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21-May-2018 The Spin Off
Parliament must ensure we don’t sign away values for trade
The way we sign up to trade deals must change, and parliament needs to lead the process to prevent flawed agreements like the TPP getting through, write lawyer Oliver Hailes and academic Max Harris. -
21-May-2018 Indian Express
Arbitration panel to hear Vodafone challenge to Rs 22,100 crore tax in February 2019
The tribunal, headed by Sir Franklin Berman, will hear the government’s objection to tax matters being covered under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty. -
21-May-2018 Euractiv
EU-Azeri trade pact will be ready in 2019
An EU-Azerbaijan trade and political agreement will be ready for ratification in 2019, says Javanshir Feyziyev, co-chair of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. -
21-May-2018 Belarus News
China to tap into Belt and Road potential in cooperation with Belarus
China will cooperate with Belarus to actively use the advantages of the Belt and Road concept, Deputy Head of the Foreign Affairs Office of Hubei Province Lianghua Zhang said as he spoke at the international seminar Belt and Road. Getting to Know Hubei in Wuhan, China, BelTA has learned. -
21-May-2018 Xinhua
Chinese, Chilean FMs hold talks to deepen bilateral cooperation
China expects Chile to continue to play an active and exemplary role in jointly building the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative with Latin America, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. -
18-May-2018 Anadolu Agency
Turkey, Venezuela ink trade agreement over phone
“By expanding its scope, we aim for this agreement to be turned into a free trade agreement as soon as possible,” Erdogan told. -
18-May-2018 Turkey Telegraph
Spain loses its third millionaire arbitration award for the reduction of renewables
ICSID imposes a fine of 64.5 million euros for a claim by a fund of the state of Abu Dhabi. -
18-May-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan’s lower house passes TPP trade deal
Japan’s lower house on Friday passed a bill to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, paving the way for its enactment before the current Diet session ends in June. -
17-May-2018 RT
Iran signs provisional pact to enter Russia-led free-trade zone
The five-nation Eurasian Economic Union has signed a 3-year provisional agreement with Iran to welcome the Islamic Republic into the bloc’s free-trade zone. -
17-May-2018 Sierra Club
NAFTA talks have ignored environmental concerns
NAFTA 2.0 could increase pollution that threatens our communities. -
17-May-2018 ICTSD
Pacific Alliance, associate members enter fourth negotiating round, look to clinch deal by July
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore. -
17-May-2018 Common Sense Canadian
Canada backs foreign investor rights to protect mining sector: Book
Canada’s controversial mining sector may be the driving force behind the country’s insistence on protecting foreign investors’ rights over laws that guard its own citizens and environmental values. -
17-May-2018 Tralac
AfCFTA: Annexes (May 2018)
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17-May-2018 Dutch Government
Netherlands draft model BIT (May 2018)
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17-May-2018 Ecns
China, Norway make ’positive progress’ in free trade negotiations
Both sides conducted negotiations on issues such as trade in goods, trade in services, investment, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, intellectual property rights, competition policies and government procurement. -
17-May-2018 Reuters
EU heads discuss bold-or-fold strategy toward Trump tariffs
European leaders sought unity toward threatened US import tariffs on steel and aluminium, balancing the views of those most fearful of a trade war and those determined not to be bullied into concessions. -
17-May-2018 The Financial Times
Local metal output hits FTA roadblock
According to the recently published report by the NITI Aayog on FTAs states that India’s exports to FTA countries have not outperformed overall export growth or exports to the rest of the world; and also FTAs have led to increased imports and exports; the former has been greater. -
16-May-2018 Lexology
Progress towards a Multilateral Investment Court? EU-momentum building and divisions in UNCITRAL Working Group III
The European Commission’s focus on ISDS has been so intense that far-reaching reform has been portrayed by many as inevitable. The Commission’s proposal is for the development of a multilateral investment court system (MIC). -
16-May-2018 Reuters
Conoco aims to seize oil cargoes near Citgo’s Aruba terminal
US oil company ConocoPhillips has brought new court actions to seize two cargoes of crude and fuel near a terminal operated by PDVSA subsidiary Citgo Petroleum in Aruba. -
16-May-2018 Farming UK
US-UK FTA could ’destroy large parts of British farming’, report warns
A new study has highlighted major concerns surrounding a potential UK and US free trade deal, saying it could "destroy large parts of British farming".