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Uprooted episode 60: The regulatory cooperation council
12-Mar-2019 IATP
Sharon Treat exposes another backdoor to deregulation, the Regulatory Cooperation Council, that exists through NAFTA and is being used by corporate livestock lobbyists to undermine food safety and consumers right to know.
UK nationalisation: The law and the cost
11-Mar-2019 Clifford Chance
UK investors could seek to move their investments to jurisdiction such as Singapore and Hong Kong where they can take advantage of investment treaty protection, if a potential new Labour govenment were to nationalise public services.
Cairn Energy’s retro tax arbitration award delayed
11-Mar-2019 Times of India
Cairn Energy said it expects the long-running arbitration process against the Indian authorities over retrospective taxation to be concluded before late 2019.
A UN Treaty to reduce corporate impunity advances
11-Mar-2019 Meta
The treaty is also a direct opposite of the Investor State Dispute Settlement mechanisms adopted in trade deals, as they expand the powers of transnational corporations.
Even Israel is getting the Trump treatment on trade
11-Mar-2019 Bloomberg
US trade negotiators are traveling to Israel for advanced talks to upgrade their agricultural trade pact and reduce barriers for American farm exports to the Middle Eastern country.
CPFTA-II may be finalised prior to PM’s China visit
11-Mar-2019 Business Recorder
Pakistan and China are holding 11th round of second phase of Free Trade Agreement hoping positive outcome of the much supported parlays
ASEAN gains China’s support on RCEP
11-Mar-2019 Philippine News Agency
ASEAN has been assured of China’s support in realizing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement,
Indonesian free trade deal a big win for Aussie farmers
11-Mar-2019 Australian Farmers
IA-CEPA will help ensure that Australia, and its horticulture producers, will be able to benefit from the country’s expected economic growth.
Mercosur hopes to become main food supplier of ASEAN
11-Mar-2019 Vietnam Plus
The South American trade bloc Mercosur hopes to become a main food supplier of the ASEAN in the next 50 years
Venezuela must pay Conoco over $8 billion: World Bank
9-Mar-2019 Reuters
Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the country’s late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled.
Asia-Pacific megadeal: monthly targets put in place for RCEP trade to close this year
9-Mar-2019 Business Times
Key partners and ASEAN commerce ministers have agreed on a set of monthly targets on the RCEP trade deal before the end of this year.
India: Peasant movements to scrutinise and expose the dangers of RCEP trade agreement
8-Mar-2019 Via Campesina
Several prominent peasant movements in India are holding a ‘National level consultation on the Impact of RCEP and other tree trade agreements on farmers and farming in India’ on 13th March in New Delhi.
EU trade chief says no support in Europe for comprehensive US trade deal
8-Mar-2019 Reuters
The European Union will not support a comprehensive trade deal with the United States that includes agriculture, the EU’s top trade negotiator said, so she is working toward a narrower deal focused on industrial goods and automobiles.
Costa Rica legislators approve TLC with Korea
8-Mar-2019 Q
Negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea was begun by the Chinchilla administration (2010-2014), completed in 2016 and now only requires the President’s signature to go into force.
China trade by the numbers: New Zealand’s big buyer
8-Mar-2019 Stuff
New Zealand sold nearly $8.6b worth of goods and services to the United States in 2018, only half what was sold to China. Which sectors are doing the most business with China?
Govt should stop free trade talks with the EU
8-Mar-2019 New Straits Times
Malaysian palm oil producers urge the government to reject the revival talks of free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) in view of its move to boycott palm biodiesel.
Saving Japan’s seed heritage from “free trade”
7-Mar-2019 Local Futures
Former Japanese minister Yamada joined forces with 150 lawyers that have challenged as unconstitutional both the TPP agreement and the government’s decision to abolish the seed protection law.
Indonesia-Australia FTA text
7-Mar-2019 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia
As released by Government of Australia
Building a mirage: The effectiveness of tax carve-out provisions in international investment agreements
7-Mar-2019 South Centre
The broad language in investment agreements has allowed investor-state dispute settlement tribunals to scrutinize tax measures adopted by States, and determine that such measures resulted in a breach of State’s obligations under the agreement.
US ambassador defends farming record on chicken and beef
7-Mar-2019 BBC
The UK should accept American meat as part of a post-Brexit trade deal, says US ambassador to the UK .