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7-Jun-2024 DLA Piper
The power of sunset clauses put to the test: Can intra-EU BITs be back from the dead?
There appears to remain a growing demand from investors for the creation of a new European investor-State dispute settlement regime, which would provide a permanent neutral forum for the adjudication of their intra-EU claims. -
7-Jun-2024 Swiss Right to Seed Coalition
UN criticises EFTA for jeopardising the right to food
The member countries of European Free Trade Association (EFTA) are jeopardising the right to food through free trade agreements with countries of the Global South. -
7-Jun-2024 The Week
13 IPEF members ink clean fair economy agreements India to sign after domestic approval
The government said 13 IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity) bloc members have signed fair and clean economy agreements, while India will ink the deal after getting domestic approval. -
7-Jun-2024 GRAIN
Peoples of Mesoamerica in defence of seeds and maize
This call for the defence of maize and all peasant seeds comes amid increasing pressure to impose the so-called UPOV laws through trade agreements and other neoliberal policies throughout the region. -
7-Jun-2024 Financial Express
India and Oman close to signing a free trade deal
The negotiations are complete, and the signing is expected after the formation of a new central government soon in India. -
7-Jun-2024 The Daily Tribune
China eyes Bahrain for free-trade deal; visa waivers possible
China is exploring the possibility of signing a separate Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bahrain while continuing its efforts to finalise a comprehensive FTA with the entire Gulf Cooperation Council. -
7-Jun-2024 Mining Technology
Deep-sea mining: dispute settlements under international investment law
In part three of our series about international deep-sea mining regulation, Louise Woods and Elena Guillet of Vinson & Elkins explore how international investment law could be applied to dispute resolution. -
7-Jun-2024 Ukrhydroenergo
Ukrhydroenergo has initiated investment arbitration proceedings against the Russian federation
The company believes that initiating international arbitration process is the most promising way to compensate for the losses from the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka HPP. -
7-Jun-2024 Live Mint
Eighth round of free trade talks between India and the EU to start on 23 June
India and the European Union (EU) will resume talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the eighth round slated to start on 23 June, two people aware of the matter said. -
7-Jun-2024 The Star
Germany eyes stronger relations, trade and investment with Laos
Dr Lindner added that he hoped Laos’ chairmanship of Asean this year will also be a platform to strengthen ties with European Union countries, and to review the progress of EU members on finalising trade agreements with Asean. -
6-Jun-2024 GRAIN
Free trade frenzy: the hidden costs of South Asia’s economic gamble
As debt pressures rise, South Asia’s economic strategies are increasingly revolving around FTAs. The frenzy, however, is not only reshaping the region’s trade dynamics, but also a wide array of national legal frameworks, from labour rights to agriculture policies. -
6-Jun-2024 TIRP
Anticipating the 2026 CUSMA review
The mandatory six-year review of the Canada-US-Mexico Agreement is still more than two years away, but TIRP researchers are ahead of the game. -
6-Jun-2024 The Guardian
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet. -
6-Jun-2024 BelTA
CIS Agreement on Free Trade in Services and Investments comes into force
The CIS Agreement on Free Trade in Services and Investments signed in 2023 has come into force, BelTA learned from the Economy Ministry of Belarus. -
6-Jun-2024 Yeni Safak
EU invites Israel to discuss bilateral relations amid Gaza offensives
The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell announced on Wednesday that he has formally invited the Israeli foreign minister to an ad hoc EU-Israel Association Council meeting. -
5-Jun-2024 The Kenyan Wall Street
Kenya & US Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership enters 6th round of negotiations
Kenya and the United States will be engaging on the sixth round of the Kenya – United States Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) negotiations in Mombasa, from June 3-7. -
5-Jun-2024 BelTA
EAEU urged to conclude more FTAs with third countries
The Eurasian Economic Union needs to intensify work and conclude more free trade agreements with third countries, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said. -
5-Jun-2024 Equal Times
Trade agreements: How African states are resisting pressure from the North but not managing to assert their priorities
African countries are regularly offered Free Trade Agreements by the world’s major economic powers. The balance of power is so unequal that they seem forever condemned to be the big losers. -
4-Jun-2024 Fibre2Fashion
Malaysia keen on FTA partnership with Bangladesh: Reports
Malaysia is enthusiastic about signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Bangladesh to boost bilateral trade and investment. -
4-Jun-2024 The East African
Presidents Ruto, Samia eye trade deals with South Korea
The trip will set the stage for Kenya and South Korea to initiate negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement between the two countries.