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15-Oct-2020 bdnews24
Bangladesh and US begin discussions in Dhaka to explore FTA option
Bangladesh and the US have begun discussions to explore possibilities of a Free Trade Agreement as part of efforts on economic recovery from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic. -
15-Oct-2020 Telecompaper
Orange begins legal proceedings against Iraq government
Orange Group has instituted legal proceedings against Iraq in an attempt to claw back more than USD 400 million in investments it alleges were expropriated by the country’s regulator. -
15-Oct-2020 Journal du Cameroun
Zimbabwe ratifies EPA with UK
Zimbabwe has ratified an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the United Kingdom in a deal expected to promote reciprocal trade concessions between Harare and London. -
15-Oct-2020 AP
On eve of UK deadline, trade talks with EU still stalled
On the eve of a European Union summit that British Prime Minister had set as a deadline to seal a post-Brexit trade agreement, talks remained in a deep rut over fundamental differences on the issues of state aid and fisheries. -
14-Oct-2020 DW
Pakistan: China’s ’involvement’ in deep sea fishing angers local fishermen
Fishermen’s associations claim that Chinese trawlers have docked at a Karachi port, allegedly for the purpose of deep sea fishing. They fear that Chinese companies are slowly taking over Pakistan’s fishing sector. -
14-Oct-2020 Bangkok Post
India urged to return to Asia-Pacific free trade talks
Ministers from 15 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a sprawling free trade agreement urged India on Wednesday to return to the talks as they are aiming to sign a deal by the end of the year, a Japanese official said. -
14-Oct-2020 IISD
UNCITRAL tribunal dismisses claims of German aircraft leasing company against the Czech Republic while upholding its jurisdiction over the intra-EU claim
The tribunal rejected the investor’s claims of expropriation, breach of standard of FET, breach of standard of full protection and security, and breach of standard of non-arbitrary or discriminatory measures. -
14-Oct-2020 IISD
All claims dismissed in telecommunications case against Canada: Changes in the regulatory environment did not breach F.E.T.
The tribunal dismissed all claims on merits, apart from the claim under national treatment, which was considered outside the tribunal’s jurisdiction. -
14-Oct-2020 Reuters
Eni seeks World Bank arbitration in Nigeria oilfield dispute
Eni plans to argue that the country’s failure to allow it to exploit an oilfield it acquired with Royal Dutch Shell nearly a decade ago breaches their investment agreement. -
14-Oct-2020 Big News Network
UK Trade Secretary to visit Japan for signing free trade agreement
The signing of the agreement will reportedly take place on October 23. The Japanese parliament will then have until year-end to ratify it. -
13-Oct-2020 Trade Justice Movement
UK-Australia FTA needs more scrutiny and better food and environmental protections
UK civil society groups respond to Liz Truss’s statement on UK-Australia trade deal negotiations. -
13-Oct-2020 EJIL: Talk!
UNCITRAL and ISDS reform (online): can you hear me now?
Does moving online mean more governments and more officials participate? Or does it lessen the prestige and priority of the negotiations, leading to less engagement by key officials? -
13-Oct-2020 ABS CBN
RCEP ministers to meet Wed., aiming for free trade deal by year-end
Ministers from Asia-Pacific countries negotiating a sprawling free trade agreement will meet this week via videoconference as their year-end deadline for reaching a deal nears. -
13-Oct-2020 IISD
Assessing outcomes in ISDS
15 highly active respondent countries with net ISDS losses cumulatively account for USD 14.8 billion in net outcomes through 2017. -
13-Oct-2020 IISD
The need for “Africa-focused” arbitration and reform of Tanzania’s Arbitration Act
Tanzania has enacted significant changes to the legislation governing foreign investment in natural resources with the aim of ridding the sector of the vestiges of “colonial” relationships. -
13-Oct-2020 Vietnam Plus
Vietnam continues institutional reform as part of EVFTA commitment
Vietnam is continuing its institutional reform commitments made in the historic EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in an aim to boost exports of agricultural products and attract more investment from the EU trading bloc. -
13-Oct-2020 Nikkei Asia
China and Cambodia sign FTA on heels of EU sanctions
China and Cambodia on Monday signed a free trade agreement at a ceremony in Phnom Penh attended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. -
12-Oct-2020 The Guardian
Campaigners in last-ditch push to protect farming standards post-Brexit
Farmers say UK food safety and animal welfare could be compromised as agriculture bill returns to parliament -
12-Oct-2020 Reuters
Japan-UK economic partnership pact likely to be signed on October 23 - Sources
Tokyo has said it is aiming for the deal to come into force on Jan. 1, after reaching a broad trade agreement with Britain on Sept. 11. -
12-Oct-2020 Fresh Plaza
New blow to the EU-Mercosur agreement
The European Parliament refuses to ratify it in its current state.