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15-Dec-2023
UK Government
Update on the third round of negotiations for an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement.
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15-Dec-2023
Jamaica Observer
The Jamaican Government signed the Samoa Agreement at the headquarters of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) in Brussels, Belgium.
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15-Dec-2023
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Libya’s sovereign wealth fund has instructed criminal counsel alongside its launch of an arbitration claim, in an increasingly bitter investment dispute with Belgium and involving a member of the royal family.
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15-Dec-2023
China Business Law Journal
The authors of this article take the case of Huawei v Sweden as a starting point to explore decisive factors in handling bifurcation requests, while also providing insights for investors.
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15-Dec-2023
Fibre2fashion
These agreements, seen as crucial amid global challenges, aim to enhance EU-Chile cooperation in tackling supply chain issues, securing critical raw materials.
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13-Dec-2023
The Nation
A legal regime known as investor-state dispute settlements erode environmental regulation and increase fossil fuel industry profits.
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13-Dec-2023
Inequality.org
US and Canadian civil society groups are denouncing their own governments’ efforts, driven by the agribusiness industry, to repeal Mexico’s proposed ban on genetically modified corn.
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13-Dec-2023
The Express Tribune
Pakistan concluded a settlement agreement with Ozpak, a Turkish company, in longstanding arbitration proceedings pending in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
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13-Dec-2023
Yonhap
South Korea’s trade ministry launched the first round of talks on digital trade with the European Union in line with efforts to seek broader partnerships in online and data industries.
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13-Dec-2023
Yahoo
Negotiations to strike a free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates will begin in the new year, after Australia’s talks with the European Union collapsed.
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13-Dec-2023
Brownfield
The chief ag negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative says discussions on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework are expected to resume in the New Year.
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13-Dec-2023
Mehr
Iran’s deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy said that a Free Trade Agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union’s member states will be signed on December 25, 2023.
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13-Dec-2023
Indonesia for Global Justice
The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition for Economic Justice (MKE) urges the Government of Indonesia to stop free trade negotiations with the European Union by adhering to the main principles of international cooperation in accordance with the Constitution.
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13-Dec-2023
Yonhap News Agency
South Korea and Indonesia held their first round of talks to discuss measures to improve their bilateral free trade agreement and review its progress.
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13-Dec-2023
Financial Express
India-UK FTA negotiations are bound to be tough with an additional complication that national elections are due in both nations in 2024. This would indeed make talks “difficult” if a deal is not finalised before then.
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13-Dec-2023
Business Standard
A proposed comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman is on a fast-track mode, with a team of officials from the department of commerce in Muscat for negotiations.
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12-Dec-2023
Arab News
The 56th meeting of the Arab League’s Implementation and Follow-up Committee of the Economic and Social Council focused primarily on implementing the Greater Arab Free Trade Area.
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12-Dec-2023
APP
Saudi Commercial Attaché in Pakistan said the Kingdom’s officials were currently assessing advancements in the initial Free Trade Agreement.
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12-Dec-2023
CGTN
Around 10,500 Serbian and 9,000 Chinese products are on the free trade list, meaning that there will be no import duties on trading those items between the two countries.
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12-Dec-2023
Dawn
The Chinese government has agreed to consider a request to amend the existing Free Trade Agreement, supply trade finance in yuans and provide loans to assist industry relocation to Pakistan.