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29-Sep-2017 Journal du Cameroun
EU-EAC Economic partnership negotiation underway in Brussels
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni who is also the current chairman of the East African Community (EAC) arrives in Brussels, Belgium with a delegation from the EAC member states to discuss the issue of the Economic Partnership Agreements. -
29-Sep-2017 Focus Taiwan
Taiwan, Japan moving toward trade pact talks: official
Taiwan will continue its efforts to forge an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Japan. -
28-Sep-2017 Argus
Mexico offers to match oil groups’ Nafta wish
Mexico is considering writing into law investor-state dispute settlement provisions contained in the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) to reassure US and Canadian investors in its energy sector. -
28-Sep-2017 India Today
Govt ratifies bilateral investment pact between India, Belarus
The Indian government approved signing and ratification of the Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Belarus to boost investment. -
28-Sep-2017 Standard
Kenya in last-ditch effort to persuade Tanzania to sign EPA
Kenya will take its case to the European Union in Brussels in a last-ditch effort to garner support for the Economic Partnership Agreement deal. -
28-Sep-2017 Xinhua
Chinese mainland, Macao negotiate on comprehensively upgrading CEPA
The negotiation between the Chinese mainland and Macao on comprehensively upgrading Closer Economic Partnership Arrangements has entered its final stage. -
28-Sep-2017 ERR
Riigikogu ratifies EU-Canadian free trade agreement
The Parliament of Estonia ratified the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). -
28-Sep-2017 Toronto Star
Contentious issues lie ahead as Ottawa NAFTA talks end
Top trade ministers from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. met Wednesday as stakeholders warn it will take a “Hail Mary” pass to finish negotiations by year’s end. -
28-Sep-2017 UK Government
UK to start new ‘trade dialogue’ with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
The UK´s trade dialogue with the Andean countries will aim to strengthen bilateral trade and prepare the ground for potential future FTAs post Brexit. -
27-Sep-2017 TNI
Myths and risks of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement
As the signing of the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) draws near, concerns over the secrecy surrounding the agreement’s negotiations and the risks it poses abound, alongside many myths about its potential benefits. -
27-Sep-2017 IISD
A look into China’s slowly increasing appearance in ISDS cases
Recent decades have been marked by China’s economic, military and diplomatic rise, and its increasing integration into the international order. -
27-Sep-2017 IISD
Investment treaties and the internal vetting of regulatory proposals: A case study from Canada
Does the prospect of foreign investor claims against countries in investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) lead to regulatory chill? -
27-Sep-2017 The Hindu
India, S. Korea to upgrade FTA at ‘earliest’
New Delhi wants its English, yoga teachers to get opportunities to offer services. -
27-Sep-2017 National Observer
Canada pushes inclusion of strong, progressive labour standards in NAFTA
Canada is pushing for the inclusion of enforceable, progressive labour standards in a rewritten North American Free Trade Agreement. -
27-Sep-2017 Dalloz
La CJUE interrogée sur la validité de la clause d’arbitrage prévue par un TBI conclu entre États membres
L’avocat général, M. Wathelet, prend position sur la clause d’arbitrage du traité bilatéral conclu entre les Pays-Bas et la Slovaquie et estime que celle-ci est compatible avec le principe de non-discrimination, avec le mécanisme de renvoi préjudiciel et avec le principe d’autonomie du système juridique de l’Union européenne. -
26-Sep-2017 The Hindu
Free trade talks with EFTA grouping hit IPR, services wall
Switzerland insists on intellectual property commitments beyond TRIPS. -
26-Sep-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Canada pushes back against US copyright demands in NAFTA
The United States is using the TPP as a template for the draft IP chapter that it is presenting to its negotiating partners in this round. Canada, however, isn’t down with that. -
26-Sep-2017 Q Costa Rica
Costa Rica looking to UAE investments for the logistics sector
Costa Rica is trying to sign a bilateral investment treaty with the UAE. -
26-Sep-2017 Greater Manchester Trade Action Network
It’s time for action
Who’s pulling the strings in our trade deals? Call to action at the Tory Party Conference in Manchester on October 1st. -
25-Sep-2017 Corporate Europe Observatory
Brexit bonanza: Lawyers encouraging corporations to sue UK & EU member states
Brexit could become a money-making machine for law firms that make millions when corporations sue nation states via trade and investment agreements.