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14-Oct-2024 Hindustan Times
Drop ‘irrational standards’ in trade talks, Goyal advises EU
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday advised the European Union to shun imposing “irrational standards” such as carbon tax, which he said act as trade barriers. -
14-Oct-2024 The Print
UK, Switzerland to begin negotiations on FTA
The current UK-Switzerland trade deal, largely based on a 1972 EU-Swiss deal, excludes digital trade and data flows. -
14-Oct-2024 Politico
‘Isolated’ France faces political storm over EU-South American trade deal
An already weakened Macron risks outrage from farmers as the rest of the EU races to get Mercosur deal done. -
11-Oct-2024 SOMO
ExxonMobil sues the Netherlands over gas field closure
The multinational disagrees with the decision that gas production in the Dutch province of Groningen will be shut down early. -
11-Oct-2024 MercoPress
Italian Deputy PM pledges to help pull through EU-Mercosur FTA
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and top diplomat Antonio Tajani told a group of Brazilian businesspeople in Sao Paulo that they are working to accelerate the process and reach a positive conclusion. -
11-Oct-2024 Macau Business
Macau and mainland sign new upgrade to CEPA trade agreement
Macau and mainland China authorities signed a new version of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement. -
11-Oct-2024 Xinhua
China, ASEAN issue joint statement on conclusion of FTA upgrade negotiations
The statement covers existing areas of the China-ASEAN FTA agreement as well as emerging areas that have great cooperation potential, including the digital economy, the green economy and supply chain interconnectivity, the ministry said. -
11-Oct-2024 Zawya
UAE, Malaysia conclude negotiations towards CEPA
A trade deal between the UAE and Malaysia seeks to eliminate or lower tariffs, reduce barriers to trade, promote private-sector collaboration and establish new pathways for investment. -
9-Oct-2024 Ahramonline
Egyptian-Malaysian free trade agreement in progress: Malaysian plantation minister
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade and his Malaysian counterpart are currently engaged in designing a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, where palm oil will be a key pillar of this imminent action -
9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA: Women and youth in trade protocol (Oct 2024)
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9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA protocol on investment (Oct 2024)
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9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA: protocol on intellectual property rights (Oct 2024)
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9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA: Digital trade protocol (Oct 2024)
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9-Oct-2024
AfCFTA protocol on competition policy (Oct 2024)
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9-Oct-2024 CCSI
Breaking free: Strategies for governments on terminating investment treaties and removing ISDS provisions
In this report, we present three practical approaches governments can consider in the near term to address their current stock of international investment agreements with ISDS. -
9-Oct-2024 Euractiv
EU-India conclude ninth round of free trade agreement talks, core issues remain
The European Union and India have concluded the ninth round of talks on a proposed free trade agreement. Although divergences on key issues remain, an FTA is in the interest of both sides. -
9-Oct-2024 iclg
Australian mining firm trumps Poland in arbitration
Invoking the Australia-Poland bilateral investment treaty, together with the Energy Charter Treaty, Green X has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars over a thwarted mining project. -
9-Oct-2024 The Hill
Stricter rules of origin won’t help Michigan’s auto workers
The United States International Trade Commission found that, through 2022, there were “few signs” that USMCA’s rules of origin had led to changes in production, trade, employment and investment or competitiveness. -
9-Oct-2024 Global Justice Now
Scrap the UK-Colombia investment treaty: how corporate courts let UK companies undermine human rights and the environment
In October 2024, the Colombia-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty reaches the end of its initial ten-year term. The UK and Colombian governments now have the opportunity to work together to terminate the treaty. -
8-Oct-2024 African Business
How the EU deceives itself about Africa
Carlos Lopes recounts the frustrating experience of negotiating for Africa with the EU – and calls for an authentic partnership.