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20-Dec-2017 Tax-News
EFTA and Ecuador progress free trade talks
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland – and Ecuador have concluded the fifth round of talks towards an agreement that will reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to bilateral trade. -
19-Dec-2017 SOL
The urgent clarification of import duties applied in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana related to their interim EPAs
What will happen if the regional EPA of West Africa is never finalized? -
19-Dec-2017 Hankyoreh
KORUS FTA negotiations likely to be partial revision rather than complete overhaul
South Korean Trade Minister expects the US to ask for liberalization of the agriculture and livestock sectors. -
19-Dec-2017 Deccan Chronicle
China forces Maldives to sign ’Beijing-driven’ Free Trade Agreement
The Maldives prez rushed into the agreement without following legal norms which created considerable anti-China sentiments among his people. -
19-Dec-2017 Yonhap
S. Korea, India to hold talks on trade deal improvement
South Korea and India will hold a new round of talks on the improvement of a bilateral trade deal. -
19-Dec-2017 Global Trade
Ross: US still open to TTIP
Several hurdles ahead before agreement can be reached. -
19-Dec-2017 Mongabay
EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
The emphasis on production and international consumption could greatly increase the need for agricultural land in Latin America, and result in a major increase in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and Argentine Chaco. -
19-Dec-2017 Hiru
Malaysia and Sri Lanka to speed up FTA talks
President Maithripala Sirisena and the visiting Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato’ Sri Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak agreed to expand trade relations between the 2 countries further. -
19-Dec-2017 Macau News
Two new CEPA agreements inked
The “Investment Agreement” and the “Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation” under the framework of the China and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement have been signed. -
19-Dec-2017 IATP
NAFTA, no NAFTA, or worse: TPP via NAFTA?
NAFTA has failed family farmers, as well as workers and our environments, in all three NAFTA countries. Why the rush to complete negotiations in a matter of months for a NAFTA 2.0 based on the same failed policies? -
19-Dec-2017 IP Watch
Intellectual property rights in trade – to be rethought?
After two decades of intellectual property regimes in trade agreements, one could have some second thoughts. -
18-Dec-2017 Korea Times
Korea to protect agro products in FTA renegotiation
The government will protect sensitive industries such as agriculture in the upcoming negotiation with the United States over revision of the bilateral trade pact. -
18-Dec-2017 Nanaimo
NAFTA: In new phase of talks, search starts for solutions to break impasse
Negotiators gathered at an informal session in Washington are considering ways to work around a main impasse of the talks so far, a US demand on auto parts deemed unfeasible by Canada, Mexico and the industry. -
18-Dec-2017 Financial Post
China, Britain pledge co-operation as UK leaves EU
The British export finance agency will support up to 25 billion pounds ($33 billion) of new business along the “Belt and Road” in Asia. -
18-Dec-2017 CIEL
UNCITRAL looks narrowly at the problems with investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)
More than 40 governments met as part of a working group of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) to discuss reforms to the investor-state dispute settlement system. -
15-Dec-2017 SSRN
Against secrecy: The social cost of international dispute settlement
Secrecy in the outcomes of investment arbitration remains high in part because parties have found ways to use settlements to hide relevant information. -
15-Dec-2017 AK Europa
AK EUROPA: Even economically, TiSA does not deliver what it promises
Even though the official negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) are currently on hold, the questionable foundations of the economic impact assessments on TiSA have increasingly become the focus of attention. -
15-Dec-2017 Bangkok Post
EU free trade talks put on fast track
Thai delegation heads to Europe next year. -
15-Dec-2017 Express Tribune
Progas shareholders challenge court ruling in favour of Pakistan
Last year, Pakistan won a case against the UK-based shareholder of Progas Pakistan in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. -
15-Dec-2017 Crime Moldova
Moldova wins the case initiated by two Russian investors of Agroindbank
The Republic of Moldova has won the case in the international process initiated by the Russian companies Evrobalt and Kompozit in May and June of 2016, after the NBM suspended their rights and forced them to sell their shares at Moldova Agroindbank.