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31-Jan-2018 Yonhap
S. Korea raises safeguard issue in 2nd FTA talks with US
South Korea raised trade remedy issues during the second round of talks to amend its free trade agreement with the United States in response to Washington’s slapping steep safeguard tariffs on washers and solar panels. -
31-Jan-2018 Global Times
Mongolia to push for trade ties with S.Korea
Mongolian Prime Minister expressed strong expectations for an economic partnership agreement with South Korea. -
31-Jan-2018 Greenpeace
CETA, regulatory cooperation and food safety
Agricultural and food standards are among those targeted by CETA’s focus on eliminating so-called ‘non-tariff barriers’. -
30-Jan-2018 iPolitics
Canadian NAFTA auto rules of origin idea ‘opposite’ of US goals: Lighthizer
While “significant” challenges remain, all three ministers said some progress has been made this round. -
30-Jan-2018 Food Magazine
Gold Coast hosts second round of Pacific Alliance Free Trade Agreement negotiations
Australia is currently hosting the second round of Pacific Alliance Free Trade Agreement negotiations. -
30-Jan-2018 The Straits Times
Asean has core role in negotiations for RCEP trade pact: Chinese Foreign Ministry
China has affirmed Asean’s core role in negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). -
30-Jan-2018 Lexology
Ecuador adopts a new approach towards foreign investment
Recent declarations made by members of the newly elected government of Ecuador reveal a reversal of its predecessor’s decision to denounce and withdrawal from the ICSID Convention, as well as all of Ecuador’s bilateral investment treaties -
30-Jan-2018 Council of Canadians
Trudeau’s ’progressive’ TPP violates Indigenous rights, opposed by Māori and Mapuche peoples
Justin Trudeau’s so-called ’Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership’ (CPTPP) - to be signed on March 8 in Chile - is a violation of Indigenous rights. -
30-Jan-2018 Parti Sosialis Malaysia
Towards a peoples charter on international trade agreements
It is now time we open up the dialogue on the kind of trade agreements that we want to see in place. -
30-Jan-2018
EU-Mercosur association agreement: The SPS and sustainability chapters in the Uruguay leaks
Similar to the July 2017 draft of the Mercosur agreement, the November 2017 version only contains one single reference to the precautionary principle -
30-Jan-2018 South China Morning Post
Free trade – not turf rows – tipped to top China, Japan, South Korea summit agenda
The leaders of three of Asia’s biggest economies will aim to advance a free-trade agreement and economic cooperation, putting territorial rows and military tensions aside at an expected trilateral summit in April, Chinese diplomatic observers said. -
30-Jan-2018 European Council of Foreign Relations
EU-Japan partnership agreements herald new era of closer cooperation
The intensification of negotiations between the EU and Japan came in response to broader geopolitical developments such as the rise of China, Trump, and Brexit. -
30-Jan-2018 Knowledge & News Network
India-Cambodia deliberates on financial support in agriculture, pharmaceuticals
India and Cambodia clinch a deal to work towards a Bilateral Investment Treaty which provides financial help to Southeast Asian nations. -
29-Jan-2018 Sierra Club
Environmental groups in court to intervene in NAFTA tribunal overstep
Environmental groups in court to intervene in NAFTA tribunal overstep NAFTA tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction when it made determination on what a Canadian environmental assessment panel can decide, groups say. -
29-Jan-2018 Economic Times
India, Eurasian Economic Union to hold talks on trade pact
The Indian government has worked out the details of a possible free trade agreement with the five nation Eurasian Economic Union. -
29-Jan-2018 Korea Bizwire
Samsung Engineering settles dispute with Oman, ISDS withdrawn
Samsung Engineering’s longstanding dispute with the government of Oman has been resolved, and industry insiders expect the resolution to lead to increased business activity between the two down the road. -
29-Jan-2018 CBC
Canada, Mexico tell US: Decide whether you want a NAFTA dispute settlement process
Disputes over whether to opt out of investment section frustrating to Canada and Mexico. -
29-Jan-2018 Lexology
Bear Creek Mining Corp. v. Peru: the potential impact on damages of an investor’s contributory action and failure to obtain a social license
This post discusses the disagreement between Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel (the president of the tribunal) and Michael Pryles, and Prof. Philippe Sands QC, on the assessment of damages. -
29-Jan-2018 CBC
Canada begins court fight to overturn NAFTA ruling on Digby quarry
Ruling found that New Jersey company was wrongly prevented from opening quarry and terminal. -
29-Jan-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
Maldives feels the weight of China’s regional ambitions
Even before China and the Maldives last month signed the FTA in question, the paradisaic archipelago’s increasing economic dependence on China was raising red flags.