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16-Nov-2022
UrduPoint
Chinese President told his South Korean counterpart about the need to speed up negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two countries and increase bilateral cooperation in high-tech manufacturing.
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16-Nov-2022
Farrer & Co
This article summarises the legal protections which may be available to investors in times of armed conflict under investment treaty arbitration.
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15-Nov-2022
The Guardian
Secret court set up under energy charter treaty accused of conflicts of interest, self-regulation issues and institutional bias.
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15-Nov-2022
The Globe and Mail
New Zealand’s Agriculture Minister has formally requested a binding dispute-settlement panel to resolve the dairy tiff with Canada under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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15-Nov-2022
Fibre2fashion
With regard to joining the trade pillar of IPEF, India decides its strategy on its own terms...If you want binding commitments (from India) on different subjects, tell me what I am getting in return, said the commerce minister.
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15-Nov-2022
https://sites.google.com/view/isds-...
Civil society organisations are calling on governments to remove the threat that ISDS poses to the climate. The following statement outlines our primary concerns and demands. We seek to put pressure on our governments as they meet at COP 27 in November 2022.
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15-Nov-2022
The Australian Financial Review
In a big win for unions and “fair trade” campaigners, Australian Trade Minister will announce government’s vow to strip future free trade agreements of investor-state dispute settlement clauses and water them down in existing deals.
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15-Nov-2022
CNBC TV 18
India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Free Trade Agreement talks are slated to restart in two to three weeks, government sources have told CNBC-TV18.
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14-Nov-2022
Euractiv
The German government has announced its intention to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, following similar decisions in other large EU countries, which left activists jubilant.
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14-Nov-2022
Reuters
The report suggests that progress on IIA reform is critical to enable countries to address the challenges of climate change.
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14-Nov-2022
The Australian Financial Review
Massive compensation claims loom over the Australian government’s gas market intervention, with lawyers warning price caps and windfall profit taxes could lead to legal action under trade agreements.
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14-Nov-2022
Reuters
Germany’s ruling coalition parties have agreed a raft of new trade policy measures, including quitting the Energy Charter Treaty and ratifying the CETA agreement.
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14-Nov-2022
Reuters
Ireland’s Supreme Court ruled that parliament cannot ratify the European Union’s free trade deal with Canada unless laws are changed, posing a challenge to the coalition government if it wants to avoid the matter going to a referendum.
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10-Nov-2022
Prospera
In accordance with the Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement, Honduras Próspera Inc. and its affiliates submit to the Republic of Honduras this written notice of their intention to submit claims to arbitration.
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10-Nov-2022
MSN
The Chinese and Salvadoran authorities announced that they have begun negotiations to achieve a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries "as soon as possible".
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9-Nov-2022
International Service for Human Rights
At the NGO Forum ahead of the 73rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), stakeholders discuss the potential impacts of the implementation of the AfCFTA, on the climate, food security, and the human rights.
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9-Nov-2022
The Guardian
The International Labour Organisation (ILO), Organisation of Trade Unions in West Africa (OTUWA) and International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calls for protection of labour in the the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA).
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9-Nov-2022
National Accord
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Evelyn Ngige, has stated that all African countries signatory to the Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) desire to make Nigeria a dumping ground for their goods.
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9-Nov-2022
Australian Government
Text of Chapters and Annexes Preamble and Table of Contents [Chapter 1 Initial Provisions and General Definitions >https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/negotiations/aifta/australia-india-ecta-official-text/chapter-1-initial-provisions-and-general-definitions] [Chapter 2 Trade in Goods >https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/negotiations/aifta/australia-india-ecta-official-text/chapter-2-trade-goods] Annex 2A (Tariff Commitments) [Section 2A (Tariff Schedule of Australia) (...)
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9-Nov-2022
UAE Ministry of Economy