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8-Feb-2021
Hankyoreh
The South Korean government is speeding up its preparations to apply for membership in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after effectively making official its plans for negotiations to join.
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8-Feb-2021
Dominican Today
A report prepared for the European Commission was published last month to evaluate the outcomes of the agreement.
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8-Feb-2021
TASS
The Russian side also repeatedly drew attention to the fact that Yukos shareholders have no right to use modern protection mechanisms, since the privatization of the company was accompanied by deception, corruption and tax evasion
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8-Feb-2021
West Law
Alberta’s Premier said that the Canadian province, which has an equity in the now-canceled Keystone XL pipeline, may seek compensation under investor-protection provisions still in effect under NAFTA
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8-Feb-2021
Business Recorder
Sources said that the government will have its own template for a BIT, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries.
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8-Feb-2021
Reuters
The bill gives preference in electricity distribution to the state-run Comision Federal de Electricidad and seeks to eliminate its obligation to buy electricity through auctions.
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8-Feb-2021
Business Standard
India and the UK have held discussions on promoting bilateral trade and investments between the two countries
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8-Feb-2021
Bangkok Post
The Commerce Ministry is scheduled to propose to parliament on Tuesday the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact, the world’s biggest free trade deal, signed by 15 nations in Asia-Pacific including Thailand last November.
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7-Feb-2021
The Africa Report
African countries want to trade more with their partners on the continent – through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement that launched operations on 1 January – but will that hurt big trading partners like China?
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5-Feb-2021
Taiwan News
“I very much look forward to Taiwan and the UK being able to commence dialogue on a free trade or bilateral investment agreement," President Tsai said.
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4-Feb-2021
Uniterre
The FTA with Indonesia showcases a supposed sustainability, but it is only a large-scale scam.
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4-Feb-2021
Australian Financial Review
Google and Facebook could sue the government for billions of dollars over a proposed law to force the digital giants to pay publishers for displaying news content, by seizing on investment clauses in the Australia-Singapore trade agreement.
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4-Feb-2021
Xinhua
The country is actively conducting research on joining the CPTPP, the Ministry of Commerce said.
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4-Feb-2021
Euractiv
The European Union and its member states should draw the consequences of the current stalemate in multilateral talks aimed at reforming the Energy Charter Treaty and consider a coordinated withdrawal, Paris has said
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4-Feb-2021
CAN Europe
RWE has filed an arbitration claim against the Netherlands, seeking compensation for the Dutch decision to phase-out electricity production from coal by 2030.
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4-Feb-2021
Project Syndicate
The new EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment will eventually be judged by its implementation and the concrete steps China takes to fulfill its promises. If European firms do not perceive any improvement, and China makes no progress on labor standards, the pact might come to represent an empty gesture.
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4-Feb-2021
Friends of the Earth Europe
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4-Feb-2021
Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and South Korea on February 3 concluded talks for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak and his Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee plan to sign in mid-2021, setting zero tariffs for a broad range of goods, according to a joint press statement.
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3-Feb-2021
Institute for International Trade
The CAI will not transform China into an open investment regime nor will it provide new market access opportunities for most European businesses.
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3-Feb-2021
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia will turn its attention towards clinching a trade agreement with Israel. A similar feasibility study to scope the benefits of beginning trade negotiations with European Free Trade Association countries.
