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UK Trade Secretary to visit Japan for signing free trade agreement
14-Oct-2020 Big News Network
The signing of the agreement will reportedly take place on October 23. The Japanese parliament will then have until year-end to ratify it.
UK-Australia FTA needs more scrutiny and better food and environmental protections
13-Oct-2020 Trade Justice Movement
UK civil society groups respond to Liz Truss’s statement on UK-Australia trade deal negotiations.
UNCITRAL and ISDS reform (online): can you hear me now?
13-Oct-2020 EJIL: Talk!
Does moving online mean more governments and more officials participate? Or does it lessen the prestige and priority of the negotiations, leading to less engagement by key officials?
RCEP ministers to meet Wed., aiming for free trade deal by year-end
13-Oct-2020 ABS CBN
Ministers from Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a sprawling free trade agreement will meet this week via videoconference as their year-end deadline for reaching a deal nears.
Assessing outcomes in ISDS
13-Oct-2020 IISD
15 highly active respondent countries with net ISDS losses cumulatively account for USD 14.8 billion in net outcomes through 2017.
The need for “Africa-focused” arbitration and reform of Tanzania’s Arbitration Act
13-Oct-2020 IISD
Tanzania has enacted significant changes to the legislation governing foreign investment in natural resources with the aim of ridding the sector of the vestiges of “colonial” relationships.
Vietnam continues institutional reform as part of EVFTA commitment
13-Oct-2020 Vietnam Plus
Vietnam is continuing its institutional reform commitments made in the historic EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in an aim to boost exports of agricultural products and attract more investment from the EU trading bloc.
China and Cambodia sign FTA on heels of EU sanctions
13-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asia
China and Cambodia on Monday signed a free trade agreement at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Campaigners in last-ditch push to protect farming standards post-Brexit
12-Oct-2020 The Guardian
Farmers say UK food safety and animal welfare could be compromised as agriculture bill returns to parliament
Japan-UK economic partnership pact likely to be signed on October 23 - Sources
12-Oct-2020 Reuters
Tokyo has said it is aiming for the deal to come into force on Jan. 1, after reaching a broad trade agreement with Britain on Sept. 11.
New blow to the EU-Mercosur agreement
12-Oct-2020 Fresh Plaza
The European Parliament refuses to ratify it in its current state.
Johnson’s weekend diplomacy leaves EU trade deal in balance
12-Oct-2020 Bloomberg
As crunch week begins, officials unclear progress will be made. Talks to resume on Monday ahead of key EU summit on Thursday.
How China came to champion free trade
12-Oct-2020 Asia Times
The Chinese government has been strengthening legal protection of intellectual property for many years – for China’s own benefit, not to keep the Americans or anyone else happy. So how much has been accomplished, how much remains to be done, and why?
China and Sri Lanka to resume FTA talks and work on Hambantota industrial zone
12-Oct-2020 MENAFN
China and Sri Lanka are to resume talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and expedite work on the proposed Hambantota industrial zone.
Third round of South Korea FTA negotiations concludes
12-Oct-2020 Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and South Korea have productively concluded the third round of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to boost bilateral trade and investment once it enters into force.
Partners set to clinch RCEP deal next month
12-Oct-2020 Bangkok Post
Dialogue partners look set to clinch the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Nov 14 in Vietnam, according to the trade negotiators’ chief.
State to review FTA with China before implementation: Minister Fayyaz
12-Oct-2020 The Edition
Maldives Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, asserted the incumbent administrations intention to review the free trade agreement signed with China during the presidency of Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom.
China’s Wang Yi to ink free trade agreement today
12-Oct-2020 Khmer Times
The Free Trade Agreement between Cambodia and China will be signed during a two-day state visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Phnom Penh today, according to an official announcement on Saturday.
Does investor protection increase foreign direct investment? A meta‐analysis
9-Oct-2020 Journal of Economic Surveys
74 studies find robust evidence that effect of international investment agreements on foreign direct investment is so small as to be considered zero.
Ukraine and Britain sign agreement on free trade, political cooperation, and strategic partnership
9-Oct-2020 Ukrainian News
Ukraine and Britain have signed an agreement on political cooperation, free trade, and strategic partnership.