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India’s narrow BIT norms holding up trade pact
28-Jun-2016 Domain-b
The new model text on the basis of which India is negotiating its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) is making it difficult for America to hold bilateral talks on the proposed India-US BIT
Georgia and EFTA sign Free Trade Agreement
28-Jun-2016 Vestnik Kavkaza
The signing took place on the sideline of Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili’s two-day official visit to Switzerland and on the margins of EFTA ministerial meeting.
‘Brexit offers a vital lesson for Asean’
28-Jun-2016 Inquirer
Brexit shows where the European Union has gone wrong: because it failed to improve economic benefits for all.
Protecting the government in investor-state dispute
28-Jun-2016 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is currently reviewing all its international investment treaties after previously having terminated 20 bilateral investment treaties (BIT).
Asean to press RCEP to cut tariffs on 92% of goods
28-Jun-2016 The Nation
ASEAN countries will propose to the 16 member states of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to eliminate tariffs on 92 per cent of trade in goods to promote economic integration of the grouping.
S Korea to review free trade accord with EU
28-Jun-2016 SME Times
The South Korean government said that it will review the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with the European Union (EU) following Britain’s exit from the bloc.
Only quarter of Canadians believe NAFTA benefits them
27-Jun-2016 The Japan Times
Only one in four Canadians say the North American Free Trade Agreement is good for their country, and more than one-third want it renegotiated, according to a poll.
TransCanada Corp moves forward with Keystone XL NAFTA challenge
27-Jun-2016 Financial Post
TransCanada Corp. made good on its threat to challenge the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, filing a request for arbitration under NAFTA to recoup US$15 billion in damages from the U.S. government.
Asean told to refocus on RCEP
27-Jun-2016 The Nation
Thailand and other Asean nations should review their stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and rather refocus on materialising the Regional Cooperation on Economic Partnership, said former WTO chief.
Free trade agreements not the great deal we’ve been sold
27-Jun-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
Australian governments of late seem only to listen to the din of money as though that equates with national interest.
Tafta : la souveraineté kidnappée
27-Jun-2016 Alter Eco +
Jusqu’où peut-on pousser la logique du libre-échange ?
Conditionality in context - scenarios for EU relations with the Eurasian Economic Union
26-Jun-2016 CEPOB
The establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in January 2015 congealed EU-Russia relations in terms of geopolitics and trade policy.
Tension in SACU revealed by the SADC EPA
24-Jun-2016 Namibia Economist
SACU has not lived up to the promises of the 2002 Agreement. The failure to fully implement that Agreement has resulted in a regional arrangement in limbo and policy paralysis.
China-backed Asean opposes India’s stand on RCEP
24-Jun-2016 Business Standard
Beijing is demanding greater tariff reduction
RCEP countries conclude Auckland round, eye next steps
24-Jun-2016 ICTSD
Negotiators meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, continued their efforts to finalise talks this year for a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
EAEU and China may establish free trade zone
24-Jun-2016 TASS
Russian President said that the general development path in a global economy should involve a gradual removal of all barriers to open collaboration
South Korea, India to enhance free trade deal
24-Jun-2016 Tax News
South Korea and India have agreed to enter into talks aimed at re-negotiating the terms of their existing bilateral Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, particularly to improve the list of traded goods subject to reduced tariffs.
Say no to trade pacts with China: civic groups
23-Jun-2016 Taiwan Post
Civic groups protested outside the Executive Yuan on Monday, calling on the new government to reject any notions of signing trade in goods and services agreements with mainland China.
Taiwan making a list, checking it twice
23-Jun-2016 Politico
In anticipation of its bid to join TPP, Taiwan has made a list of roughly 45 changes to its law, from intellectual property to food safety, that would bring it into compliance with the Asia-Pacific deal.
Fears over partnership with EU
23-Jun-2016 IOL
The African Farmers Association of SA (Afasa) fears an international economic partnership that is expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs in South Africa will not, in the long run, benefit those on the ground.