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31-May-2021 Kyunghyang
In memory of Heesob Nam, a patent attorney who fought against vaccine inequality until the end
Heesob Nam, a patent attorney who dedicated his life to preventing the monopoly of ’intellectual property’ by a few, passed away on May 10th. -
31-May-2021 Dhaka Tribune
Experts urge selective protectionism as FTA with Malaysia returns to table
As a free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia returns to the table, experts fear local companies could lose business to Malaysian ones if duty-free market access is given in sectors where the latter has a competitive advantage. -
31-May-2021 The Epoch Times
Taiwan calls on Australia to restart free trade agreement talks
Taiwan wants the Australian government to resume free trade agreement talks after they were halted several times from pressure by Beijing. -
31-May-2021 Business Day
Africa will fail to reach free-trade goals without new rules and infrastructure
Policy changes are needed to facilitate the faster and seamless flow of goods and services across borders. -
31-May-2021 Daily Maverick
African Continental Free Trade Area: A pipe dream or silver bullet?
Current realities are likely to counter the expectations that the AfCFTA is some kind of silver bullet that will transform Africa, sweeping away decades of embedded dysfunction and challenges. -
31-May-2021 The Citizen
Tanzanian to ratify free trade area agreement
The government of Tanzania will ratify the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) between June and October this year. -
31-May-2021 2021 Portugal EU
EU to open negotiations on an agreement on investment facilitation with the Republic of Angola
The Council of the European Union today adopted a decision to open negotiations in view of an agreement on investment facilitation with the Republic of Angola. -
31-May-2021 Ghana Web
AfCFTA Secretariat establishes court to resolve trade disputes
The AfCFTA Secretariat has established a dispute settlement body, that will function as a full-court with the right mechanisms and structures in place to settle trade disputes. -
28-May-2021 The Leaflet
Denying India its tax revenue is neo-colonialism. Cairn Energy is the new East India Company!
The perverse interplay of BITs with double taxation avoidance agreements has been bleeding India from the much-needed tax revenues. -
28-May-2021 Farmers Weekly
Farmers to protest against Australia tariff-free trade deal
Fed-up farmers are preparing to stage protests over UK government plans to sign tariff-free trade deals with Australia and other countries, which they fear could lead to a flood of cheap food imports. -
28-May-2021 Lexology
Court annuls billion-dollar award, finding Crimea investment was made before BIT applied
The Paris Court of Appeal has set aside a $1.1 billion award against Russia for the expropriation of the Crimean branch of Ukrainian state-owned bank Oschadbank. -
28-May-2021 Unian
Energoatom suing Russia to get compensation for assets lost in Crimea
The dispute is about the assets it lost in Crimea, including the Donuzlav wind farm, which is now located in the temporarily occupied territory. -
28-May-2021 European Commission
Report on the 10th round of negotiations between the EU and Chile for the modernisation of the trade part of the EU Chile association agreement
The 10th round of negotiations for the modernisation of the trade part of the association agreement took place from 19 April to 7 May 2021. -
27-May-2021 Bloomberg
Tech liability shield has no place in trade deals, groups say
The organizations said including a legal shield for tech companies in trade deals “reflects a broad effort by the big tech platforms to use ‘trade negotiations’ to limit domestic policy options.” -
27-May-2021 South China Morning Post
US-China trade war: top negotiators hold ‘candid and constructive’ talks, first of Joe Biden presidency
USTR said the phase one trade deal was important but only one part of a challenging and complex relationship between the world’s two largest economies. -
27-May-2021 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Can pharmaceutical companies counter the waiver of their patents for Covid-19 vaccines through investment treaty arbitration?
The patent waiver initiative may give rise to claims under the expropriation standard, and to a lesser degree, under the FET standard. -
27-May-2021 Xinhua
Uzbekistan, Afghanistan to sign preferential trade agreement this year
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan will sign an agreement on preferential trade by the end of the year. -
27-May-2021 The National
British government aims for £5bn Gulf trade deal
UK officials are working on a new trade deal with the six members of the GCC, including the UAE and Saudi Arabia. -
27-May-2021 The Express Tribune
‘Out-of-court settlement with Tethyan Copper Company possible’
Pakistan’s law minister said an out-of-court settlement with a mining company was not out of the question. -
27-May-2021 The Daily Star
FTA with Malaysia back on the table
Commerce minister says Bangladesh government will sign the deal with Malaysia should not be just for the duty free benefits on export but also for securing massive investments, according to economists.