Articles by language
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28-Jun-2017 Politico
Guatemala off the hook in CAFTA labor case
The U.S., for the most part, lost its first challenge of another country’s adherence to the labor rules under a trade deal. -
27-Jun-2017 Public Citizen
As NAFTA hearings open, more than 100,000 petitions delivered and 50,000 public comments filed demanding a new deal to benefit working people, not just corporations
Unprecedented public response to administration request for comment spotlights political stakes of NAFTA renegotiation. -
27-Jun-2017 NZ Herald
NZ first in line for Latin and South American trade deal
New Zealand hopes to take another step towards being the first country to sign up to a trade deal with a group of Latin American and South American countries. -
27-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
US Brazilian beef ban casts doubt on Mercusor trade agreement
A move by the US Department of Agriculture to ban imports of fresh Brazilian beef has added weight to calls to remove agriculture from a free trade agreement between the EU and countries in the Mercosur trading-bloc. -
27-Jun-2017 Eurasianet
Azerbaijan: A reset with the EU?
Azerbaijan is pursuing a new agreement with the European Union focused on security, trade, and investment, and lacking the type of commitments on political reforms that scuttled the last agreement the two sides tried to reach. -
27-Jun-2017 Manila Standard
World Bank unit starts Malampaya arbitration
The ICSID designated the team that will hear Shell Philippines Exploration B.V.’s arbitration case against the Philippine government on Malampaya gas project’s corporate income tax issue. -
27-Jun-2017 Focus Taiwan
Japan welcomes Taiwan and other countries to join TPP
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary and the cabinet’s spokesman, said that he welcomed various countries and areas, including Taiwan, to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). -
26-Jun-2017 RQIC
Political declaration of the encounter of social organizations of Canada, United States and Mexico
The participants in the Encounter of Social Organizations of Canada, the United States and Mexico, facing the likely prospect of renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), condemn this model which has seriously affected national development in a manner contrary to the interests of our peoples, the environment, and our democratic system. -
26-Jun-2017 Mondaq
A guide to international investment agreements
Over the past twenty years, International Investment Agreements have become an increasingly popular and valuable tool for investors to manage their foreign investment risk. -
26-Jun-2017 The Southern Times
Continental Free Trade Area on track
Africa has moved an inch closer to realising the dream of a continent with a free trade area despite persisting stumbling blocks, if the third African ministers of trade meeting held in Niger is to be scrutinised. -
26-Jun-2017 The Indian Express
India, US and a five-point plan
Modi and Trump must build on convergence between their nations’ interests. -
26-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
Leaked trade papers expose EU failure to uphold transparency and environment standards
A leak of documents related to a looming trade deal with Japan (known as JEFTA) has revealed the EU’s failure to live up to improve transparency and uphold environmental standards in trade policy promises. -
26-Jun-2017 Law Gazette
Appeal allowed in EU state aid battle
The High Court has granted two investors permission to appeal a decision that stayed enforcement of a dispute resolution award, in a case that centres on EU rules surrounding state aid. -
26-Jun-2017 Express
EU-CETA agreement on verge of collapse: Spanish party in major U-turn shock
The European Union’s controversial trade deal with Canada is once again in doubt as a Spanish party votes against the agreement. -
26-Jun-2017 The Nation
Japan eyes free trade talks with Britain
Japan wants to hold informal free trade talks with Britain as it also works to sign a deal with the European Union. -
25-Jun-2017 SOL
The folly of the Africa’s Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)
The roadmap of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) was adopted by the African Union in 2012 and the decision to launch the negotiations in June 2015 at the 25th Summit of the African Union, with the aim of implementing it by the end of 2017. -
24-Jun-2017 New York Times
Europe and Japan near trade deal as U.S. takes protectionist path
The partial draft of the deal was obtained by Greenpeace. The environmental groups worry that the deal falls short on a number of issues, including curbing the illegal timber trade and tackling overfishing. -
23-Jun-2017 IISD
Expansion of the Energy Charter to Africa and Asia: Undoing reform in international investment law?
The Energy Charter Secretariat is in expansion mode, wanting to gain access to energy resources in Africa and Asia for its current—mostly developed country—members, and extending a far-reaching (and outdated) investment protection system to investments in resource-rich countries. -
23-Jun-2017 EFTA
EFTA and MERCOSUR hold first round of negotiations
After four days of discussions, the 1st Round of Negotiations between the MERCOSUR and the EFTA States on a Free Trade Agreement was successfully concluded. -
23-Jun-2017 Politico
EU’s agri-food market revels at prospect of Japanese trade deal
Farmers in the EU are watching eagerly as European and Japanese experts meet in Tokyo for their 19th round of trade talks.