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9-Jun-2017 Lexology
Paris Court of Appeal sets aside an award on the basis of serious indications of money laundering
Allegations of corruption and criminal activity have been used increasingly in recent years in French courts to argue for the setting aside of arbitral awards on the grounds of a breach of international public policy. -
9-Jun-2017 Xinhua
Japan, Vietnam set to bring TPP into force
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement into force at an early date. -
9-Jun-2017 Radio NZ
Vanuatu not ready to sign PACER Plus
The Vanuatu government has announced it will not sign the PACER Plus trade and development deal in Tonga. -
9-Jun-2017 Toronto Star
NAFTA’s dirty secret: it lets U.S. control our oil: McQuaig
Mexico’s fierce defence of its sovereignty stands in sharp contrast to the easy submission to Washington’s energy demands by Canadian politicians, led by then Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. -
9-Jun-2017 Business World
ASEAN trade expansion and RCEP
Free trade advocates urge more trade liberalization -
8-Jun-2017 The Hindu
The art of the free trade agreement
As India prepares to resume FTA talks with the EU, a recent landmark decision by the European Court of Justice on investor-state dispute settlement assumes importance. -
8-Jun-2017 Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka-Thailand reach consensus on FTA
Sri Lanka and Thailand have come to a consensus on a free trade agreement covering trade in goods. The MoU will be signed in August. -
7-Jun-2017 TDM Call for Papers: Special Issue on Judicial Measures and Investment Treaty Law
TDM Call for Papers: Special Issue on Judicial Measures and Investment Treaty Law
Investment treaty claims arising out of judicial conduct-whether based on annulment of a contract for corruption or other irregularity or a fundamental jurisprudential shift-have been on the rise. -
6-Jun-2017 Aliran
Towards a people’s charter on trade
Free trade agreements have been the battering rams that have been used by the political elite of advanced countries to create a lop-sided economy that favours billionaires. -
6-Jun-2017 Reuters
U.S. and Mexico sugar talks go into overtime after day of drama
They are seen as a precursor to the more complex discussions on the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada. -
6-Jun-2017 NBR
Gulf states trade deal in doubt again following Qatari blow-up, English says
The long-stalled free trade agreement between New Zealand and the Gulf Cooperation Council faces further delay. -
6-Jun-2017 Tele Sur
Hundreds protest EU-Canada free trade deal in Madrid
People from over 400 trade unions and social organizations took part in the protest to demand that the Spanish Government block the free trade deal.
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6-Jun-2017 MENAFN
Canada and Chile push gender equality through trade
Canada and Chile updated a 20-year-old free trade agreement by adding a groundbreaking clause on gender equality to encourage women’s entrepreneurship and employment. -
6-Jun-2017 Washington Post
Mexican, US legislators meet on NAFTA, security, trade
Mexico has become a major importer of U.S. natural gas and gasoline, and now apparently wants that trade brought under NAFTA. -
6-Jun-2017 Radio NZ
Call for more time to assess Pacific trade deal
There’s been a call for more time to be given to Pacific civil society organisations and the private sector to assess the proposed regional free trade deal known as PACER Plus. -
6-Jun-2017 Defi Media
Accord Maurice-Chine : priorité au textile
Un deuxième Memorandum of Understanding vient d’être signé entre Maurice et la Chine pour aboutir à un accord de libre-échange. -
2-Jun-2017 Latin American Herald Tribune
Thailand and Chile agree to extend FTA signed in 2015
Officials from both countries decided to expand the trade in agricultural products (mainly fruit). -
2-Jun-2017 The Tyee
Is a ‘progressive’ trade deal possible with China?
Trudeau’s in pursuit of a bilateral pact. We think there’s a better way for Canadian workers. -
2-Jun-2017 Sputnik
Serbia ’moving forward’ with EAEU free trade deal
Marko Cadez, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that Belgrade has been making progress on negotiating a free trade agreement with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union. -
2-Jun-2017 China.org.cn
Talks on China-EU investment agreement to speed up
China and Germany have agreed to speed up negotiations on a China-EU investment agreement so as to further enrich the two countries’ cooperation and ties.