Articles by language
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15-Aug-2016 Politico
Obama puts Congress on notice: TPP is coming
The White House put Congress on notice that it will be sending lawmakers a bill to implement President Barack Obama’s landmark Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement — a move intended to infuse new energy into efforts to ratify the flat-lining trade pact, reports Politico. -
15-Aug-2016 ICSID
Bear Creek Mining Corporation v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/21) – public hearing
A hearing on jurisdiction and the merits in the case will be transmitted live via internet feed from 7-14 September 2016. -
15-Aug-2016 SEATINI
SEATINI statement on inherent dangers of signing the EAC-EU EPA
Preserving and consolidating the East African Community market should be of priority to all the EAC partner states — not prematurely signing the EU’s free trade agreement. -
13-Aug-2016 The Economist
No logo - Tobacco regulation
Three years ago, the government of Togo received a letter from Philip Morris International outlining how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. -
13-Aug-2016 Madhyam
India changes tack on RCEP negotiations
Last week, India abruptly changed tack by expressing its willingness to drop three-tiered approach on tariff liberalization under the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. -
12-Aug-2016 IISD
Can EU member states still negotiate BITs with third countries?
The replacement of all existing member states BITs with EU agreements will take time, and the high number of authorizations granted shows that member states remain active in negotiating BITs. -
12-Aug-2016 Global Trade
Panama Canal expansion yields boatload of legal disputes
Arbitrations will determine responsibility for Panama Canal overruns of $1.6 billion. -
11-Aug-2016
RCEP - 9th meeting of Working Group on Trade in Services - Summary of discussion (Aug 2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Matrix of submission of elements for the RCEP Trade in Services text (2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Brief snapshots of countries’ initial offers (2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Investment chapter - Indonesia proposal on Prudential Measures (Aug 2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Telecommunications services - Korea proposal (Aug 2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Financial services - Submission by AU, JP and KO (Aug 2015)
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11-Aug-2016
RCEP - Services - NZ initial sectoral request lists (Oct 2015)
Requests to Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Viet Nam, dated October 2015 -
11-Aug-2016 MercoPress
Pacific Alliance members invite Uruguay to sign free trade agreements
Uruguay, which will soon sign a free trade deal with Chile and upgrade its agreement with Mexico, has been invited by Colombia and Peru to turn its current agreements with them into an FTA as well -
11-Aug-2016 Western Sahara Resource Watch
See how the controversial plantations boomed in the desert
The large increase of plantation infrastructure in occupied Western Sahara at the time when Morocco and the EU were negotiating a trade agreement suggests that the Moroccan government and the Moroccan/French companies involved had expected the trade agreement to go through. -
11-Aug-2016 Economic Times
India writes to Singapore, Japan and South Korea to recast investment deals
India has turned its attention to comprehensive economic partnership agreements with Singapore, Japan and South Korea after having fixed the loopholes in the much-abused investment treaties with Mauritius and Cyprus. -
11-Aug-2016 RCEP Legal
RCEP services chapter: Risks for developing countries’ and LDCs’ policy space and regulatory sovereignty
The leaked RCEP services chapter from August 2015 shows the non-ASEAN countries, especially Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan, have been very aggressive in their demands and insisted on new ways to bind the hands of governments in the future. -
11-Aug-2016 Post Online
Mexico expects FTA with Argentina within two years
Mexico would like to reach a free trade agreement with Argentina to rapidly increase the bilateral trade worth $2.5 billion annually, Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said. -
11-Aug-2016 SOL
Ghana’s thoughtless ratification of the interim EPA, based on false data
In ratifying the EU-Ghana interim EPA on 3 August 2016, the Ghanean Parliament has shot itself in the foot. Analysis by Jacques Berthelot.