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20-Jun-2019
GRAIN
Several new trade pacts that cater to transnational corporations, like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or the proposed deals pending with Europe, threaten to radically change the map and wipe out India’s small dairy producers.
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19-Jun-2019
Economics of Happiness
The connection between global trade and the climate crisis is clear. Much of global trade is unnecessary and wasteful - and yet, somehow, it continues to be profitable.
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19-Jun-2019
WAM
The Ministry of Finance signed an agreement to encourage and protect investments between the UAE and the Hong Kong Government, as part of the ministry’s efforts to protect the nations investments abroad and to attract foreign investments.
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19-Jun-2019
Hindu Business Line
India’s edible oil security at stake as palm oil imports continue to rise unabated under the India-Malaysia FTA
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19-Jun-2019
ILO
The Dutch government has obtained the authorisation required to start renegotiations with eight non-EU countries on its new model bilateral investment treaty and conclude new BITs with two others.
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19-Jun-2019
The Nation
Thailand maintains the RCEP historic deal involving 16 economies can be finalised by November.
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19-Jun-2019
Global Agricultural Information Network
US govt says Thailand’s FTAs - with China, Australia, NZ, Japan, India, ASEAN, Chile and Peru - have hurt US agri-food exports to Thailand.
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19-Jun-2019
Nikkei Asian Review
China is proposing a new Asian free trade agreement that excludes India, throwing a wrench into plans for the 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
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18-Jun-2019
The Hindu Business Line
India and Kyrgyztan have given the final shape to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and the bilateral investment treaty.
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18-Jun-2019
The Hindu Business Line
Process Plant and Machinery Association of India (PPMAI) stated do not include capital goods in RCEP.
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18-Jun-2019
S2B
In an open letter, over 340 civil society organisations are demanding that the European Union immediately halt free trade agreement negotiations with the Mercosur bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) on the grounds of deteriorating human rights and environmental conditions in Brazil.
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17-Jun-2019
Budapest Business Journal
Hungary has filed to annul an award of some EUR 73 million, before interest, to French food voucher company Sodexo, granted in an arbitration ruling by the World Bankʼs International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), state news agency MTI reported, citing case information on ICSIDʼs website.
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17-Jun-2019
Gulf Times
Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Center (QICDRC) on Sunday entered into a pact with a World Bank body as part of plans to enhance its profile in the global judicial system and establish itself as a hub for dispute resolution.
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14-Jun-2019
Daily Trust
Nigeria’s failure to sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement may hold the continent back on its economic prosperity drive, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said.
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14-Jun-2019
The Hindu
Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has reviewed India’s free trade agreements (FTAs) with partner countries such as Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and the 10-member ASEAN to identify problem areas for the Indian industry and the opportunities they could offer.
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13-Jun-2019
Xinhua
Lebanese Industry Minister Wael Abou Faour called on Wednesday for the revision of free trade agreements signed between Lebanon and other countries aimed at protecting the industry sector in the country, the National News Agency reported.
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13-Jun-2019
South Centre
The EU wants to replace traditional party-appointed arbitrators with a two-tiered investment tribunal system comprised by a roster of members selected by the state parties on the treaty. This essay argues that the creation of the multilateral investment court needs to follow democratic principles in order to be legitimate.
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13-Jun-2019
The Economic Times
At least 13 countries have opposed India’s proposal for strict criteria to determine the source country of a product, based on which they get tariff concessions or duties, in the RCEP trade pact.
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13-Jun-2019
Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka and China have agreed to resume the stalled free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.
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12-Jun-2019
Global Trade Review
Five members of the ASEAN have implemented a FTA with Hong Kong to remove tariffs, improve access for intra-regional service providers and eliminate pervasive non-tariff barriers to trade.