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17-Apr-2017 Global Risk Insights
Under the radar: Are Sri Lanka’s ports the next great game for China, India and Japan?
Sri Lanka expects to deepen existing FTA with India and to sign a FTA with Singapore and another with China. Sri Lanka also hopes to talk to Japan, Indonesia and other ASEAN countries with regards to FTAs. -
17-Apr-2017 Straits Times
Japan seeks to revive TPP without United States
The ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact that seemed dead in the water after the United States’ withdrawal could get a second wind, with Japan prepared to take the lead in an 11-country agreement sans the US. -
17-Apr-2017 The Hindu
EU foreign policy chief coming to India this week
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini likely to strongly push for resumption of talks for the India-EU free trade agreement. -
17-Apr-2017 Tax-news
EFTA and Turkey progress FTA update talks
Delegations from the European Free Trade Association member states met with counterparts from Turkey to discuss updating the existing EFTA-Turkey free trade agreement. -
14-Apr-2017 The Telegraph
Britain puts banks at front of queue for US trade deal
British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal -
14-Apr-2017 CIGI
Is it time to redesign or terminate investor-state arbitration?
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met. -
14-Apr-2017 The Whig
Ontario coughs up $28M to wind power company
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium. -
14-Apr-2017 Reuters
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan: source
Japan wants to avoid kicking off bilateral FTA talks for fear of being pressured into opening up highly protected areas like agriculture. -
14-Apr-2017 Xinhua
China, Japan, ROK hold 12th round of free trade talks
Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement -
14-Apr-2017 DND
Negotiations initiated with Iran for signing FTA: Khurram
Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the Senate that negotiations were being initiated with Iran for signing the Free Trade Agreement. -
13-Apr-2017 Bloomberg BNA
India pushes Cairn to settle tax with fresh interest demand
The Indian government nudges Cairn to accept the terms of its tax dispute settlement scheme instead of pursuing the international arbitration route. -
12-Apr-2017 ACP Secretariat
ACP countries to negotiate as a unified entity with EU
Seventy-nine countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are preparing to negotiate a major partnership framework with the European Union which will set directions for trade relations. -
12-Apr-2017 Public Eye
Compulsory licensing in Colombia: Leaked documents show aggressive lobbying by Novartis
Confidential documents obtained by Public Eye show that Novartis has threatened Colombia with international investment arbitration under its BIT with Switzerland to avoid the issuance of a compulsory license -
12-Apr-2017 Reuters
EU denies it has frozen Philippines trade talks over human rights
The European Commission said on Tuesday the Philippines’ human rights record could influence future trade ties, but denied reports that it had suspended free trade negotiations with Manila. -
12-Apr-2017 India Link
Lessons from India on migration’s role in trade policy
India-Australia FTA talks stall over agriculture and migration. -
12-Apr-2017 NHK World
Japan, ASEAN push for speedy RCEP conclusion
Japan’s economy minister Hiroshige Seko and his counterparts from the 10 ASEAN member nations will seek an early conclusion of the RCEP deal. -
12-Apr-2017 African Business Magazine
EU-Tanzania seal $205m investment deal
The two sides have managed to separate the grant from their long-running dispute over the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement, media have been told. -
11-Apr-2017 Western Sahara Resource Watch
French government dilutes Court of Justice conclusion
A note sent from French government to the French parliamentarians in Brussels casts doubts on whether France has studied the judgment at all. -
11-Apr-2017 The Economic Times
India, Georgia begin free trade agreement talks
India has begun the process of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Georgia. -
11-Apr-2017 Yahoo
Chile, China start talks to expand trade deal
Chile and China launched negotiations Monday to expand trade ties in the face of protectionist threats from US President Donald Trump.