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27-Jun-2022
Sunday Observer
Negotiations on the Indonesia-Sri Lanka Preferential Trade Agreement (ISL-PTA) will begin soon as both countries see the enormous potential to boost bilateral trade, said Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia, Dewi Gustina Tobing.
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24-Jun-2022
DLA Piper
A tribunal found Nigeria in breach of its obligations under the China-Nigeria BIT and awarding Zhongshan compensation of around USD70 million.
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24-Jun-2022
bilaterals.org
This month’s episode analyses the impact of Trump’s return on the free trade regime.
[read the transcript >https://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/pdf/bp-03-25-transcript.pdf] (pdf)
Programme: bilaterals.org’s 20th anniversary The EU’s return to a wide-ranging free trade agenda (including deals with Mercosur, Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, etc.) Colombia’s ISDS reform African countries’ ISDS cases against mining companies
[read the transcript (...)
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24-Jun-2022
The Print
An 11 June meeting called by USTR Katherine Tai discussed ’launching negotiations under trade pillar’, sparking fears among Indian officials that IPEF could end up as a trade agreement.
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24-Jun-2022
Financial Express
Union minister Piyush Goyal has expressed hope that the free trade agreement between India and the United Kingdom will be concluded by Diwali.
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24-Jun-2022
Yahoo Finance
China has proposed a free-trade bloc among the five BRICS countries in a bid to enhance economic ties within the decade-old grouping, as its geopolitical rivalry heats up with the United States.
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24-Jun-2022
Phnom Penh Post
Phnom Penh has asked Seoul to complete its internal procedures as soon as possible for the bilateral Cambodia-Korea Free Trade Agreement to enter into force, which will stimulate trade between the two countries to “another level”, according to a commerce ministry spokesman.
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24-Jun-2022
Social News
Turkey and Britain are working to upgrade their free trade agreement as a means to boost bilateral economic ties, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
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24-Jun-2022
Zawya
The bilateral agreement aims to further protect and promote investment between the contracting parties.
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24-Jun-2022
Reuters
The three parties in Germany’s ruling coalition agreed to ratify the European Union’s free trade deal with Canada, a senior Social Democrats official.
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24-Jun-2022
Bloomberg
The US is preparing to escalate its complaints that Mexico’s state-favoring energy policies violate the nations’ free-trade agreement.
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23-Jun-2022
Fern
The proposal lacks ambition, especially when it comes to addressing trade’s role in driving climate breakdown.
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23-Jun-2022
Rural News
The only thing standing in the way of an agreement being reached is whether the EU is prepared to offer NZ what is described as ‘meaningful and commercially viable’ quotas for sheep meat and beef.
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23-Jun-2022
Politico
Trade skeptics on the left and right now hold the balance of power in Paris.
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23-Jun-2022
The Guardian
The US government has warned that Boris Johnson’s move to unilaterally axe some of the Northern Ireland Brexit arrangements protocol was a matter of continuing concern and “not conducive” to a trade deal.
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23-Jun-2022
The Express Tribune
Two Turkish waste management companies have filed a complaint in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) seeking a $230 million award against Pakistan
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23-Jun-2022
Reuters
Britain will launch talks over a new free trade deal with six Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and charities warned it not to ignore human rights in its latest bid to grow non-EU ties after Brexit.
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21-Jun-2022
Reuters
Fifteen European Union governments called for the bloc to accelerate the conclusion of free trade agreements to ensure its long-term economic growth and geopolitical standing in the world.
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21-Jun-2022
RNZ
New Zealand is currently negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU, and cheese makers are worried they’re about to be caught in the crossfire.
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21-Jun-2022
Scoop
New Zealand red meat sector leaders head to Brussels this week as negotiations between the European Union and New Zealand for a Free Trade Agreement enter a critical stage.
