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15-Nov-2024
The Conversation
Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New Zealand’s exports but this oversimplifies and diverts attention from the more systemic challenges a second Trump presidency will pose.
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15-Nov-2024
The Brussels Times
The Belgian Government will not support the EU-Mercosur trade agreement without strict "mirror clauses", outgoing Agriculture Minister David Clarinval announced.
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15-Nov-2024
Morning Star
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts are a legal mechanism that allow corporations to sue governments for decisions which they claim impact their profits — including environmental protections.
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15-Nov-2024
Mint
UK-based Vedanta Resources Ltd raising a dispute against the government of India brings the challenges of investor-state arbitration into limelight.
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15-Nov-2024
Agenzia Nova
Argentina would support the adoption of an economic partnership agreement between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and Japan.
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15-Nov-2024
WTVB
Spanish telecoms company Telefonica said that the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes had ordered the Colombian government to pay it $380 million as part of an arbitration process.
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15-Nov-2024
SOMO
Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks for communities.
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15-Nov-2024
African Law & Business
The state’s trade policies will be updated over the coming months by a nine-member committee.
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15-Nov-2024
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong will sign a free-trade agreement with Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is in Lima for the APEC summit, where he will also lobby for Hong Kong’s membership in the RCEP. He will meet with leaders of other economies and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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15-Nov-2024
Korea Herald
South Korea plans to proactively address global trade changes, especially those related to the new US administration. The country aims to upgrade existing trade pacts, diversify its trade portfolio, and secure new FTAs.
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14-Nov-2024
Tuko
Trump could delay the conclusion of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership introduced by Biden, calling for fresh talks incorporating his 2020 FTA.
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14-Nov-2024
The whistler.
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to upholding the digital trade protocol to boost investment, export, and economic reforms.
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14-Nov-2024
Yabiladi
Russia is preparing agreements on a free trade zone with Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. That’s the whole of North Africa.
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14-Nov-2024
Euronews
As a deal looms by the end of the year, Poland’s agriculture ministry has published a statement where it registers reservations over the Mercosur agreement. It should please France which leads the opposition to the deal.
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14-Nov-2024
Euronews
The trade agreement could get the green light next week’s G20 summit in Brazil, but the prospect has triggered discontent among farmers.
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14-Nov-2024
Jakarta Globe
Jakarta Globe - 14 November 2024
Prabowo sees no problem in Indonesia’s BRICS, OECD, CPTPP ambitions By Jayanty Nada Shofa
President Prabowo Subianto recently said that there was nothing wrong about Indonesia trying to join multiple economic blocs — be it BRICS or the OECD — at once, saying that the country only wants what is best for the people.
Indonesia is currently applying to the OECD — short for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD, also known as (...)
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14-Nov-2024
The Nation
Thailand and South Korea aim to finalize an economic partnership agreement (EPA) next year to further boost trade and investment. The EPA is expected to be signed during the 36th APEC summit in South Korea.
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14-Nov-2024
Manila Standard
The Philippines and Chile concluded their 2nd Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting, focusing on strengthening economic ties. They explored the potential for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) to boost trade and investment in areas like services, innovation, R&D, and education.
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13-Nov-2024
BEUC
The deal is likely to fail to safeguard consumer interests and align with the EU’s sustainability goals.
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13-Nov-2024
CAN Europe
A new report uncovers the climate-wrecking economic shock plans by Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei, and how the EU-Mercosur trade deal risks fueling Argentina’s social-ecological crisis and climate-breakdown.
