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21-Feb-2018 TeleSur
Mercosur, EU to restart free trade negotiations Wednesday
European Union and Mercosur representatives are pressed to close a deal before the upcoming Brazilian general elections. -
21-Feb-2018 Chronicle Herald
Digby Neck quarry claim: PM should save us from NAFTA
Starting this week, the Permanent Court of Arbitration panel will meet again to determine how much Canadian taxpayers will have to hand over to Bilcon. -
21-Feb-2018 MercoPress
Switzerland interested in a trade deal with Mercosur despite its own farmers
Swiss Economic Affairs Minister wants to speed up a free trade agreement between Switzerland and Mercosur, but there is concern in the agricultural sector -
21-Feb-2018 Alianza Biodiversidad
12 reasons why we say NO to the Mercosur – European Union free trade agreement
We invite you to add your signatures to this document. -
21-Feb-2018 Reuters
Kazakhstan’s frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
The case is one of several brought to courts in Europe by Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati who is attempting to force the Kazakh government to pay up in a dispute about his energy investments in the oil-rich country. -
21-Feb-2018 Reuters
Congo’s Kabila yet to sign new mining code as deadline nears
International mining companies are lobbying Kabila not to sign the new code, saying the proposed changes would discourage investment and violate existing agreements. Randgold has threatened to challenge the law through international arbitration. -
21-Feb-2018 Challenges
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique publiée
La version définitive du Partenariat transpacifique (TPP), accord de libre-échange dans la zone Asie-Pacifique, a été publiée en vue de sa signature par 11 pays après le retrait des Etats-Unis. -
21-Feb-2018 AFTINET
Revised TPP-11 text is largely unchanged: independent assessment and Senate Inquiry needed
Many of the most harmful clauses remain. -
21-Feb-2018 Hankyoreh
Trade issues between South Korea and US threaten to scuttle KORUS FTA negotiations
The emergence of a number of trade issues involving South Korea and the US – including a plan being mulled over by the US to slap tariffs on South Korean steel and GM Korea’s threat to close a factory in South Korea – is creating uncertainty about the future of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), just before the third round of negotiations aimed at revising the agreement. -
21-Feb-2018 Friends of the Earth Europe
Civil society set out demands at EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
The next round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia start today in Solo, Indonesia. Civil society organisations from Europe and Indonesia, including Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth Indonesia, will meet in parallel to discuss the consequences of a potential agreement. -
21-Feb-2018 Mirror Citizen
Suspend Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) talks: PNF tells President of Sri Lanka
Professionals’ National Front (PNF), a collective of professional organizations, yesterday requested President Maithripala Sirisena to suspend talks on the Indo-Sri Lanka Economic and Technology Co-operation Agreement (ETCA) scheduled for February 21 in New Delhi. -
20-Feb-2018 South China Morning Post
Hong Kong gold exchange seeks to create gold trading corridor along Belt and Road
The Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), Hong Kong’s gold exchange, is in talks with Singapore, Myanmar and Dubai to establish a gold commodity corridor to promote yuan-denominated products under China’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to its president Haywood Cheung Tak-hay. -
20-Feb-2018 Reuters
Interview: Japan hopes US returns to TPP but overhaul tough - negotiator
Japan’s chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Kazuyoshi Umemoto, told Reuters that an agreement among the remaining 11 member nations, set to be signed next month, may have had an impact on the United States. -
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Glencore, Randgold form group to challenge Congo law changes
Randgold is considering launching international arbitration if Congolese President gives his assent to the legislation. -
19-Feb-2018 Yonhap
S. Korea, five central American countries to discuss cooperation
The officials will likely discuss the impact that the trade agreement could have on their economic and business relations. -
19-Feb-2018 London South East
Churchill claims "unfair arbitration" in Indonesia legal battle
Churchill Mining updated the market on the progress made in its attempts to annul an international tribunal’s award against it. -
19-Feb-2018 Freedom Newspaper
Gambia gov’t spends two billion dalasis on arbitration cases!
How can the Goverment risk billions of dalasis in arbitration costs, once more, with Africa Petroleum? What money will pay for this trial? -
19-Feb-2018 Bloomberg
Next Nafta talks scheduled to start with auto content rules
Seventh round set to run Feb. 25 to March 5 in Mexico City. Rules of origin to be one of most discussed issues in talks. -
19-Feb-2018 Myanmar Times
Devil will be in the detail for Belt and Road courts
The new Belt and Road courts could complement existing common law-based arbitration institutions and widen the choices for project parties, but the devil could be in the detail, such as the structure, composition of judges and governing rules, experts have warned. -
19-Feb-2018 Bangkok Post
Moving forward in global trade
Thailand has entered into negotiations for a number of free trade agreements (FTA). Its first FTA was the Asean Free Trade Area, signed in 1992. The country has six FTAs with India, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Peru and Chile.