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16-Mar-2020 Glasgow Guardian
The Energy Charter Treaty threatens the European Green Deal, NGOs denounce
Civil society activists and scientific experts denounce the unsustainable practice of investment disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty. -
16-Mar-2020 Bloomberg
South Africa raises poultry-import tariffs, drawing US ire
The announcement immediately drew criticism from the US government, which previously threatened to exclude South Africa from a preferential trade agreement after a disagreement over the levies in 2015. -
16-Mar-2020 Left Foot Forward
Any UK/US trade deal must put jobs and rights first
The UK Trade Union Congress and its US counterpart, the AFL-CIO, have warned the White House and Downing Street that any trade deal between the UK and USA must put workers’ jobs and rights first. -
16-Mar-2020 Express
Warning for EU trade talks as coronavirus rules out face-to-face negotiations
Brexit trade talks are set to continue this week but will be conducted online because of the coronavirus crisis - potentially risking a breakdown in negotiations, with one expert warning "it’s not practical". -
16-Mar-2020 Reuters
China proposes standards on hormone residues in beef after US trade deal
China has drawn up food safety standards on residue limits of growth hormones in beef, a move seen as a further step towards opening up its market to American imports of the meat. -
16-Mar-2020 BBC
Brexit: EU drafts trade deal ahead of talks with UK
The British negotiating team will take a red pen to large sections of this EU draft treaty. -
16-Mar-2020 European Commission
EU-UK FTA: EU draft text (12 Mar 2020)
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16-Mar-2020 ASEAN Today
ASEAN presses on with the RCEP without India: How they covered it
Despite India’s decision to withdraw from the final stages of negotiations to form the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the remaining parties hope to get the free trade agreement (FTA) signed off by the end of the year. -
16-Mar-2020 Financial Express
Indo-American trade: FTA talks may start after US elections
At a joint press meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last month, American President Donald Trump had said India and the US had agreed to focus on a “comprehensive trade deal". -
13-Mar-2020 WHBL
China-EU summit to be postponed due to coronavirus - sources
A summit planned for the end of March in Beijing between China and the European Union is set to be postponed due to the coronavirus. -
13-Mar-2020 Express
Brexit talks cancelled: UK-EU Trade talks scrapped as coronavirus outbreak erupts
Trade talks with the European Union have been called off amid a global health scare over the coronavirus outbreak. -
13-Mar-2020 Reuters
Zimbabwe offers land as compensation for 800 seized farms
The dispossessed farmers covered in the land compensation scheme are citizens of countries that have bilateral investment agreements with Zimbabwe. -
13-Mar-2020 The Express Tribune
Turkey seeks long-lasting FTA with Pakistan
Turkey wants a sustainable and long-lasting free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan to have a win-win situation for both the countries. -
13-Mar-2020 New Straits Times
Asean agrees to persuade India to return to RCEP
Asean nations have agreed to try and persuade India to return to the negotiating table for the 16 nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal. -
12-Mar-2020 BusinessLine
India exploring nuts and bolts of possible FTA with Australia
Trade Ministers of both countries are working on what they can offer each other. -
12-Mar-2020 ICSID Review
Investor–State Dispute Settlement using the ECOWAS Court of Justice: An analysis and some proposals
Given the present widespread dissatisfaction with investor–State dispute settlement, the ECOWAS Court can provide an alternative to arbitration that is already up and running. -
12-Mar-2020 South Centre
The ISDS reform process: The missing development agenda
For developing countries, governing foreign direct investment through IIAs and ISDS corresponds to a policy model discredited by years of social and economic failures. -
12-Mar-2020 Business Day
AfCFTA’s first deal to go ahead, despite virus complications
While meetings to rubber stamp details of the African trade area agreement have been affected, its first trade is still scheduled for July 1. -
12-Mar-2020 Essex Court Chambers
ICSID Tribunal dismisses claims against the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
The tribunal dismissed the claimants’ invocation of the UK-Sri Lanka BIT on jurisdictional grounds. -
12-Mar-2020 TDM
TDM call for papers: The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)
TDM call for papers for a special issue on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement ("AfCFTA").