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23-Oct-2017 KBS
S. Korea, Central American countries to hold technical meeting for FTA
South Korea and five Central American countries will hold a technical meeting in Seoul for a final review of the full text of a bilateral free trade agreement. -
23-Oct-2017 The Market Mogul
Breaking down the security exception in the US-Argentina BIT
Noting the ad hoc nature of investment arbitration under the ICSID, it is not surprising that two tribunals adopted different interpretations -
23-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
New Zealand’s Ardern wants to balance trade pact with housing pledge
Incoming leader Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will still seek membership in the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership even as she strives to honor her election campaign pledge to clamp down on foreign property speculators. -
23-Oct-2017 Politics Web
South Africa: How safe for investment?
The Protection of Investment Act affords foreign investors no protections beyond domestic law, and pointedly disavows investor-state international arbitration. The SADC Protocol was also amended by the SADC Summit of heads of state and government. -
23-Oct-2017
Days of action
Days of action – 7-13 Dec 2017: Week of action against WTO in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More details here -
23-Oct-2017 IBON
Trade for the people
"Trade for the People" briefly covers how the new FTAs, such as the TPP, the RCEP and the EPAs in Africa continue to threaten people’s rights.
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23-Oct-2017 IIED
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
How international investment treaties could promote more responsible investment and argues that, while some innovative practices are emerging, there is still much to do. -
23-Oct-2017 La Presse
Le Canada se rapproche d’une entente avec l’Inde
Des pourparlers commerciaux sont en cours avec une série de pays, et une entente sur les investissements pourrait être conclue avec l’Inde d’ici « quelques mois ». -
23-Oct-2017 The Hindu Businessline
Easing e-com to hit small units
Freeing up digital trade under RCEP could hurt consumer protection, manufacturing sector -
21-Oct-2017 MSF
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines -
20-Oct-2017 Modern Ghana
Free trade agreements least favoured Ghana
Ghana has benefitted little from free trade agreements it has signed over the last decade. The development has also contributed to widening the country’s trade deficit recorded over the period. -
20-Oct-2017 Tech Dirt
A tale of two transparencies: why the EU and activists will always disagree over trade deal negotiations
Activists are keen to see what is happening in detail throughout the negotiations, not just some top-level view at the start, or the initial textual proposals for each chapter, but nothing afterwards. -
20-Oct-2017 Lexology
Kyrgyz Republic defeated in jurisdiction challenge to UNCITRAL investment award
The key issue in the case concerned the proper interpretation of the dispute resolution provision in the 2003 Investment Law, which was the basis for jurisdiction. -
20-Oct-2017 Fern
Sacrificing South America’s forests on the altar of EU market access
By making this concession on beef, the EU is putting trade and consumption above its commitments to halt deforestation. -
20-Oct-2017 Stop TTIP CETA TiSA Greece
Defending quality PDO products of local societies in international trade agreements
PDO (products designation of origin) products when internationally traded, they are not just commodities but they also incorporate biodiversity, traditional production, know-how and culture of the local communities where they are produced. -
20-Oct-2017 Scoop
New government’s TPPA problems start next week
The new government of Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens will have to move fast if they are going to influence the outcomes of trade and investment agreements being negotiated. -
20-Oct-2017 CIGI
Environmental gems in trade agreements
Little-known clauses for progressive trade agreements -
20-Oct-2017
An Ultimate Guide Of Go Kart Bearing Replacement
Being into the business of machinery and equipment, you will hardly meet someone who doesn’t know about the variety of bearings. -
19-Oct-2017 Upside Down World
Being a trade unionist in Guatemala will get you killed
A chapter on labor issues within CAFTA was to provide an improved environment for labor rights. But the Guatemalan state has consistently failed to implement these protections. -
19-Oct-2017 EU Observer
Macron puts trade policy on summit table
Macron wants "an overall vision to find a balance between trade openness and protection" of EU markets and citizens, rather than "adding piece after piece" to the EU trade policy "puzzle".