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13-Mar-2017 Interfax
The Hague Arbitration Court recognizes Russia’s obligations to protect Ukrainian investors in Crimea after annexation
Russia must bear responsibility for protecting Ukrainian investors in Crimea after its annexation under the Russian-Ukrainian bilateral investment treaty. -
13-Mar-2017 Bloomberg
Sugar breakthrough paves way for Indonesia-Australia trade deal
Australia is pinning its hopes on sugar to revitalize exports to Indonesia, as it seeks momentum for a free trade agreement that has been mooted for nearly a decade. -
13-Mar-2017 Jordan Times
Jordan, Kenya to sign FTA before year-end — minister
Jordan and Kenya are expected to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) before the end of the year, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said. -
13-Mar-2017 The Telegraph
UK looks to supercharge EU trade deals post-Brexit
Britain is looking for ways to take on the EU’s free trade deals with countries around the world after Brexit - then use its new independence to cut taxes and regulatory barriers to trade, boosting the power of the deals. -
13-Mar-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
Celebrating Venezuela’s annulment victory over Exxon as a "progressive" ruling? Hold the Champagne and read this first
An ICSID Annulment Committee’s decision to reduce the damages to be paid to Exxon by $1.4 billion seems like a cause for celebration-a victory of economic sovereignty over Big Oil. But as gifts to economic justice go, this one is a Trojan horse indeed. -
13-Mar-2017 Reuters
China says Chile Pacific trade meeting not about TPP
China said that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact. -
13-Mar-2017 KBS
S. Korea tentatively signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
South Korea and a group of Central American countries have tentatively signed a free trade agreement. -
13-Mar-2017 Xinhua
ASEAN economic ministers eye RCEP to shape trade and economic liberation in Asia
ASEAN ministers agree to push to achieve considerable progress on the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership -
12-Mar-2017 Reuters
EU capitalizing on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies
The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of uncertainty over the outlook for U.S. trade policy. -
12-Mar-2017 IELP Blog
The (partial) dissent in Philip Morris: Gary Born vs. the constitution of Uruguay
A dissent sends the message: beware, if one other arbitrator had gone the way that Born did, we would have won. -
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Japan hopes to leave farms out of U.S. economic talks: sources
Japan will push to leave agriculture out of its first economic talks with the Trump administration next month. -
10-Mar-2017 EurActiv
Mercosur trade bloc agrees common position ahead of EU talks
Foreign ministers of the South American Mercosur trading bloc have reached a common position ahead of negotiations with the European Union on a potential trade deal. -
10-Mar-2017 The Hindu
Tribunal confirms ₹10,247-cr tax demand on Cairn UK
The tax dispute between the Indian government and Cairn Plc has been the subject of international arbitration from 2014. -
10-Mar-2017 Q Costa Rica
Costa Rica wins international arbitration against Zeta Gas
The ICSID Arbitral Tribunal has ruled that the Costa Rican government did not cause damage to the company of Swiss capital, Gas Nacional Zeta. -
10-Mar-2017 Latin America Herald Tribune
Peru "prefers" FTA with Asia through Pacific Alliance
Peru will try to expand its free trade agreements with countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but "preferably" through the Pacific Alliance -
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
EU and ASEAN agree to put free trade pact back on agenda
The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said the two blocs would try to revive plans for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between them. -
10-Mar-2017 Public Citizen
Open letter to trade ministers meeting in Chile, 14-15 March 2017
We believe it is not acceptable for TPP rules to be used as a model for future trade negotiations. -
10-Mar-2017 Reuters
Venezuela lawyer says $1.4 billion Exxon damages award overturned
A World Bank tribunal’s order for Venezuela to pay $1.4 billion in damages to Exxon Mobil Corp over nationalizations has been annulled -
10-Mar-2017 ICTSD
Canada, China moving closer to potential trade talks
Efforts to lay the groundwork for possible negotiations on a bilateral Canada-China trade deal continue underway, with Canadian officials launching a three-month domestic consultations period. -
10-Mar-2017 SAT PR
Kyrgyz Republic moves to set aside Stans UNCITRAL jurisdiction ruling
The Kyrgyz Republic has notified Stans that it filed a claim with the High Court of Justice to set aside the jurisdictional award rendered by the UNCITRAL Tribunal in favor of Stans.