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25-Jul-2019
Daily Times
Pakistan has suffered at the hands of an unaccountable and defective dispute resolution mechanism at the hands of the ICSID, and following the examples of India, South Africa and Brazil, should never have become a part of the ICSID.
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25-Jul-2019
EFTA
With some chapters of the free trade agreement already concluded, the working groups convening this round included trade in goods and in services, investment, intellectual property.
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25-Jul-2019
Live Mint
A large portion of the content of preferential trade agreements is copied word for word from earlier agreements, finds a study
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25-Jul-2019
Japan Today
Officials from Japan and the United States started a three-day meeting to discuss a bilateral trade agreement, focusing on tariff cuts in agricultural and industrial products.
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25-Jul-2019
Asia Times
The EU’s deal with Vietnam is considered hypocritical by many Asian nations.
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25-Jul-2019
Daily Times
The recently signed second phase of FTA between China and Pakistan yields a splendid opportunity for the two nations.
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24-Jul-2019
Climate Home News
Campaigners are urging reform of an obscure system that allows coal, oil and gas companies to sue governments if climate policies hit their profits.
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24-Jul-2019
BusinessLine
Co-ops, private dairies oppose freely opening Indian markets to global dairy producers.
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24-Jul-2019
Euractiv
The US is not ready to negotiate unless agriculture products are included in the agreement. But agriculture “is a red line for us,” EU’s trade chief said.
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24-Jul-2019
The Borneo Post
The government has yet to decide on whether Malaysia will ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership or not.
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24-Jul-2019
RCI
France’s parliament approved the EU-Canada free trade agreement despite strong objections by the opposition parties, trade unions and environmental groups.
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24-Jul-2019
Daily FT
The assessments are done for the four proposed FTAs namely, ETCA with India, Singapore-Sri Lanka FTA, Thailand-Sri Lanka FTA, and China-Sri Lanka FTA.
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23-Jul-2019
The Conversation
Abolishing ISDS won’t solve all of the problems of global economic governance. But it seems a very good place to start.
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23-Jul-2019
Business Recorder
Pakistan will seek engagement with the United States in the economic and trade arena, while emphasizing the need for early convening of the next round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
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23-Jul-2019
BusinessLine
The Commerce Ministry is holding a series of meetings with various industry associations on tariff elimination under the proposed 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership pact.
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23-Jul-2019
ESSF
This is a story of the dodgy deal by a multi national company and then earning massive amount of money through a World Bank institution acting against developing countries.
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22-Jul-2019
AFTINET
Media reports from South Korea have suggested that South Korean Prime Minister Mr. Lee Nak-Yeon is considering abolishing ISDS from Korean Trade agreements.
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22-Jul-2019
BusinessLine
But New Delhi is still undecided on its tariff-elimination commitments.
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22-Jul-2019
Japan Times
The Japanese and US governments will hold a working-level session in Washington to accelerate their trade talks
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22-Jul-2019
The Age
Australian company planned was to mine tantulum, but seventeen years later, the company is suing the Egyptian government for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars after the military regime blocked plans.