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Second round of China FTA talks close
14-Apr-2020 The Star
The second round of negotiations for a Cambodia-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) highlighted the potential for expanding trade, investment, services, and strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the upcoming years.
Brazil India investment cooperation and facilitation treaty (2020)
10-Apr-2020 Modern Diplomacy
This is Brazil’s 10th and India’s 4th bilateral investment agreement since both nations had adopted their Model Bilateral Investment Treaty.
EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement and investment protection agreement - most liberalized market access for service sectors and unmatched legal certainty - latest update - what you must know
10-Apr-2020 Lexology
The EVFTA is the most comprehensive and ambitious trade and investment agreement that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country in Asia.
US, UK halt trade talks indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic – report
10-Apr-2020 Sputnik
The UK delegation, led by International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, was scheduled to fly to the United States in the week of 23 March.
Coronavirus: China yet to meet key phase one trade deal target due to Covid-19 lockdown
10-Apr-2020 South China Morning Post
China was due to release intellectual property action plan 30 working days after phase one trade deal came into force on February 15.
Investment treaty claims in pandemic times: Potential claims and defenses
9-Apr-2020 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
States around the world have taken a variety of measures seeking to stem the spread of COVID-19. It is likely that some foreign investors may seek relief and/or compensation for any losses resulting from State measures.
Ukraine, Iceland to speed up preparation of mutual investment protection agreement
9-Apr-2020 Ukrinform
Foreign Minister of Ukraine and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland agreed to accelerate the preparation of an agreement on promotion and mutual protection of investments.
UK will share more legal texts with EU shortly: Brexit trade deal negotiator
8-Apr-2020 Reuters
Britain remains in touch with the European Union over negotiations for a trade deal and will share further legal texts with the bloc shortly, the country’s Brexit negotiator David Frost said.
Unctad says Covid-19 implications go as far as intl investment agreements
8-Apr-2020 Creamer Media
Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, many investment-focused initiatives have been cancelled or postponed. The crisis may also have implications on negotiations of international investment agreement.
Mexico asks US, Canada to grant automakers transition for USMCA rules
8-Apr-2020 Reuters
Mexico’s government asked the United States and Canada to grant its automotive industry extra time to adapt its supply chains as the deadline for implementing a new North American trade deal approaches.
Mexico joins Canada, notifies US it’s ready to implement new NAFTA
6-Apr-2020 CBC
Date for the revised North American trade deal to kick in now up to Americans.
S. Korea, Indonesia vow to ink FTA amid virus pandemic
6-Apr-2020 Yonhap
South Korea and Indonesia agreed to quickly implement it in a way that helps minimize the economic fallout from the new coronavirus pandemic.
Canada notifies US and Mexico it has ratified revised NAFTA
6-Apr-2020 CBC
Canada notified the United States and Mexico that it has finished its ratification process and is now ready to implement the measures in the revised North American trade agreement.
The European Commission’s manipulations of the interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
3-Apr-2020 SOL
This analysis aims to uncover the many tricks used by the European Commission to impose the Interim Economic Partnership Agreements of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.
South Korea aims for environmental leadership through green free trade agreements
3-Apr-2020 The Diplomat
South Korea has been especially keen to present an image of itself as an environmental leader to the global community.
India plans SAARC trade talk soon, but past differences could prove to be a hurdle
3-Apr-2020 The Print
SAPTA and SAFTA never took off is because all these countries were never able to focus on trade, keeping politics aside.
We need to talk about valuation in ISDS
2-Apr-2020 Verfassungsblog
Investors are receiving monetary damages that they would not be entitled to outside of ISDS, on the basis of an unjustified and highly reductive understanding of value.
Epidemic sovereignty? Contesting investment treaty claims arising from coronavirus measures
2-Apr-2020 EJIL:Talk!
Allegedly arbitrary or disproportionate measures, albeit in the public interest, provide regular grist for the mill of investment treaty arbitration.
USMCA won’t go into effect in June
2-Apr-2020 Politico
Officials in the US, Mexico and Canada failed to meet a deadline on Tuesday that was necessary for the NAFTA replacement to take effect by June 1.
India’s opposition to CPEC on shaky ground
2-Apr-2020 Asia Times
Speaking during Raisina Dialogue 2020 in January, Indian Naval Chief Admiral Karambir Singh claimed that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor impinges on India’s sovereignty.