29-Mar-2018
Public Citizen
NAFTA was the first “trade” agreement that included new monopoly powers for Big Pharma companies.
29-Mar-2018
Business Line
China has expressed its interest in negotiating a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with India following the termination of its earlier treaty.
29-Mar-2018
Black Sea Grain
There will be a joint statement of the Governments and Ministries of Israel and Ukraine that the free trade area agreement between the two countries reached the final stage.
29-Mar-2018
Business Insider
The Trump administration will seek to exploit the UK’s weakness after Brexit, making a quick and beneficial trade deal almost impossible for Theresa May to achieve.
28-Mar-2018
Nikkei Asian Review
Project delays after initial fanfare, projects sometimes experience serious delays. In Indonesia, construction on a $6 billion rail line is behind schedule and costs are escalating. Similar problems have plagued projects in Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.
28-Mar-2018
Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wants to expand a
renewed version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact to include the
US and other countries to drive global economic growth and fight the rising
tide of protectionism.
28-Mar-2018
Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Whilst arbitrations involve African parties or interests, most of these arbitrations have their seat outside Africa.
28-Mar-2018
Malaysian Digest
Malaysia is studying the possibility of establishing a free-trade agreement (FTA) with Brazil, International Trade and Industry Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Seri J Jayasiri said.
28-Mar-2018
Library of Congress
On March 9, 2018, the New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth, David Parker, announced that the government has signed “side letters” with five other countries that are also party to the TPP11 that exclude compulsory investor-state dispute settlement.
