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16-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
US proposes gutting Nafta legal-dispute tribunals
US Nafta negotiators are proposing to essentially do away with the independent tribunals that oversee the trading and investment relationship. -
16-Oct-2017 Business Recorder
BoI working on its own template for BIT
The government of Pakistan would not be made liable for private investor disputes. Alternative dispute resolution mediation would be made compulsory, while foreign arbitrators would be decided in advance through consensus. -
16-Oct-2017 National Post
As US shocks with NAFTA demands, other countries asking: What does Trump want?
The No. 1 discussion topic at this current round is whether chief US negotiator’s team is being ordered to sabotage the talks, so President Donald Trump can declare NAFTA has failed. -
16-Oct-2017 The Irrawaddy
The EU-Myanmar IPA threatens emerging democracy
The EU accounts for about 10 percent of foreign direct investment in Myanmar and is keen to raise that number with its planned Investment Protection Agreement (IPA), a wide-ranging agreement on trade that has been in-negotiation in recent years. -
16-Oct-2017 Renewables Now
Invenergy says to take USD-700m Polish wind claim to intl arbitration
US clean energy company Invenergy LLC has notified the Polish authorities it plans to turn to international arbitration over its wind investments in the country, if no settlement is reached within six months. -
16-Oct-2017 Manila Bulletin
PH not joining TPP without US
Finance Secretary Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez stated that the Philippines is not joining the TPP, contradicting the position of Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez who renewed his interest of joining the TPP. -
16-Oct-2017 Reuters
Time running out for NAFTA talks, set to be extended - sources
Negotiators at talks to modernize NAFTA are running out of time and look set to extend the remaining rounds in a bid to meet an end-year deadline as tensions rise, three sources familiar with the matter said. -
14-Oct-2017 APWLD
RCEP: Robbing communities to extract profit
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights -
13-Oct-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Ecuador’s ordeal: is international jurisdiction a journey with no return? (part I)
This first part begins with a review of the law governing entering and denouncing the ICSID Convention, as well as of an important debate on the effects of withdrawing from it. -
13-Oct-2017 Reuters
US hikes tensions in NAFTA talks with call for ’sunset clause’
Washington has dramatically increased tensions in talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement by proposing that the lifespan of any new deal be limited to five years. -
13-Oct-2017 SBS
EU MPs back Australia, NZ trade deals
The European Parliament’s trade committee has voted 30 to five in favour of starting trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. -
13-Oct-2017 Xinhua
Indonesia, Turkey sign document on trade talks
Indonesia and Turkey signed a document leading to negotiation rounds of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries. -
13-Oct-2017 IISD
Assessing the impacts of investment treaties: Overview of the evidence
It is unclear whether investment treaties’ impact on FDI flows constitutes a benefit to a host state. -
13-Oct-2017 CNBC
US to seek strict rules of origin in NAFTA talks, sources say
The US wants 85 percent of content to come from the United States, Mexico and Canada. The request may include a demand for a 50 percent American content requirement. -
13-Oct-2017 Business Standard
India-Mauritius to restart FTA talks soon
Agreement of strategic importance to counter Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean. -
12-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Multilateral Investment Court: an utterly flawed and unjust system
The European Commission’s plans for a Multilateral Investment Court sanctions a biased and ineffective arbitration system, leaving people and the environment exposed to international investors’ whims. -
12-Oct-2017 CBC
Trump raises possibility of Canada-US deal in meeting with Trudeau
Trump has said he likes ’bilateral deals,’ but Trudeau still focused on agreement including Mexico. -
11-Oct-2017 The Reporter
Karuturi contemplates legal recourse for loss in Ethiopia
Karuturi could sue the government of Ethiopia at international tribunals on the basis of violations of the Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement India and Ethiopia have signed on. -
11-Oct-2017 China Briefings
China’s free trade agreements in South Asia
China is steadily laying the groundwork for its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative program. -
11-Oct-2017 SMH
Push for Australia to open its doors to Indonesian workers under free trade deal
Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers - such as nurses and cooks - as well as removing tariffs on textiles as free trade negotiations between the two countries enter the final month.