trade related facility financing agreement
17-Jul-2017 News Ghana
Namibia will soon sign the Trade Related Facility Financing Agreement with the SADC Secretariat to enable the country to develop a plan for implementing the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
Bangladesh confirms Sri Lanka FTA to be signed this year
17-Jul-2017 Colombo Gazette
Dhaka has been negotiating the FTA with Colombo since 2013 to increase trade now worth $80 million every year.
Call for solidarity and participation! People’s summit against FTAs and RCEP
15-Jul-2017 Focus on the Global South
22-26 July 2017. Hyderabad, India.
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (July 2017)
14-Jul-2017 European Commission
19 draft chapters, as released by the European Commission
TPP states agree new framework needed to implement pact without U.S.
14-Jul-2017 Japan Times
The chief negotiators of the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership countries agreed to aim to put the regional free trade deal into force under a new framework.
Canada blinks in face of US/Pharma pressure
14-Jul-2017 Info Justice
The cool reasoning of the Canadian Supreme Court does not acknowledge or reference “external” pressures or the Eli Lilly v. Canada ISDS case. However, courts do not decide cases in a vacuum. This case seems to have been decided in a pressure cooker.
India-China trade talks deadlocked
14-Jul-2017 The Hindu
Trade talks between India and China remained deadlocked with neither side willing to offer concessions to end the impasse, official sources said.
China, New Zealand resume free trade upgrade talks
14-Jul-2017 Tax-news
Representatives from the two countries met in Beijing to discuss matters such as technical trade barriers, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation.
Three new bill supplements related to natural wealth and resources passed in Tanzania
13-Jul-2017 Lexology
A number of the provisions of the new legislation are inconsistent with the protections afforded to qualifying investors under agreements such as bilateral investment treaties.
’Don’t make decisions about us, without us’
13-Jul-2017 Al Jazeera
Free trade agreements scripted by powerful governments and corporations destroy rural areas. Peasants will resist them!
Unifor-UAW statement on auto and the re-negotiation of NAFTA
13-Jul-2017 UAW
It’s essential for auto workers in the United States and Canada to not be persuaded by those who wish to portray Mexican auto workers as the problem. Workers in every country have the right to to seek a higher standard of living.
USTR formally demands negotiation to revise FTA with Korea
13-Jul-2017 Korea Herald
The United States formally notified South Korea that it wants to start the process of revising the free trade agreement between the two countries, the office of the US Trade Representative said.
No RCEP Campaign: Stop trading away human rights
13-Jul-2017 APWLD
The ’No RCEP’ campaign urges governments to consider the adverse impact of the mega free trade agreement