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27-Feb-2020 International The News
Pakistan seeks direct US market access
Pakistan said said US should convene meeting of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) to move forward for result oriented progress. -
26-Feb-2020 Interfax
UAH 460 mln AMCU fine is unreasonable, said the Director of Imperial Tobacco in Ukraine
Imperial Tobacco is working on available legal instruments of protection, including an international investment arbitration tribunal, to contest a fine imposed by Ukraine for anticompetitive concerted actions. -
26-Feb-2020 South China Morning Post
Coronavirus: China ‘fully expected’ to meet trade deal terms despite Covid-19 outbreak, top US officials say
US trade representative and Agriculture Secretary signed a letter praising China’s progress on trade deal. They did not mention coronavirus outbreak but said China ‘fully expected’ to meet terms. -
26-Feb-2020 The Guardian (Nigeria)
MAN kicks as Nigeria’s priority products are omitted from AfCFTA’s sensitive, exclusive lists
Despite being a major market in West Africa, Nigerian manufacturers have kicked against the exclusion of Nigeria’s priority products from the sensitive and exclusive lists of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement. -
26-Feb-2020 CNBC
Post-Brexit trade talks start next week: Here’s what you need to know
The EU and the U.K. are starting their first post-Brexit trade talks on Monday, in what European ministers are expecting to be “complicated” negotiations. -
26-Feb-2020 IATP
There’s nothing “mini” about the US plan to unravel Europe’s precautionary principle
US trade negotiators, Agriculture Secretary, and American farm interests have all been crystal clear: the precautionary principle must go, and now is the time to finally axe it. -
26-Feb-2020 Street Insider
JCDecaux: €40m JCDecaux arbitration against the Czech Republic
JCDecaux SA, an outdoor advertising, invited the Czech Republic to engage in discussions, as the first step in arbitration proceedings. -
26-Feb-2020 EN24
Carlyle vs. Morocco: Here are the Kingdom’s arguments to ICSID
For the Kingdom, Carlyle did not justify the existence of investments in Morocco. The American group invokes the Morocco-United States free trade agreement while the contracts with Samir concern entities based in the Cayman Islands. -
26-Feb-2020 All Africa
Mauritius: Arbitration proceedings between Thomas Gosling and others - All claims dismissed
The case concerns a dispute submitted to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on the basis of the UK-Mauritius BIT. -
26-Feb-2020 COMESA
Implementation of the Tripartite FTA agreement now in sight
Namibia is the latest to ratify the TFTA agreement. Seven countries are expected to complete the ratification process before the end of this year paving the way for its implementation. -
26-Feb-2020 PANG
PACER-Plus development assistance analysis: No new money but still with strings attached
What the development assistance arrangement results in, is aid money, tightly controlled by Australia and New Zealand to flow to areas that will make Forum Island Countries uphold their commitments on market access, ultimately benefiting the two metropolitan Parties. -
26-Feb-2020 PANG
PACER-Plus labour mobility analysis: Unbound promises and an annual meeting
PACER-Plus itself achieved little by way of actual improvements for Pacific Islander workers to access the labour markets of Australia and New Zealand. -
26-Feb-2020 Economic Times
First leg of India-US trade deal likely in 3 months
The first leg of the India-US trade deal will largely be about tariff concessions on goods and would be concluded in around three months. -
25-Feb-2020 Outlook India
India, Australia agree to consider reviving talks for FTA
India and Australia agreed to consider reviving stalled negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) -
25-Feb-2020 The Wire
Can a US-India trade deal permanently alter the way Indians access medicines?
US-India IP engagements since 2006 have served the interests of the US through systematic undermining of the legislative safeguards in the Indian Patents Act. -
25-Feb-2020 NewsClickin
A trade deal with Trump could hurt our farmers
Benny Kuruvilla from ’Focus On The Global South’ sits down for a discussion with Prof. Biswajit Dhar on a potential trade deal between India and US.
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25-Feb-2020 BusinessLine
Australia willing to consider bilateral FTA with India on the lines of RCEP
Australian Trade Minister leads high-level delegation, holds talk with Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal. -
25-Feb-2020 Euractiv
Embracing technology to feed a growing world
It is time for America and Europe to embrace innovation and technology in a safe, sustainable agriculture, says US Secretary of Agriculture. -
25-Feb-2020 European Council
EU-UK relations: Council gives go-ahead for talks to start and adopts negotiating directives
The Council today adopted a decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a new partnership with the UK. -
25-Feb-2020 The Guardian
EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
Clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK deal.