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10-Aug-2018 CCSI
Costs and benefits of investment treaties
As states look back over decades of treaty practice, the expected benefits have not clearly materialized, whereas the costs have been unexpectedly high. -
10-Aug-2018
EU-Canada (CETA) - Revised draft decisions on the appellate tribunal, the code of conduct and the rules for mediation for the implementation of the Investment Court System (EU proposal, July 2018)
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9-Aug-2018 Deutsch Welle
EU-Africa free trade will create more imbalances, say critics
Germany’s development minister has sparked a debate by calling for EU tariffs to be waived on African goods. Critics question whether import duties are really the issue, or are there other barriers to trade? -
9-Aug-2018 CNBC
US and EU begin laying the groundwork for a trade agreement
The US State Department instructs EU embassies to source trade deliverables. The EU delegation is planning a late-August trip to Washington. -
9-Aug-2018 Reuters
No easy answers as Japan, US head for new round of trade talks
Japan will try to avert steep tariffs on its car exports and fend off US demands for a bilateral free trade agreement at talks in Washington, but a quick fix for the trade imbalance between the two countries appears elusive. -
9-Aug-2018 Bloomberg
US and Mexico target Nafta cars deal by end of week
Canada is said to prepare to rejoin talks as soon as next week. Mexican ministers are in Washington for third week in a row. -
8-Aug-2018 The Guardian
Secrecy shrouds cost to Australian taxpayer in controversial trade dispute
US energy company is seeking $350m in compensation in so-called ISDS case over gas turbines in Pilbara. -
8-Aug-2018 Daily Blog
Trade for All is a lie
New Zealand Labour-led government’s ‘Trade for All agenda’ is somehow meant to re-engender confidence without addressing any issues. -
8-Aug-2018 BNA
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said. -
8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool. -
8-Aug-2018 IISD
Conflicts between Latin American countries and transnational corporations: The challenges of the region in the face of asymmetrical investment treaties
Facing multimillion dollar claims, many Latin American states have become critical of investment arbitration. A group of researchers building a database of legal and policy tools aims to change this. -
8-Aug-2018 KBS
WSJ: Revised KORUS FTA jeopardized by auto tariff dispute
A revised free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is reportedly in jeopardy after President Donald Trump threatened to impose heavy tariffs on auto and auto parts imports. -
7-Aug-2018 Eurasian Economic Union
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement text (2018)
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement (2018) -
7-Aug-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
China-Georgia FTA
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7-Aug-2018 ICSID
Mexico ratifies the ICSID Convention
The United Mexican States deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States with the World Bank. -
7-Aug-2018 Reuters
Morocco agrees to accept US poultry: USTR, USDA
Morocco has agreed to accept imports of American poultry products for the first time, the US Trade Representative’s office and the US Department of Agriculture said, estimating initial annual shipments at about $10 million. -
7-Aug-2018 The Southern Times
EU-Eastern and Southern Africa EPA faces collapse
Although ESA says it is committed to the full EPA process with EU, the bloc accuses the EU of dragging its feet and rather preferring to enter into EPAs with individual African states outside the collective economic integration framework. -
6-Aug-2018 European Commission
EU-New Zealand FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
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6-Aug-2018 European Commission
EU-Australia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
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6-Aug-2018 European Commission
EU-Tunisia FTA: EU proposals (July 2018)
As released by the European Commission