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4-Aug-2016 Bloomberg
Cameroon starts implementing economic pact with European Union
Cameroon’s government said it has begun implementing an interim economic pact with the European Union that will lead to the reciprocal reduction of trade barriers. -
4-Aug-2016 The Economist
Big Tobacco’s controversial, ailing crusade against plain packaging
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested. -
4-Aug-2016 GMN
UK-China free trade agreement of ‘great interest’ to meat sector
A China bilateral trade deal offers "great opportunities" to the UK meat industry, according to The International Meat Trade Association (IMTA). -
4-Aug-2016 Telesur
Bolivian president slams Pacific Alliance trade bloc
Evo Morales says the Pacific Alliance trade bloc is a neocolonial tool intended to cripple regional trade initiatives that exclude the US. -
4-Aug-2016 The Hindu
India to defend stand against zero-tariffs at RCEP trade ministers’ meet
Offers made to India by other members in services still weak. -
4-Aug-2016 The Jakarta Post
RI eyes to develop key sectors from Australian trade deal
Indonesia is hoping to develop a number of key sectors through an anticipated free-trade deal with Australia, which is aimed at boosting trade and investment between the neighboring countries. -
4-Aug-2016 The News Minute
Kerala will bleed if India negotiates trade deal in secrecy: Why can’t the Modi govt consult states?
A letter written by Kerala’s Agriculture Minister VS Sunil Kumar shows that when it comes to trade negotiations, New Delhi prefers non-transparency to consultations. -
4-Aug-2016 Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (ISDS Blog)
Peter Allard vs. Barbados: Investor argues breach of environmental laws
Peter Allard, a Canadian investor who owns a nature sanctuary in Barbados, has brought an ISDS claim against Barbados. He grounds his claim on the failure of the government to enforce its own environmental law. -
3-Aug-2016
Civil society groups say No to investors suing States in RCEP
95 civil society organisations strongly and publicly urge countries negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to reject ISDS in the agreement. -
3-Aug-2016 Politico
New report weighs pros, cons of U.S.-China BIT
A U.S.-China bilateral investment treaty could significantly increase investment flows between the world’s two largest economies. -
3-Aug-2016 Occupy FTA
Korean Supreme Court opposing ISDS in KorUS FTA
When the KorUS FTA was negotiated from 2006, the Korean Supreme Court delivered its opinion against ISDS to the Korean government twice in 2006 and 2007. -
3-Aug-2016 Sidney Morning Herald
Indonesia and Australia recommit to free trade deal in 18 months
Indonesia and Australia have recommitted to finalising a free trade deal within 18 months despite the appointment of a new Indonesian trade minister. -
3-Aug-2016 Politico
EU trade policy ‘close to death’ if Canada deal fails
Fears grow that Brussels is losing control of one of its core competencies. -
3-Aug-2016 Latin America Herald Tribune
Uruguay to sign free trade agreement with Chile
President Tabare Vazquez said that Uruguay planned to sign a free trade agreement with Chile, expanding south-to-south cooperation and regional integration. -
3-Aug-2016 Ventures Africa
Will an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU make Nigeria any better?
Any attempt to encourage cheap EU imports will not only retard local production, it may also be counter-productive to the country’s industrialisation plans. -
3-Aug-2016 The Citizen
Antrix-Devas deal: The BIT bites India!
India is again in the limelight of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). An international tribunal has penalised the country earlier this week with a monetary compensation estimated at one billion dollars. -
3-Aug-2016 Deccan Herald
RCEP meet: focus on investor-state dispute
RCEP trade ministers will meet in Laos on August 5 to try and resolve issues that are stuck in negotiations. -
2-Aug-2016 Merco Press
Argentina and Mexico pledge to reach “absolute integration and free trade”
Argentina and Mexico agree on the need to reach absolute integration and free trade, as part of the closer bilateral relations confirmed with the visit to Buenos Aires of Mexican head of state Enrique Peña Nieto. -
2-Aug-2016 The Nation
Free trade is killing Colombian labor activists
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012. -
2-Aug-2016 Politico
Trade deal’s supporters counterattack
Advocates remain steadfastly optimistic, insisting the agreement still has a shot at approval despite being opposed by both major-party presidential candidates.