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23-Apr-2019 Business Standard
Senior officials of RCEP countries to meet in Bangkok on May 24
Senior officials of the 16-member RCEP group will hold meetings in Bangkok from May 24 to iron out issues pertaining to the goods and services sector. -
22-Apr-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
US opts for quick agreement with Japan on agriculture
Latest trade figures show that the trade imbalance persists, #US had a $6.67 billion goods trade deficit with Japan. So the tariff reductions under a bilateral trade pact will be kept to levels set by the Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
22-Apr-2019 EIN Newsdesk
Angola, South Korea work on investment protection agreement
An agreement on promotion and reciprocal protection of investment between Angola and South Korea is in the pipeline. -
22-Apr-2019 Business Recorder
Rental power: Government in talks for out-of-court settlement
Pakistan government is reportedly in talks with the Turkish government and M/s Karkey for an out-of-court settlement to avert attachment of Pakistan’s properties in Europe -
19-Apr-2019 New York Times
Trump’s Nafta revisions offer modest economic benefits, report finds
A government report has concluded that the Trump administration’s revised North American trade agreement would offer modest benefits to the economy, challenging the president’s claims that the accord would make far-reaching changes. -
19-Apr-2019 Reuters
Bulgaria says Oman has withdrawn arbitration claim over Corpbank
Oman’s sovereign wealth fund has withdrawn an 80 million euro claim against Bulgaria over the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank), the Bulgarian finance ministry said. -
19-Apr-2019 Global Legal Chronicle
Foley Hoag represented Uruguay on the dispute
Uruguay has again defeated a claim by a foreign investor in arbitration proceedings before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D.C. -
18-Apr-2019 European Council
EU-US FTA: EU negotiating mandates (Apr 2019)
As agreed by the European Council -
18-Apr-2019 New Security Beat
The “push” factor: Central American farmers, free trade, and migration
Landless, subsistence, and small-scale farmers bear the brunt of the influx of competitive crops and price shocks that came with trade liberalization through CAFTA. -
18-Apr-2019 Lexology
United States releases annual assessment of foreign trade barriers
Alleged barriers from Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico and Korea. -
18-Apr-2019 Common Dreams
Don’t fall for the hype of free trade agreements
NAFTA 2.0 is not about feeding people or doing right by American farmers or Canadian farmers or Mexican farmers—it is about furthering corporate profit. -
18-Apr-2019 Armenian Weekly
Court orders removal of Amulsar mine protesters
The company’s Canadian and British subsidiaries have already announced their intention to initiate arbitration proceedings against Armenia in accordance with bilateral agreements if the matter is not resolved. -
18-Apr-2019 Korea Times
Aborted for-profit hospital
The Jeju provincial government has revoked the business license of a Chinese-owned for-profit hospital. The Chinese group may file a suit against the Korean government, using the investor-state dispute settlement system. -
18-Apr-2019 International The News
Pakistan not to ink FTA with Iran: Razak
Pakistan will not ink the FTA with Iran, rather it will first prefer to make Preferential Trade agreement (PTA), which is already effective since long and giving the required dividends. -
18-Apr-2019 Business Korea
South Korea and the Philippines agree to conclude FTA by November
South Korea and the Philippines agreed to conclude a free trade agreement in November at the latest. -
18-Apr-2019 Urdu Point
China, EAEU should sign FTA as soon as possible - Chinese Ambassador
China and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should conclude a FTA as soon as possible to deepen cooperation, Chinese Ambassador in Moscow Li Hui said on Monday -
18-Apr-2019 Ary News
FTA’s second phase: China extends zero rate duties to Pakistan
In the second phase of FTA, the Chinese government has finally offered Pakistan the market access similar to that given to other countries of ASEAN. -
18-Apr-2019 New Straits Times
Malaysia might continue suspending FTA talks with EU and EFTA
Malaysia may continue to suspend FTA talks with the EU and EFTA until the issue of unfair and discriminatory practices against palm oil is resolved. -
17-Apr-2019 Reuters
Swiss to support Belt and Road push during president’s China trip
Switzerland will sign an accord backing China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Switzerland was the first country in continental Europe to reach a free trade agreement with China. -
17-Apr-2019 Social Europe
EU drive for trade liberalisation adds to tensions in Tunisia
The European Union’s disproportionate pressure for trade liberalisation risks exacerbating political strains in the last democracy of northern Africa.