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5-Jul-2018 Prensa Latina
Mercosur, EU to hold talks in Brussels
Foreign Ministers of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) will meet with the European Union on July 18 in Brussels to discuss aspects of the trade agreement. -
4-Jul-2018 Business Korea
Revised KORUS FTA expected to be signed in September
South Korea and the United States are expected to sign the revised KORUS FTA in September 2018. -
4-Jul-2018 The Investor
Korea seeks to cancel ISD decision on Daewoo Electronics deal
South Korea is seeking to cancel a recent investor-state dispute settlement decision by an international tribunal in which the government was asked to compensate US$65 million to an Iranian company. -
4-Jul-2018 Live Mint
Bilateral FTA with US may be an own goal for India
Little wonder that the political, trade and economic relationship between the Hindu tiger fed on a vegetarian diet and the American eagle that had long transformed into a ‘vulture’ had remained ‘underachieving’. -
3-Jul-2018 IISD
Food for Thought: Weighing up health and investment in the age of the new pandemic
A potential collision course between trade and investment agreements and public health measures could impact countries’ regulations of unhealthy food and drinks. -
3-Jul-2018 Business Insider
US fund claims $175 million from South Korea over Samsung units’ 2015 merger
New York-based hedge fund Mason Capital Management has filed a legal claim seeking at least $175 million from the South Korean government as compensation for damages it says it sustained from a 2015 merger of two Samsung Group affiliates. -
3-Jul-2018 Vaaju
Enagás demands an arbitration against Peru before ICSID
Enagás has requested a proceeding before the ICSID against the Peruvian state after negotiating for six months without success to reach a friendly agreement in relation to the company’s investment in the Peruvian South Gas Management Project. -
3-Jul-2018 Washington Examiner
Trump gets extended ’Fast Track’ trade powers
President Trump will retain special leverage to push trade through Congress, following the extension of the Trade Promotion Authority law for three more years. -
3-Jul-2018 Global Times
49 AU members have signed free trade pact: AU chairperson
Forty-nine members of the African Union have signed the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) agreement, said AU chairperson Paul Kagame . -
3-Jul-2018 Jordan Times
New gov’t maintains position on FTA deal with Turkey
The Jordan-Turkey agreement will be terminated in November 2018. -
3-Jul-2018 Yonhap
S. Korea, China to hold second round of FTA talks in July
South Korea and China will hold the second round of talks to expand the scope of their bilateral free trade agreement later to better cover the service and investment sectors. -
2-Jul-2018 AP
Trump delaying NAFTA deal until after midterm elections
President Donald Trump intends to delay signing a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement until after the fall midterm elections, a move aimed at reaching a better deal with Canada and Mexico. -
2-Jul-2018 Fin24
SA to sign African free trade agreement - Davies
South Africa will sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTFA) agreement, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies confirmed. -
2-Jul-2018 The Guardian
Revealed: $39m cost of defending Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws
Two years after an FOI claim was lodged, the price of the six-year fight with Philip Morris has been revealed -
29-Jun-2018 ICTSD
EU, China officials prepare to ramp up investment treaty talks
Officials promised to hit a key milestone in their negotiations for an investment treaty, saying that they would exchange market access offers at next month’s leaders’ summit. -
29-Jun-2018 Scoop
CPTPP law in the House as Mexico first to ratify
A Bill bringing New Zealand’s ratification of the CPTPP a step closer had its first reading in Parliament today as Mexico becomes the first country to notify it has ratified the 11 member trade deal. -
29-Jun-2018 The Edge Markets
Malaysia should review bilateral investment treaties for unfair bias towards investors
Malaysia should review bilateral investment treaties to see if it is fair to remain in these trade agreements as some contain clauses that are seen to be biased to investors, said Third World Network adviser Martin Khor. -
29-Jun-2018 Business Review
It’s official: Romania’s government backs move to delay Rosia Montana inclusion in UNESCO World Heritage network
The minister of culture says that the government has proposed the delay of the inclusion of Rosia Montana in the UNESCO World Heritage list until there is a final ruling in the case opened by Gabriel Resources against Romania. -
29-Jun-2018 Street Roots
Author Raj Patel on the oligarchy of food
The economist says we can shake the yoke of corpocracies, reclaim our food supply and bring collective solutions to the table -
29-Jun-2018 China Daily
China to keep close tabs on US investment strategy
China will keep a close watch on the strategy adopted by the United States vis-a-vis inbound investments and continue to oppose the use of national security to limit foreign investments, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.