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6-Oct-2017 European Commission
Joint communique of the 6th meeting of the ESA-EU Interim EPA Committee
The sixth meeting of the EPA Committee under the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) region and the EU was held in Antananarivo, Madagascar on 02-03 October 2017. -
6-Oct-2017 Lexology
ICSID tribunal throws new light on the status of State-owned enterprises under the ICSID Convention
This article will focus on SOEs acting as claimants with a brief contextual examination of their role as ‘respondents’ to support the conclusion that SOEs will always have standing as claimants under ICSID. -
6-Oct-2017 The Express Tribune
Pakistan, Vietnam to start FTA talks
Pakistan and Vietnam have agreed to share an initial list of products while kicking off negotiations on a free trade agreement. -
6-Oct-2017 GRAIN
New free trade agreements: normalising brutal transnational supply chains
Transnational supply chains have been an expanding economic actor since transnational corporations began outsourcing manufacturing to places where extremely low wages, low or non-existing labour safety standards and even slave labour prevailed or were tolerated. -
6-Oct-2017 PR Newswire
Privinvest announce ICC ruling in favour of Hellenic shipyards in dispute with Hellenic Republic
Hellenic Republic is found liable towards Hellenic Shipyards for more than 200 million Euros at the ICC while shareholders are pursuing the Hellenic Republic at the ICSID pursuant to the relevant Bilateral Investment Treaty. -
5-Oct-2017 Countercurrents.org
RCEP In India: A creamy deal for transnational dairy corporations, growing resistance from farmers
The Modi governmentmust stop the RCEP from destroying rural livelihoods. -
5-Oct-2017 Radio NZ
PACER Plus signatories urged to examine their commitments
Pacific countries already signed up to the PACER Plus are being urged to more closely examine their commitments under the deal, including the implications for customary land.
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5-Oct-2017 Mining Review Africa
Tanzania edges closer towards total mine nationalisation
New laws revolve around the notion that Tanzania’s domestic law is to be supreme over any international dispute or arbitration decision. -
5-Oct-2017 Just Style
US wants to update Latin America pacts next after NAFTA
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pointed to the need to modernise agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Chile, as well as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). -
5-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Biofuels emerge as burning issue in EU-Mercosur talks
Biofuels have emerged as a make-or-break issue in the EU’s negotiations with South American trading bloc Mercosur, and EU farmers fear they will be left to fend off stronger competition in a shrinking market. -
5-Oct-2017 EDRi
TiSA impact assessment report ignores crucial human rights concerns
A report to evaluate how TiSA’s provisions could affect economic, social and human rights, which was published in July 2017, fails to address several key fundamental rights concerns. -
5-Oct-2017 Japan Times
US eager for trade talks with Japan, seeking ‘preferred status’: agriculture secretary
US Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue expressed strong hopes that his country would launch trade talks with Japan to expand exports of farm products. -
5-Oct-2017 Anadolu
Seoul agrees to amend US trade deal after Trump threats
South Korea will renegotiate free trade pact with Washington rather than see Donald Trump abandon the deal altogether -
4-Oct-2017 National Post
Japanese eager for Trans-Pacific Partnership with all eyes, including theirs, on NAFTA
“All the countries, including Japanese, are very closely following the negotiation,” outgoing Japanese ambassador Kenjiro Monji said. “Because if we have to deal with United States, we can learn from this experience. A lot.” -
4-Oct-2017 IISD
Ecuador awarded USD41 million in counterclaim against US oil and gas company Burlington Resources
The tribunal ordered Burlington to pay USD41 million in compensation to Ecuador for environmental and infrastructure damage. -
4-Oct-2017 IISD
An ICSID tribunal dismisses its jurisdiction as investor abused its rights by “reviving” a company to access arbitration against Cameroon
The tribunal ruled that the investor did not have a head office in Luxembourg and had abused its rights to “give the impression that it had a Luxembourg head office” -
4-Oct-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Investor-state resolution: A snapshot of Cambodia
The year 1993 saw a significant political transition in Cambodia through the adoption of democratic principles and free market economy. -
4-Oct-2017 Reuters
EU and Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO
The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade under the EU/Canada Comprehensive Economic and Free Trade Agreement (CETA). -
4-Oct-2017 Business Wire
Derains & Gharavi : Press release on behalf of Caratube International Oil Company LLP and Mr. Devincci Hourani
An ICSID Arbitral Tribunal ordered Kazakhstan to pay Caratube USD 39.2 million in damages, plus USD 1,207,757.44, and well over 10 million USD in interest. -
4-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
US pushing Seoul on trade amid tensions on Korean peninsula
Trump administration officials are set to push South Korea to buy more American cars and agricultural products even as tensions run high on the Korean peninsula.