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18-May-2020 Tempo
Indonesia, EU hopeful on green agenda amid pandemic
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has revealed that hopes remain high in maintaining their diplomatic and economic ties with Indonesia, geared to fulfill the Commission’s Green Deal. -
15-May-2020 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Norway just like Turkey? ICSID arbitration/s against Norway over Svalbard’s Natural Resources: A wider picture
The dispute for snow crabs in Svalbard may set the stage for another dispute concerning the abundant hydrocarbon reserves located in the same waters. -
15-May-2020 Unearthed
Revealed: US meat lobby working to ditch chlorinated chicken ban in UK trade talks
A powerful lobby group representing the United States’ largest chicken producers is working to demand that a post-Brexit trade deal eliminates the UK’s ban on chlorinated chicken imports. -
15-May-2020 Reuters
Britain, EU dig in their heels in trade talks
Talks between Britain and the European Union on their new trade relationship made little progress this week, sources with the bloc said. -
15-May-2020 Agri Pulse
Could Kenya FTA open new biotech potential in Africa?
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but US farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with Kenya will help the country break through its GMO barriers -
15-May-2020 South China Morning Post
EU investment deal with China likely to hinge on three key elements, says European trade official
Crucial European demands include subsidies to state-owned enterprises, access to the Chinese market and environmental issues, according to top official. -
15-May-2020 Euractiv
Divisions open over ‘lower agriculture standards’ in future US-UK pact
The UK government is preparing to offer increased access to the UK market for US agriculture exports and possibly lower the bar on environmental and health standards. -
15-May-2020
The African Union should halt African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Negotiations and launch of trading on 1st July 2020
Civil society organisations statement. -
15-May-2020 Financial Express
Differences among members, India-Mercosur PTA talks stalled
The ongoing differences between Brazil and Argentina are expected to have important implications for the future course of action within MERCOSUR and its engagements with other trade and economic partners including India. -
15-May-2020 Khmer Times
Cambodia pushes hard on free-trade agreements
Cambodia’s government is pushing for free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with potential partners while seeking Russian’s help for a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement. -
14-May-2020 Agri Pulse
Ag issues central in US-UK trade talks
US farm groups are looking for big wins as US negotiators push the UK to abandon European barriers to agricultural trade in the countries’ first round of trade talks, according to officials aware of the proceedings. -
14-May-2020 Globes
Pompeo presses Israel to distance from China
A China-Israel agreement could strengthen the Chinese influence in the management of the new port at Haifa. This is a scenario that keeps the Americans awake at night. -
14-May-2020 Global Legal Chronicle
Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. v. Algeria’s arbitration
Spanish contractor Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos S.A. lost an investment treaty arbitration against Algeria brought before ICSID. -
14-May-2020 UK Government
UK-Japan FTA: UK’s negotiating directives (May 2020)
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13-May-2020 Bloomberg
UK puts banking at heart of objectives for Japan trade deal
The UK has put financial services access at the center of its objectives for a trade deal with Japan. -
13-May-2020 Euractiv
EU seeks trade truce with US amid virus crisis
The EU’s top trade official hopes the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic will spur efforts to heal US trade ties, bogged down in a tit-for-tat tariff feud. -
13-May-2020 Al Jazeera
UK to start trade talks with Japan, with US and EU talks ongoing
Securing multiple trade deals simultaneously is not impossible, say experts, but the UK will have to make concessions. -
13-May-2020 The Conversation
US-UK trade talks have begun – here’s what each side wants and what to expect
Trade talks between the UK and US have officially begun. There are some things we know about what each side is looking to get out of a deal. -
12-May-2020 Bangkok Post
Union calls for equal recognition for healthcare workers
The union and its allies also asked the government not to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as they view that the restriction of rights to access medicine under the deal would put the country’s public health system in danger. -
12-May-2020 Global Times
Calls rise in China to rework deal with US: sources
More hawkish voices have emerged within China on the phase one trade deal with Washington, with some calling for new negotiations and a tit-for-tat approach on spiraling trade issues.