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9-Sep-2022 Hindustan Times
India to join three of four IPEF ‘pillars’
India New Delhi has decided to become part of resilient economy, clean economy, and fair economy components of the framework, but it will not join the connected economy (trade) pillar of IPEF. -
9-Sep-2022 Reuters
Israel, Guatemala sign free trade agreement, Economy Ministry says
Israel and Guatemala on Thursday signed a free trade agreement that will include industry, food and agriculture goods, the Israeli Economy Ministry said. -
9-Sep-2022 Bangkok Post
EU and Thailand cap turbulent decade with a partnership agreement
The agreement conclusion may also indicate that both sides are inching closer toward a free trade agreement, which would be the third the EU has struck with a Southeast Asian country. -
8-Sep-2022 Outlook India
India to seek review of trade pact with Japan: Goyal
India will seek review of its free trade agreement with Japan during a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and his Japanese counterpart in Los Angeles. -
8-Sep-2022 The Conversation
British investors could sue Australia over climate action if UK joins trans-Pacific trade pact
It’s a portent of claims Australia may face from British companies invested in Australia’s fossil-fuel industries if the United Kingdom gets its way and joins the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
8-Sep-2022 Financial Express
No FTA with Israel until we get a good deal: Piyush Goyal
Israel’s tariffs on goods are, as such, very low for all and it’s yet to commit to opening up its services sector for India, the minister said. -
8-Sep-2022 Financial Express
The ECTA not just a trade deal but an outcome of larger systemic confidence with Australia: S Jaishankar
India Australia leadership dialogue is taking place as India Australia relations have shifted gears and moved into a higher orbit. -
8-Sep-2022 Youinvest
GreenX says £737 million claim against Poland proceeding ‘at pace’
Damages of £737 million are being claimed by GreenX across the two arbitrations which relate to both the Jan Karski and Debiensko mines in Poland. -
8-Sep-2022 The Print
US says Indo-Pacific Economic Framework beyond “traditional trade agreement”
Official negotiations on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework are set to start in Los Angeles, when US Trade Representative and US Commerce Secretary sit down with their counterparts from 13 other participating countries. -
8-Sep-2022
Demanding a transparent and participatory process in any Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) negotiations
The need for another trade agreement in Asia-Pacific has not been established. If countries choose to move forward with Indo-Pacific Economic Framework talks, they must be based on a new model that prioritizes the interests of people instead of just big corporations. -
7-Sep-2022 India West
US not looking for free trade agreement: Piyush Goyal in CA
India and the US are ready to be more engaged in the Indo-Pacific economic framework, which will help create more resilient supply chains and partnerships between businesses in the two countries. -
7-Sep-2022 La Via Campesina
10 September 2022 | International day of action against the WTO and FTAs
Every year, on 10 September, all the members and allies of La Via Campesina mobilize against the destructive policies that are forced upon the small-scale food producers through bilateral, regional and multilateral trade agreements. -
7-Sep-2022 Morocco World News
Signs of an emerging France-Algeria-Tunisia axis to restrain Morocco
The visit was thus a telling declaration of intentions from both the Tunisian and Algerian regimes, who have ever since appeared to be striving to deepen bilateral ties to form a Maghrebi bloc to undermine Morocco’s strategic interests. -
7-Sep-2022 North Africa Post
Tension between Tunis and Rabat risks affecting economic ties
The diplomatic tensions between Rabat and Tunis due to the support shown by Kais Saied to the Polisario separatist militias could spill over to economic ties between the two countries. -
7-Sep-2022 MercoPress
Uruguayan FM off to brokering Mercosur deal approval with EU
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo is off on a European tour seeking to advance in the signing of the Mercosur-European Union agreement. -
7-Sep-2022 UNCTAD
Investment treaty regime needs reforms to support climate action
Reforms are essential to ensure investment treaties and associated investor-state disputes don’t hinder countries’ efforts to tackle climate change. -
6-Sep-2022 Social News XYZ
Discussions on India-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement to begin soon: Modi
India and Bangladesh will soon begin discussions on a bilateral economic partnership agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on 6 September 2022. -
6-Sep-2022 Columbia
Reforming international investment law for climate change goals
Existing international investment agreements providing for investor–state dispute settlement fail to advance climate goals and can effectively hinder states’ climate action. -
6-Sep-2022 The Daily Star
Understanding the proposed Bangladesh-India Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
The proposed CEPA between Bangladesh and India has three dimensions: Trade in goods, trade in services, and investment. -
5-Sep-2022
Q & A on IPEF (“Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity”)
The IPEF is the US’s latest strategy to be the global rule-maker on trade, food production, digital and data, the climate crisis, regulating services, corporate power to influence new laws, multinationals’ tax rates, and much else.