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6-Nov-2023
News24
While Gabon, Niger, the Central African Republic (CAR) and Uganda have been kicked out of an American trade preference scheme for the continent, Mauritania will be making a return.
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6-Nov-2023
Mail and Guardian
African countries who benefit from the African Growth and Opportunities Act will push for a 10 year extension of the agreement, the African Union (AU) commissioner for trade and industry Albert Muchanga said on the first day of a summit in Johannesburg.
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6-Nov-2023
Reuters
Uganda on Wednesday criticised a U.S. move to eject it and other African countries from accessing a tariff-free trade programme, saying the action was to punish African countries that are resisting the imposition of the West’s cultural values.
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6-Nov-2023
Euractiv
The free trade agreement Serbia signed with China, which is being hailed by Serbian politicians – along with all other agreements signed that day – will cease to apply on the day Serbia becomes a member of the EU.
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6-Nov-2023
The Times of India
After a delay of several months, India and the Gulf Co-operation Council have begun discussing the contours of a free trade agreement.
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6-Nov-2023
EU Observer
The pending trade deal between the EU and South America’s Mercosur countries was the ’nail in the coffin’ of European plans to improve farm animal welfare.
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3-Nov-2023
Public Citizen
The groups argue that removing ISDS — which has prioritized corporate rights over those of governments, people, and the planet — is needed to protect policies necessary for a clean energy transition.
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3-Nov-2023
The Canberra Times
Unions are pushing for new laws to ensure workers’ rights and Australian jobs are considered when negotiating trade agreements.
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3-Nov-2023
Mint
India and UK seem to have moved towards common ground on dispute settlement, which was the most controversial part of the bilateral investment treaty.
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3-Nov-2023
Nikkei Asia
US lawmakers have expressed concern about signing a limited free trade agreement with Indonesia, as the country’s mining and refining industry is dominated by companies from China.
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3-Nov-2023
Nikkei Asia
Canadian trade minister Mary Ng reiterated Ottawa’s support for Ukraine’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, stressing the need to maintain high open market standards for the framework.
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3-Nov-2023
Euromaidan Press
DTEK Group prevails in The Hague case, securing a $267 million award from Russia for the confiscation of assets in occupied Crimea.
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3-Nov-2023
MSN
The Russian state will go on trial for failing to pay $60bn (£49bn) to former shareholders of defunct oil behemoth Yukos, after a British judge blocked the country’s bid for immunity.
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2-Nov-2023
Inter Press Service
Governments the world over are worried about investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) rules. These allow foreign investors to sue them for billions over new laws or policies reducing their profits.
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31-Oct-2023
The conversation
South Africa must tread carefully in its economic relationships to avoid being caught in the escalating tension between east and west, and more specifically China and the US.
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31-Oct-2023
Jacobin
The investor-state dispute settlement is a system that empowers foreign investors to sue a sovereign government. It was instituted in the 1960s against the votes of most Latin American countries — and continues to wreak havoc today.
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31-Oct-2023
Business Standard
India and the UK don’t expect a free trade agreement to be announced until after state elections in the South Asian nation are completed in December.
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31-Oct-2023
MercoPress
Spain’s acting Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism has anticipated that the signature of the accord will be delayed until the next semester.
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31-Oct-2023
ch-aviation
The Paris Appeal Court has found in favour of Air Canada in its long-standing dispute with Venezuela over the payment of about USD21 million in compensation for airline ticket revenues withheld by the South American country.
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31-Oct-2023
Yonhap
South Korea’s trade ministry agreed with the European Union to launch negotiations for a digital trade agreement in line with efforts to seek broader partnerships in online commerce and data industries.
