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13-Oct-2017 Reuters
US hikes tensions in NAFTA talks with call for ’sunset clause’
Washington has dramatically increased tensions in talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement by proposing that the lifespan of any new deal be limited to five years. -
13-Oct-2017 SBS
EU MPs back Australia, NZ trade deals
The European Parliament’s trade committee has voted 30 to five in favour of starting trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand. -
13-Oct-2017 Xinhua
Indonesia, Turkey sign document on trade talks
Indonesia and Turkey signed a document leading to negotiation rounds of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries. -
13-Oct-2017 IISD
Assessing the impacts of investment treaties: Overview of the evidence
It is unclear whether investment treaties’ impact on FDI flows constitutes a benefit to a host state. -
13-Oct-2017 CNBC
US to seek strict rules of origin in NAFTA talks, sources say
The US wants 85 percent of content to come from the United States, Mexico and Canada. The request may include a demand for a 50 percent American content requirement. -
13-Oct-2017 Business Standard
India-Mauritius to restart FTA talks soon
Agreement of strategic importance to counter Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean. -
12-Oct-2017 EurActiv
Multilateral Investment Court: an utterly flawed and unjust system
The European Commission’s plans for a Multilateral Investment Court sanctions a biased and ineffective arbitration system, leaving people and the environment exposed to international investors’ whims. -
12-Oct-2017 CBC
Trump raises possibility of Canada-US deal in meeting with Trudeau
Trump has said he likes ’bilateral deals,’ but Trudeau still focused on agreement including Mexico. -
11-Oct-2017 The Reporter
Karuturi contemplates legal recourse for loss in Ethiopia
Karuturi could sue the government of Ethiopia at international tribunals on the basis of violations of the Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement India and Ethiopia have signed on. -
11-Oct-2017 China Briefings
China’s free trade agreements in South Asia
China is steadily laying the groundwork for its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative program. -
11-Oct-2017 SMH
Push for Australia to open its doors to Indonesian workers under free trade deal
Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers - such as nurses and cooks - as well as removing tariffs on textiles as free trade negotiations between the two countries enter the final month. -
11-Oct-2017 All Africa
Burundi Government urges EU to remove sanctions
First-vice speaker of Burundi Senate said Burundi will not have the courage to ratify the Economic Partnership Agreement in the context of economic sanctions imposed against it. -
11-Oct-2017 TVC
ECOWAS calls for Regional Arbitration Forum for dispute resolution
The Economic Community of West African States has called for the creation of a Regional Arbitration Forum as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism to boost its economic potentials. -
11-Oct-2017 Reuters
Britain could join NAFTA if Brexit trade deal fails: Telegraph newspaper
Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal. -
11-Oct-2017 The Asset
China reaches Belt Road milestone with Eurasian Economic Union trade agreement
Agreement directly meets Belt Road objectives by liberalizing trade and investment along Eurasian landmass. -
11-Oct-2017 AEC
Malaysia eyes TPP-11, but on its terms
Malaysia does not have a bilateral agreement with Canada, so the TPP-11 could serve a way towards that goal. Malaysia is also actively exploring its trade options with Latin America. -
11-Oct-2017 Sun Daily
Yukos shareholders give up fight for Russia’s French assets
A group of major shareholders in dismantled Russian oil giant Yukos announced they were giving up their efforts to seize lucrative state assets as compensation in France following a series of legal setbacks. -
11-Oct-2017 IELP Blog
What to do with "fair and equitable treatment" provisions?
US ISDS proposal in NAFTA would cut fair and equitable treatment and indirect expropriation. -
10-Oct-2017 Policy Options
The environment in Canadian trade agreements
Since NAFTA, Canada and the US have included the largest number, worldwide, of environmental clauses in their trade agreements. -
10-Oct-2017 CIGI
Six inconvenient truths about NAFTA renegotiations
This article is part of a series about what the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement means for the knowledge economy in Canada and for the people who turn ideas into innovations within one of the world’s largest free trade zones.