Articles by language
-
8-Aug-2017 Reuters
Trump administration’s Africa policy in focus at AGOA trade talks
With the Trump administration’s trade agenda focused on reining in China and renegotiating the North American Free Trade agreement, Africa has barely appeared on the radar screen. -
8-Aug-2017 India Today
India, Peru to start FTA negotiations this week
India and South American nation Peru would start formal negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) from this week. -
8-Aug-2017 Himalayan Times
15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting in Kathmandu on Aug 11
The 15th BIMSTEC ministerial meeting is going be held in Kathmandu on 11 August. -
8-Aug-2017 Lexology
NAFTA renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
ISDS reform is one of several “negotiating objectives” announced last month by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. -
8-Aug-2017 Press TV
Thousands of Mexicans hold protest against NAFTA
Mexican farmers and workers have staged a mass rally in the capital to voice their opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, commonly known as NAFTA, with the United States and Canada.
-
7-Aug-2017 Lexology
BUCG v. Yemen decision clears jurisdictional hurdles for investment claims by Chinese state-owned enterprises under the ICSID Convention
The Tribunal dismissed Yemen’s allegations that state-owned enterprises in the PRC were precluded from bringing claims under the ICSID Convention. -
7-Aug-2017 NPR
NAFTA’s ’broken promises’: these farmers say they got the raw end of trade deal
The net effect of trade agreements like NAFTA is to put more power, more authority with the large multinational companies and by extension, take that power away from family farmers. -
7-Aug-2017 Financial Express
India-Thailand difference delaying FTA under BIMSTEC
Difference between India and Thailand over market access is one of the main reasons why the FTA under BIMSTEC remained stalled during last couple of years. -
7-Aug-2017 Xinhua
Official: African states to meet deadline to establish trading bloc
The Tripartite Free Trade Area will comprise 28 countries, cover approximately 18.3 million square kilometers and hold about 61 percent of the continent’s population. -
7-Aug-2017 The Express Tribune
Pakistan, GCC plan to start third round of FTA talks
Pakistan is committed to finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in a bid to step up trade volumes between the two sides -
7-Aug-2017 Yonhap
USTR seeks advisers’ opinions on amending trade pact with S. Korea by Aug. 15: report
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has asked a group of industry advisers to provide opinions on amending a bilateral trade pact with South Korea by Aug. 15. -
7-Aug-2017 Washington Post
‘This deal will make me look terrible’: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia
Transcripts of two conversations President Trump had with foreign leaders: one with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and another with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. -
7-Aug-2017 Madhyam
Why state governments must engage with RCEP
RCEP negotiations warrant a deeper engagement of state governments in India -
7-Aug-2017 Bangkok Post
PM urges India to join regional trade pact
Thailand urges India to join RCEP -
4-Aug-2017 SSRN
The Bilcon NAFTA tribunal: a clash of investor protection and sustainability-based environmental assessments
The Bilcon tribunal ruling raises a number of concerns about the ability of investor protection tribunals to properly assess whether a foreign investor has been treated fairly under a domestic environmental assessment process. -
4-Aug-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
E-commerce RCEP chapter: Have big tech’s demands fizzled?
The latest information is that the e-commerce chapter of RCEP will be far less ambitious, dealing mostly with familiar and uncontentious issues such as standards for electronic payments and signatures. -
4-Aug-2017 National Post
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession. -
4-Aug-2017 The News
Pak-Turkey’s 7th FTA talks by August end
The seventh round of negotiations on free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Turkey would be held in Turkey to finalise the agreement -
4-Aug-2017 The Hindu
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed. -
4-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Interview with Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte is an Indian activist living with HIV and hepatitis C, founder of the Delhi Network of Positive People.