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12-Jul-2017 European Commission
UN agrees to start work on multilateral reform of investment dispute settlement
The United Nations has agreed to initiate work on possible multilateral reform of investment dispute settlement including the possible establishment of a multilateral investment court. -
12-Jul-2017 Green America
Small business leaders to Trump: in renegotiating NAFTA, end unfair competitive edge for multinational companies over US small businesses
100 small businesses: NAFTA currently privileges multinational corporations over U.S. small business unfairly under “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” preferential treatment. -
12-Jul-2017 Cargill
Negotiating objectives regarding modernization of NAFTA - written submission of Cargill
Cargill urges the Administration to seek improvements to NAFTA in the following four areas: market access; non-tariff barriers and technical barriers to trade; customs and trade facilitation; and enforcement and dispute settlement. -
12-Jul-2017 Business Standard
Cabinet approves interpretative notes between India, Bangladesh
The JIN includes the definition of investor and investment, exclusion of taxation measures, Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET), National Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment, expropriation, essential security interests and settlement of disputes between an investor and a contracting party, -
12-Jul-2017 The Globe and Mail
U.S. appeals court blocks Exxon from enforcing Venezuela arbitration award
A U.S. appeals court said a lower court judge erred in entering a judgment to enforce the $1.6-billion award, since reduced to about $188-million. -
12-Jul-2017 Politico
Commission postpones mandate for Australia and New Zealand trade talks
The European Commission has postponed the release of its proposals for trade talks with Australia and New Zealand to the fall, a senior official told the European Parliament’s trade committee. -
12-Jul-2017 Politico
White House continues its Asia-Pacific outreach
US and Philippines officials met in Manila under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement to discuss eliminating trade barriers and promoting increased bilateral trade -
12-Jul-2017 Manila Bulletin
PH bats for conclusion of 2 major ASEAN FTA deals
The Philippines, which chairs ASEAN this year, is looking at the conclusion of two major free trade deals – ASEAN-Hong Kong and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. -
11-Jul-2017 ITF
Campaign reveals TiSA threat to jobs and rights
A new campaign to be launched by the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) reveals the threat to jobs and workers’ rights posed by the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). -
11-Jul-2017 Antara News
Indonesia-Iran agree to finalize trade negotiation in 2017
Indonesia and Iran have agreed to finalize negotiation on the Preferential Trade Agreement by the end of 2017, to expand access and diversify of exported products to non-traditional markets. -
11-Jul-2017 Washington Post
Japan to host TPP Pacific Rim trade pact talks, minus the US
Japanese officials say they are hoping the TPP talks will get a boost from the Economic Partnership Agreement reached with the EU. -
11-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Katainen suggests dropping investment from trade deals
The European Union could drop investment from major free trade deals in an effort to ease ratification, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen. -
10-Jul-2017 Pakistan Observer
7th round of Pak-Turkey FTA talks milestone to reach final agreement
Pakistan and Turkey had discussed the specific sectors including textile sector during the negotiation. The two sides had exchanged provisional lists for a final agreement in round of negotiation -
10-Jul-2017 All Africa
East Africa: Trade bodies move closer to free trade area - Officials
Nineteen countries have now signed the agreement. For benefits to actually be realized, it must be ratified by at least 14 of the 26 member countries. Only Egypt has ratified it. -
10-Jul-2017 Economic & Political Weekly
Minefields in investment relations
The Government of India and the Government of Andhra Pradesh are facing an arbitration suit due to the cancellation of bauxite mining approvals in Visakhapatnam. This is the latest in a series of legal actions by foreign investors in the country. -
10-Jul-2017 European Commission
Mercosur – EU joint communique, XXVIII negotiating round
A negotiating round took place in Brussels on 3-7 July between the European Union and Mercosur. -
10-Jul-2017 Xinhua
Iran, Turkey mull free trade plan to boost cooperation
Iran and Turkey are mulling a plan to achieve free trade between the two countries based on an earlier agreement to remove preferential tariffs. -
10-Jul-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Fumbling towards multilateralism? A first read of the investment text in the Japan-EU FTA
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model. -
10-Jul-2017 Reuters
EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement
The European Union and Canada said they had agreed to start a free trade agreement on Sept. 21, paving the way for over 90 percent of the treaty to come into effect. -
10-Jul-2017 BBC
Philip Morris: Tobacco giant ordered to compensate Australia
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws.