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23-Aug-2016 Economic Times
India may offer China different terms in new RCEP structure
India is working on a single tariff concession for 15 countries in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement but is thinking of differential treatment for China especially to the phase out period in view of the big trade deficit between the two Asian giants. -
22-Aug-2016 BEUC
Did TTIP push the EU to scrap precaution on endocrine disruptors?
In June, the European Commission broke its promise that it will not trade away the ’precautionary principle’ to strike a trade deal with the United States, BEUC reports. -
22-Aug-2016 Radio New Zealand
Pacific and NZ unions left out of Pacific Labour meeting
A meeting on Pacific labour mobility under the PACER Plus trade deal has a glaring omission – the voices of organised labour. -
22-Aug-2016 Inquirer
DTI pursues free trade talks with EU, Chile
The Philippines Department of Trade and Industry is aggressively pursuing free trade talks with key trading partners, including the European Union and Chile, as it seeks to follow through with the gains achieved by the last administration. -
22-Aug-2016 Premium Times
Ignore European Union, don’t sign EPA, group tells Nigerian government
Social Action has asked the federal government to not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. Ghana and Ivory Coast have also resisted the EPA -
22-Aug-2016 Business Recorder
FTA talks with Indonesia: Pakistan sets condition
Pakistan has reportedly refused to start negotiations on Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia until Pakistan’s concerns on existing Preferential Trade Agreement are addressed within six months -
21-Aug-2016 IRA
Bilateral investment treaty negotiations between India and US: Problems and prospects
Outline of the differences between two countries’ model BITs as they seek to negotiate an agreement. -
20-Aug-2016 CBC
EU members unsure how to apply CETA, 2 months from signing
Leaked meeting notes posted earlier this month by ’Politico Europe’ suggest that as recently as July 15, countries couldn’t agree on what parts of the agreement should apply when. -
20-Aug-2016 Tasnim News
Iran urges implementation of Free Trade Agreement with Iraq
Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Valiollah Afkhami Rad called for efforts to implement a free trade agreement with Iraq that officials from the two countries signed two years ago. -
20-Aug-2016 Yonhap
S. Korea, DR Congo share need for bilateral investment treaty
South Korea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo see the need to sign a bilateral investment treaty "as soon as possible" so that Korean companies can develop mines and seaports in the DRC -
19-Aug-2016 Reuters
Norway’s PM softens stance on Britain joining EFTA
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she saw some advantages if Britain joined the four-nation European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after quitting the EU -
19-Aug-2016 Mother Jones
How a wonky trade pact you’d never heard of became a huge campaign issue
Interview with Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America -
19-Aug-2016 Xinhua
Interview: Regional integration more urgent for LatAm to face rise of "mega-blocs"
Emerging giant trade blocs around the world make it "more urgent" than ever for Latin American countries to achieve regional integration and compete, a United Nations officer has told Xinhua in a recent interview. -
19-Aug-2016 Lexology
An international arbitration system for BRICS - is it an imperative for further economic cooperation
The BRICS countries are discussing what kind of arbitration system is needed to settle commercial and investment disputes between them. -
17-Aug-2016 Observer Research Foundation
Where does India stand on intellectual property rights in the digital economy?
A scrutiny of TPP, TISA and RCEP provisions that deal with IP and the digital economy vis-a-vis the current Indian legal standard. -
17-Aug-2016 Daily Business Review
Glencore begins arbitration against Bolivia over mine nationalization
Glencore International has notified Bolivia that it has begun arbitration proceedings over its investments in two smelters and a tin mine nationalized between 2007 and 2012. -
16-Aug-2016 Business Day
Nigeria to lose $1.3trn by 2026 to EPA arrangement – Report
A report authored by Social Action, a social development organisation, indicates that Nigeria stands to loose up to $1.3 trillion in forms of customs duties, taxation and other revenue sources throughout the 10 year implementation period of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). -
16-Aug-2016 Common Dreams
Three more reasons why we need to stop CETA
A major topic of discussion at the World Social Forum in Montreal was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them, writes Nick Dearden -
16-Aug-2016
RCEP - draft investment text: India (based on negotiating draft of Oct 2015)
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16-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
RCEP - draft investment text: NZ (based on negotiating draft of Oct 2015)