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30-Sep-2020 Live Mint
Cairn seeks $1.4 bn damages from govt
Cairn is seeking full restitution for losses resulting from the expropriation of its investments in India in 2014. -
30-Sep-2020 New Indian Express
New bilateral treaties to keep tax disputes out of arbitration
India will try and keep its taxation laws out of the ambit of all Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and comprehensive economic pacts that it negotiates. -
30-Sep-2020 RTL
Luxembourg opposes the draft EU-Mercosur agreement
The Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it "will not be able to give its support" to the signing of the EU-Mercosur agreement, asking for "additional commitments in the fight against climate change and deforestation. -
30-Sep-2020 Manila Bulletin
PH, India eye bilateral preferential trade deal
Philippines and India have agreed to consider forging a bilateral preferential trade agreement to take advantage of the huge untap potential for a strategic partnership in the region. -
30-Sep-2020 Mining Weekly
Indiana lodges $95m claim against Tanzania
Indiana Resources has lodged a $95-million compensation claim against the government of Tanzania over the "illegal expropriation” of the Ntaka Hill nickel project. -
29-Sep-2020 Mondaq
Austria: Thoughts on the legitimacy, sustainability and future of ISDS in times of crisis
By acknowledging the procedural and substantive weaknesses of ISDS, this article will touch upon proposals for reform. -
29-Sep-2020 The Quint
Vodafone vs India: Who ‘committed’ the ‘original sin’?
In the sorry saga of the Vodafone tax dispute, how did we get here? The original error lies with India’s tax laws. -
29-Sep-2020 South China Morning Post
US-China trade: soybeans, corn and cars surge, but Beijing still not close to meeting demands of deal
Despite the spending spree during the summer months, China is nowhere near meeting the overall targets set out in the phase one trade deal. -
29-Sep-2020 South China Morning Post
Mongolia joins China to become seventh member of Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement
Mongolia joins founding members Bangladesh, India, Laos, South Korea and Sri Lanka as well as China, its biggest trading partner. -
29-Sep-2020 European Pharmaceutical Review
UK and EU pharma call for medicines to be prioritised in Brexit trade talks
They have both emphasised the need for trade talks to mitigate medicine supply chain disruptions following Brexit. -
29-Sep-2020 Independent.ie
‘It would be wrong’ – Varadkar puts brakes on Mercosur deal
Ireland’s Prime Minister has indicated that he will not be bringing the Mercosur trade agreement for ratification to the Parliament this year or for the foreseeable future. -
29-Sep-2020 Reuters
EU negotiators willing to work on legal agreement with UK - The Times
European Union negotiators have signaled that they are willing to begin work on a joint legal text of a trade agreement with the UK. -
29-Sep-2020 The Star
Trade commitments between Brunei and Hong Kong to take effect
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said that the commitments relating to Hong Kong and Brunei member state, under the trade and and investment agreements between Hong Kong and ASEAN, will enter into force on Oct 20. -
29-Sep-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
Vietnam and UK foreign ministers to meet for trade deal
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will visit Vietnam on Tuesday to hold talks with his counterpart Pham Binh Minh, with a trade deal at the top of the agenda ahead of the ending of the transition period for Britain’s exit from the European Union this year. -
29-Sep-2020 The Wire
India wants to urgently review its ASEAN Goods FTA, but other countries are slow to play ball
India’s insistence on reviewing its free trade agreement (FTA) in goods with the ASEAN region may not be done as quickly as it hopes, as most of the Southeast Asian nations are reluctant to immediately start getting into the nitty gritty of negotiations. -
29-Sep-2020 Nikkei Asian Review
Japan and Australia wary of China as RCEP talks enter last stretch
With India, Australia and Japan intent on pursuing their arrangement in parallel, the road looks relatively clear for an RCEP accord in November. Even if there are still a few points of contention, the 15 countries may sign an "agreement in principle". -
29-Sep-2020 Bangkok Post
The more the merrier in Indo-Pacific
As of last week, there are at least 8 distinctive cooperative frameworks relating to the Indo-Pacific region, which reflects the region’s growing economic and strategic importance within the rapidly-changing international stage. -
28-Sep-2020 Kahawa Tungu
US seeks to stop Kenya’s digital taxation plans in FTA deal
Kenya’s plans to tax digital services could hit a brick wall following its negotiations for a free trade deal with the US. -
28-Sep-2020 Albanian Daily News
KURUM company sues Albanian state, seeks EUR 100 mln
KURUM company sued Albania at the International Court of Arbitration asking EUR 100 mln for termination of the contract of the container terminal in Durresi Harbor. -
28-Sep-2020 Tehran Times
Tehran, Kuala Lumpur getting closer to sign PTA
After nearly four years of negotiations, Iran and Malaysia are getting closer to the signing of a long-awaited preferential trade agreement.