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2-Oct-2024
The Shift
The case filed by former Pilatus Bank Chair Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad against Malta in an international tribunal, disputing the decision to close the bank, is moving forward.
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2-Oct-2024
Upstream
The “de-facto expropriation of Wintershall’s interests in Russian gas ventures was formalised in December 2023 when President Putin issued decrees invalidating gas sale contracts and transferring assets to Russian companies.
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1-Oct-2024
United Nations
Possible reform of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS).
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1-Oct-2024
South China Morning Post
China and ASEAN are working to upgrade their free trade agreement to cover areas like e-commerce and environmental protection. This upgrade is expected to boost trade and investment between the two regions. China seeks to expand its economic ties with ASEAN amid growing tensions with the US and EU. ASEAN countries are also interested in strengthening their supplier networks in China.
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1-Oct-2024
Hindustan Times
India and Uzbekistan have signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to boost economic cooperation and protect investors. The BIT aims to increase investor confidence, provide dispute resolution mechanisms, and protect investments from expropriation.
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1-Oct-2024
XM
Investors in Finland’s largest power distributor Caruna are taking the Nordic country to arbitration, the Finnish foreign ministry said, due to the Finnish Energy Authority’s attempt to curb rising power transmission prices for ordinary consumers.
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30-Sep-2024
Inquirer.net
Further progress has been made during the negotiations for the free trade agreement between the Philippines and United Arab Emirates, with the continuation of the discussions scheduled for the fourth week of October.
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30-Sep-2024
SeeNews
Kosovo’s industry ministry has concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
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30-Sep-2024
Mint
India is now signatory to three out of the four pillars under the IPEF, sees current terms of the trade pact as less favourable for the country.
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30-Sep-2024
Business World
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for Prosperity is expected to be fully functional next year, with the trade component of the agreement to be substantially complete by the end of 2024.
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30-Sep-2024
Media Wire Express
In its claim, Aqua Power is demanding $500 million for lost business revenue over the past four years and for the value of its current projects within Tanzania.
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27-Sep-2024
Mongabay
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep-sea mining company based in Florida, sued Mexico after rejecting environmental permits for a phosphate mining project off the coast of the state of Baja California Sur.
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26-Sep-2024
European Commission
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26-Sep-2024
NZ Herald
The deal, called a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, is the most “trade liberalising” of any CEPA signed by the UAE to date.
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26-Sep-2024
Korea.net
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has begun negotiations on an economic partnership agreement, a type of free trade deal, with the country’s first Balkan partner country Serbia.
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26-Sep-2024
UNN
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced preparations to sign an investment protection agreement with Japan.
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26-Sep-2024
Deccan Herald
The two countries are holding review meetings to upgrade the CEPA, which was operationalised in January 2010. So far, over 10 rounds of review talks have been held.
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26-Sep-2024
Euractiv
Having pushed the EU out of the controversial Energy Charter Treaty, pressure groups and MEPs are now aiming for the legacy of over 1,000 bilateral investment agreements signed over decades.
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26-Sep-2024
European Commission
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25-Sep-2024
The Financial World
India’s Finance Minister will sign a bilateral investment treaty between India and Uzbekistan.
