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18-May-2017 Business Day
SA and UK start making plans for post-Brexit trade
Nations agree in principle to implement interim arrangement based on existing EU partnership deal. -
18-May-2017 Politico
Harmony in the private sector on NAFTA priorities
US lobby groups to team up with their Mexican counterparts to establish a common agenda before talks begin -
18-May-2017 Inquirer.net
Why RCEP is the problem, not the solution
RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public -
17-May-2017 Reuters
Trade pact dumped by Trump could be revived at Asia-Pacific meeting
Japan and other remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership will decide at the APEC meeting in Vietnam how to revive the trade agreement ditched by U.S. President Donald Trump. -
17-May-2017 NZ Herald
EU ruling could complicate new trade deals - including UK’s
If all parliaments in member states have to approve international trade deals, future trade deals may take even longer than they already do to come to fruition. -
17-May-2017 GTR
Africa’s free trade agreement: A step too far?
Plans to establish a single market for the 26 African countries in the Eastern and Southern African region – known as the tripartite free trade area (TFTA) – could be overly ambitious. -
17-May-2017 Reuters
US oil firm Cobalt files for arbitration against Angola for $2 bln
U.S. oil firm Cobalt said it had filed requests for arbitration seeking more than $2 billion from Angola’s state-run Sonangol. -
17-May-2017 ET Telecom
Vodafone Group serves second notice on India to formally start 2nd arbitration in tax case
Vodafone Group Plc has served its second notice on the Indian government to formally commence thesecond arbitration in the high profile Rs 22,000 crore tax matter. -
17-May-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
RCEP’s digital trade negotiations remain shrouded in secrecy
There has also been no official release of the chapters and textual proposals related to rules that are being tabled. -
16-May-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Bolivia’s step back in state arbitration
How far does the new Bolivian arbitration act go in its intent to keep State arbitration inside the country? -
16-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
Nigeria and Morocco move towards a “new generation” of bilateral investment treaties
The treaty is an important attempt by two developing countries to move toward a new generation of BITs fully aligned with the evolution of international law. -
16-May-2017 Sydney Morning Herald
Australia to launch free trade agreement talks with Hong Kong
Access for white-collar services businesses will be the focus as talks begin over a free trade agreement between Australia and Hong Kong. -
16-May-2017 EurActiv
Singapore trade deal cannot be concluded by EU alone, ECJ rules
The European Union will have to secure approval from national parliaments in order to finalise a free trade deal with Singapore. The bloc’s top court ruled that the agreement in “its current form” cannot be handled by the Commission acting alone. -
15-May-2017 IBON
RCEP is undemocratic and anti-development
IBON Foundation Statement for the Stakeholders’ Meeting of the Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC)18th Round of Negotiations on the RCEP -
15-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
Is international investment law moving the ball forward on IHRL obligations for business enterprises?
While the debate on the treaty regulating business impact on human rights is likely to continue for a while longer, some recent developments in international investment law seem to be moving forward on international human rights law obligations for businesses -
15-May-2017 SAT PR
Cameroon signs the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
The Rules on Transparency provide procedural rules that ensure transparency and public accessibility to treaty-based investor-State arbitration. -
15-May-2017 Lexology
Withdrawal from investment treaties: An omen for waning investor protection in Asia-Pacific?
While India and Indonesia may have withdrawn from existing BITs, this does not necessarily leave foreign investors without any protection. -
15-May-2017 Financial Express
India-Chile expanded PTA to come into effect tomorrow
Chile is the fourth-largest trading partner of India in the LAC (Latin America and Caribbean) region after Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina. -
15-May-2017 Xinhua
China, Georgia ink free trade agreement
China and Georgia inked free trade agreement on Saturday to expand bilateral trade. -
15-May-2017 The East African
European Union woos Tanzania to sign trade deal
The European Union has invited the government of Tanzania for dialogue over the Economic Partnership Agreement impasse that has threatened to derail the trade pact between the bloc and the East African Community member countries.