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S. Korean investment agreements allow paper companies to request international arbitration
14-Jan-2020 Hankyoreh
South Korea has concluded no fewer than 99 investment agreements that allows paper companies to take advantage of investor-state dispute system.
China and EU may hold summit in Beijing at end of March, ahead of ‘17+1’ meeting
14-Jan-2020 South China Morning Post
China and the EU are expected to hold their annual summit at the end of March, two weeks before Beijing hosts a high-profile meeting with the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries.
China to ramp up US car, aircraft, energy purchases in trade deal: source
14-Jan-2020 Reuters
China has pledged to buy almost $80 billion of additional manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years as part of a trade war truce.
Uber threatens Colombia with treaty-based arbitration after ban on use of its ride-sharing app
13-Jan-2020 IAReporter
The US-based ridesharing services platform Uber Technologies and its Colombian subsidiary, Uber Colombia, have threatened to initiate arbitration proceedings against Colombia under the Colombia-US Trade Promotion Agreement.
“A la carte” justice for transnational corporations?
13-Jan-2020 CCFD-Terre Solidaire
At a time when 3,400 trade and investment agreements protect the interests of transnational corporations, there is no international treaty requiring them to uphold human rights and environmental protection.
Winshear delivers notice of intent to submit a claim to arbitration under Canada-Tanzania agreement for the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments
13-Jan-2020 GlobeNewswire
The dispute arises out of certain acts and omissions of the United Republic of Tanzania, relating to the SMP Gold Project, says the company.
Irish focus as EU’s Hogan opens China investment talks
13-Jan-2020 Irish Examiner
Later this week negotiations for a comprehensive agreement on investment between the EU and mainland China will be held in Brussels.
US–China rivalry and the future of interdependence
13-Jan-2020 ASPI The Strategist
The clash between the US and China is arrestingly sharp and deep not only because the stakes are so high and the parties so profoundly different but also because it has been brewing over several decades of increasingly intimate and complex interaction.
Chinese textile companies bank on BRI for growth
13-Jan-2020 Phnom Penh Post
As participating countries are expected to sign the RCEP this year, China’s textile industry must accelerate the adjustment of products, capacity and trade structure to better integrate regional development in the next stage.
India has left RCEP behind, but not its ambition in Southeast Asia
13-Jan-2020 The Interpreter
India’s decision in the final months of last year to withdraw from negotiations for the mega-regional trade agreement known as the RCEP disappointed the countries of Southeast Asia, which are also members of the ASEAN.
US, China dust off corporate deals before trade pact signing
10-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
China highlighted a pledge to fully open up its oil and gas exploration sector. Financial services deals long in the works may be tied to deal.
UK tells Trump that American chicken is still off the menu
10-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
US chicken imports offend British sanitary sensibilities. Not just for the safety of people who ingest it, but mainly because the process compensates for less stringent health standards.
New Caledonia and Vanuatu meet to finalise free trade agreement
10-Jan-2020 RNZ
The leaders of New Caledonia and Vanuatu have met to finalise the free trade agreement the countries signed in April.
Pakistan moves US court to stop over $6bn fine in Reko Diq case
10-Jan-2020 DAWN
Pakistan has asked a US federal court to pause an Australian copper company’s bid to enforce a $6 billion arbitral award while it looks to have the award nixed.
Japan, Australia reaffirm goal for RCEP deal
10-Jan-2020 The Japan News
Japan and Australia reaffirmed their goal of concluding the envisioned RCEP free trade deal among 16 nations including India by the end of the year.
Protectionism is not best way to ensure prosperity of all: Singaporean minister
10-Jan-2020 Outlook India
Protectionism and import substitutions are not the best ways to ensure the prosperity of all, especially the poorest of the poor, but keeping the economy open to the world is, senior Singaporean minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said.
Japan, Morocco sign agreement for promotion and protection of investment
10-Jan-2020 Devdiscourse
This agreement aims at further protection and promotion of investment between the contracting parties.
How ISDS corporate privileges risk to undermine community struggles
9-Jan-2020 CEO
Inspiring people fought toxic gold mines, dirty oil drilling and greedy luxury real estate projects. Now, costly investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) lawsuits risk to reverse their community victories.
Norway hopes for China free-trade deal in 2020, industry minister says
9-Jan-2020 Reuters
Norway aims to reach a free-trade agreement with China by the end of 2020, more than a decade after initial negotiations began, the Norwegian industry minister said.
‘Japan keen to boost bilateral trade with Pakistan’
9-Jan-2020 International The News
Japan expressed its support for Pakistan’s efforts to stabilse the country’s fragile economy and also agreed to work together to further promote bilateral trade relations.