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Fiji was excluded from PACER plus
24-Apr-2017 Pasifik
Fiji did not pull out of the PACER Plus trade negotiations. It had been excluded.
Taming the “mercantile adventurers”: third party funding and investment arbitration – A report from the 14th annual ITA-ASIL conference
24-Apr-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The role of third party funding in investment arbitration raises unique concerns for policy-makers because, ultimately, a State’s taxpayers will be liable for satisfaction of any award favoring the claimant.
Trading with Trump – What we can expect from a UK-US trade deal
24-Apr-2017 Global Justice Now
A new briefing has outlined the likely elements of a UK-US trade deal and argues that it would contain more extreme forms of all the controversial elements of the deal that was being negotiated between the EU and the USA.
USW, Unite march in solidarity with Mexican steelworkers
24-Apr-2017 USW
After three decades of NAFTA, Mexican workers are still denied basic rights.
New Zealand enters Chinese "upgrade" talks with longer list than its counterpart
24-Apr-2017 Stuff
New Zealand hopes to bring forward the phasing out of restrictions on tariff-free dairy trade, industries from avocados and apricots to forestry and paper were wanting help to ease the path for exports into China.
The Reko Diq mystery
24-Apr-2017 TNS
The final amount of damages payable to TCC in the Reko Diq case may carry serious implications for future development projects in Balochistan.
Australia to pursue FTA with China’s Hong Kong: trade minister
24-Apr-2017 Xinhua
The Australian government has announced it will pursue a free trade agreement with Hong Kong in an attempt to secure further service export opportunities for Australian businesses.
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold files $700 million lawsuit against Colombia over Marmato project
24-Apr-2017 Financial Post
Canadian miner Gran Colombia Gold has filed a US$700 million lawsuit against Colombia under the Colombian-Canadian free trade agreement after the government ordered the company to cease operations at the El Burro site in Marmato.
Trump warming to EU trade deal with Britain behind in queue: Times
24-Apr-2017 Reuters
The United States could strike a free-trade agreement with the European Union after President Donald Trump warmed to a deal with the bloc.
Trump pone a Gran Bretaña por detrás de la Unión Europea en su prioridad de comercio
22-Apr-2017
Gran Bretaña ha sido desplazada por detrás de la Unión Europea en la fila para cerrar un acuerdo de libre comercio con Estados Unidos. Así lo hicieron saber fuentes oficiales de Washington.
Asean eyes early conclusion of RCEP pact
21-Apr-2017 The Manila Times
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations remains committed to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at the soonest , said the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
Corporate sovereignty used to bully Ukraine, Colombia and Italy for protecting public health and the environment
21-Apr-2017 Tech Dirt
ISDS is an attempt to remove the risk of investment from companies, and place it squarely on the public’s shoulders, without any quid pro quo.
Ideological recklessness to resurrect a TPPA-minus-US
21-Apr-2017 Scoop
Chief negotiators from the non-US TPPA countries will meet in Canada in early May to prepare a plan for the side meeting of TPP trade minister’s during the APEC meeting in Hanoi.
PH eyes more FTA deals
21-Apr-2017 Malaya
Asean where the Philippines is part mulls free trade agreements with Canada, the United Kingdom, Russia, the European Union as well as the Eurasian Economic Union.
New Zealand renews push to secure Gulf FTA
21-Apr-2017 Xinhua
New Zealand Economic Development Minister Simon Bridges will make a further push to secure a long-stalled trade agreement with Arab states on a visit to the United Arab Emirates.
Ukraine challenges court ruling to enforce payment of $144 mln awarded to Tatneft in Ukrtatnafta case
21-Apr-2017 Interfax
Ukraine will use all legal mechanisms seeking invalidation of the international arbitration court’s ruling ordering Ukraine to pay Tatneft $144 million.
Dispute settlement becomes speculative financial asset
20-Apr-2017 IPS
ISDS provisions of investment treaties, free trade and other agreements have increasingly provided an investment opportunity to make money by speculating on lawsuits.
PACER-Plus trade deal without PNG and Fiji a bad deal
20-Apr-2017 AFTINET
PNG and Fiji’s rejection shows that the agreement is heavily skewed towards the interests of Australia and New Zealand - despite early rhetoric that the agreement was about development needs.
Canada seeks EPA talks with Japan
20-Apr-2017 Japan News
Canada should resume negotiations with Japan for a bilateral economic partnership agreement if a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact without the United States fails to go into effect, a committee of Canada’s lower house has said.
Tokyo fails to set agenda; bilateral trade talks loom with Washington
20-Apr-2017 The Asahi Shimbun
About the only agreement reached between visiting U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso was to hold a second round of talks.