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22-Jul-2024
Jakarta Globe
ASEAN recently dropped another hint that they might try to strike a trade pact with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as the former tries to boost its trade with partners outside the region.
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19-Jul-2024
Mint
Top trade officials from India and Peru will meet in September to focus on building consensus on the trade of goods and services, two people aware of the matter said.
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19-Jul-2024
Business Day
Dangote Group, Flour Mills of Nigeria and Tolaram are among nine companies that made first exports under the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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19-Jul-2024
The Monitor
The welcome decision shines a light on Canada’s flawed defence in similar investor-state case against Canada.
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19-Jul-2024
Investing
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, held bilateral discussions for deeper economic ties and moving ahead on free trade agreements (FTAs) with his counterparts from the UK and EU on the sidelines of the G7 trade ministers’ meeting at Reggio Calabria in Italy.
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19-Jul-2024
Economy Next
Sri Lanka’s private sector trade body is in negotiations with Indonesian officials on a preferential trade agreement, which it hopes would increase exports to the Southeast Asian archipelago.
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18-Jul-2024
The Jordan Times
Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces and even intelligence services.
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18-Jul-2024
Nikkei Asia
Japan and Papua New Guinea have discussed the path toward a potential free trade agreement, PNG Prime Minister James Marape said.
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18-Jul-2024
Swiss Info
The European Union will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international agreement that protects investments in coal and oil. But Switzerland is sticking to the agreement which scientists considered incompatible with climate goals.
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17-Jul-2024
EconomyNext
Sri Lanka has published a free trade agreement with Thailand which was negotiated with the aim of getting access for exporters up 85 percent of tariff liberalized over 15 years.
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17-Jul-2024
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17-Jul-2024
The New Indian Express
Free trade agreement between India and the UAE will allow unlimited imports of gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds from the UAE into India with zero tariffs.
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17-Jul-2024
Prensa Latina
A court exempts Colombia from paying the Canadian Eco Oro Minerals Corp a compensation for the banning of gold exploitation in the northern Santurban wasteland.
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17-Jul-2024
bnamericas
Panama faces arbitration claims arising out of recent measures affecting foreign-owned investments in mining and other sectors, which are worth substantially more than half of its GDP.
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17-Jul-2024
The Tico Times
Costa Rica announced that the international litigation filed by the Canadian mining company Infinito Gold has ended after Costa Rican Justices closed the gold deposit in 2010 due to environmental impact.
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17-Jul-2024
Public Citizen
The World Bank has dismissed Canadian oil company TC Energy’s $15 billion ISDS case against the US sought due to lack of jurisdiction.
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16-Jul-2024
FX Leaders
The two blocs have been negotiating a free trade agreement for over two decades, aiming to eliminate most tariffs between the two regions, which would create a commercial space of over 700 million consumers.
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16-Jul-2024
Yabiladi
The ICSID dismissed most of Corral Morocco Holding’s claims against Morocco, amounting to $2.7 billion, awarding the group $150 million.
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16-Jul-2024
Business Standard
India and a trade bloc of 5 countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia) are negotiating a free trade agreement. This would mean easier movement of goods and services between the countries, potentially increasing trade. There is still work to finalize the details before they can officially begin negotiations.
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16-Jul-2024
Cambodia Investment Review
Cambodia wants an FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with India to diversify its trade partners and reduce reliance on China. India is a large market but hesitant due to a small trade volume with Cambodia and the concern of China using Cambodia to export goods to India.