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13-Sep-2017 Daily Sabah
Turkish, American delegations to discuss economic ties next week
Additional steps for liberalizing and deepening commercial relations between the two countries in the long term will be reviewed. -
13-Sep-2017 Radio NZ
Vanuatu businesses unhappy with PACER signing
The private sector in Vanuatu has expressed surprise the government had reversed its position on the PACER PLUS trade deal despite opposition from the businesses affected. -
13-Sep-2017 The Hindu
India’s push to ease worker-movement norms may turn counterproductive
India’s push to ease norms on movement of skilled workers across borders could turn out to be counterproductive -
13-Sep-2017 PTI
Civil society groups, trade experts flag concerns on RCEP
Civil society raises questions on RCEP -
12-Sep-2017 The Wire
Vodafone versus India: A BIT of confusion
By restraining a foreign investor from pursuing a claim under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), the Delhi high court is coming in way of India’s accountability being tested under international law. -
12-Sep-2017 Forbes India
Foreign patent owners can challenge domestic judgments under international investment arbitration
The first ever final award on patents in international investment arbitration by ICSID in the case of Eli Lilly v. Canada has effectively cleared the way for raising future disputes by foreign IPR owners against domestic institutions which can result in stronger and robust IP protection regime. -
12-Sep-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The MERCOSUR Protocol on Investment Cooperation and Facilitation: regionalizing an innovative approach to investment agreements
The Protocol draws significantly on the Brazilian model investment agreement, which stands out for departing from the traditional design of Bilateral Investment Treaties, particularly by excluding the possibility of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). -
12-Sep-2017 Energy Infra Post
Cairn Energy adds $249 mn to compensation claim in retrospective tax dispute
UK-based Cairn Energy Plc has increased its compensation claim by $249 million in the retrospective dispute case after the income tax department adjusted tax refund due to the oil explorer towards settlement of its tax liabilities. -
12-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Brazil tells the EU ‘it won’t move’ on Mercosur talks without ethanol and beef
Brazil insists that it will not table a new offer as part of the ongoing EU-Mercosur talks until a proposal on beef and ethanol is on the table. -
12-Sep-2017 Daily News Egypt
MERCOSUR threatens feed-in industries, vehicles: Industry Minister rules out possibility
The agreements will force global companies to exclude us from manufacturing: Masrouga -
12-Sep-2017 MENAFN
Regulating across the digital divide
If the world’s three major economies the US, the EU, and China were ever to harmonise their approach to regulating digital trade and global data flows, the pressure on developing countries to accept digital rules would intensify. -
12-Sep-2017 CEO
EU-Japan deal: trading away our rights
Imagine the EU finds a new chemical to be dangerous. The EU would like to ban it but is unable to, or is only able to do so with major delays and laxer standards…. -
12-Sep-2017 Radio NZ
Vanuatu signs up to PACER Plus
Vanuatu has signed up to PACER Plus trade deal in Samoa - three months after most regional countries agreed to the trade agreement. -
12-Sep-2017 Xinhua
RCEP ministers agree on "key elements" to speed up talks on "mega trade pact"
The economic ministers of 16 Asia-Pacific countries have endorsed a set of "clear key elements" that will guide the negotiations to establish a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) -
12-Sep-2017 Lexology
Canada introduces patent term extensions for pharmaceutical patents
The new regime has been implemented in order to meet Canada’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union -
12-Sep-2017 Can-India
Pakistan, China to hold 8th round of FTA talks next week
Pakistan and China will hold the eighth round of their Free Trade Agreement talks in Beijing, with both sides having failed to strike an agreement over the second phase of duty reductions. -
11-Sep-2017 Korea Herald
THAAD reprisals undermine China FTA
China has shown no hesitation in disregarding its obligations under the free trade agreement with South Korea to take retaliatory measures against the deployment of a US missile defense system in the peninsula, say Korean media -
11-Sep-2017 Slovak Spectator
Slovakia wins international arbitration on talc mining licence
But the complainant has not had his last word. -
11-Sep-2017 IP Watch
New study looks at IP and the rise of mega-regional agreements
A substantive new study with contributions from a range of leading thinkers in the field of intellectual property rights delves into the history and future of mega-regional trade agreements and the evolution of IP rights. -
11-Sep-2017 Lexology
Western Sahara trade dispute to be heard in the Court of Justice of the European Union
WSCUK argues that the UK was unlawfully allowing products, originating from or processed in Western Sahara, to be imported into the UK under a trade agreement with Morocco.