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18-Nov-2024 Fortune India
India-EU to review FTA negotiations this week
The most recent round of talks – the ninth round of India-EU FTA negotiations had covered 20 policy areas in 78 technical sessions. -
18-Nov-2024 Mehr
Armenia approves free trade deal between Iran, EEU
The Armenian parliament has approved the free trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union. -
18-Nov-2024 Politico
Macron: Milei ‘not satisfied’ with Mercosur trade deal either
Macron told reporters in Buenos Aires that the EU-Mercosur agreement is "a bad deal" that would be "very harmful for Argentina’s reindustrialization" and "harmful for our farmers." -
18-Nov-2024 Reuters
Chip powerhouse Taiwan calls for economic partnership deal with EU
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called for the signing of an economic partnership agreement with the European Union, saying it would boost cooperation in semiconductors and that as democracies the two sides should be working together. -
18-Nov-2024 bilaterals.org
European trade deals: Greenwashed but still dirty
The strongest economic actors still find their way into the corridors of power of the EU, when we need the planet and the most vulnerable around the world to take power away from them. -
15-Nov-2024 The Hindu BusinessLine
FinMin not keen on inclusion of BIT in free trade pacts: Sources
Investment chapters in India FTAs may be limited to investment promotion, facilitation. -
15-Nov-2024 Bot Populi
A new colonialist wave through digital trade agreements
Analyzing the neo-colonial dynamics in digital trade agendas against the backdrop of WTO MC13. -
15-Nov-2024 Buenos Aires Herald
Argentina’s Milei to seek free trade agreement with the US
Argentine President Javier Milei said he will seek a free trade agreement with the United States and expects the incoming Trump administration to “support” his government with the International Monetary Fund. -
15-Nov-2024 The Conversation
Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New Zealand’s exports but this oversimplifies and diverts attention from the more systemic challenges a second Trump presidency will pose. -
15-Nov-2024 The Brussels Times
Belgium will reject EU-Mercosur trade agreement ’without binding mirror clauses’
The Belgian Government will not support the EU-Mercosur trade agreement without strict "mirror clauses", outgoing Agriculture Minister David Clarinval announced. -
15-Nov-2024 Morning Star
Campaigners call for Cop29 to commit to ending secretive corporate courts
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts are a legal mechanism that allow corporations to sue governments for decisions which they claim impact their profits — including environmental protections. -
15-Nov-2024 Mint
Vedanta parent moves Permanent Court of Arbitration against Indian govt
UK-based Vedanta Resources Ltd raising a dispute against the government of India brings the challenges of investor-state arbitration into limelight. -
15-Nov-2024 Agenzia Nova
Argentina-Japan: Buenos Aires supports economic partnership agreement with Mercosur
Argentina would support the adoption of an economic partnership agreement between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and Japan. -
15-Nov-2024 WTVB
Telefonica awarded $380 million from Colombian government in arbitration, company says
Spanish telecoms company Telefonica said that the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes had ordered the Colombian government to pay it $380 million as part of an arbitration process. -
15-Nov-2024 SOMO
Disputed grounds: Gold mining, resistance and investment arbitration in Türkiye
Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks for communities. -
15-Nov-2024 African Law & Business
Nigeria launches review of bilateral investment treaties
The state’s trade policies will be updated over the coming months by a nine-member committee. -
15-Nov-2024 South China Morning Post
Hong Kong to sign free-trade deal with Peru, John Lee says ahead of Apec summit
Hong Kong will sign a free-trade agreement with Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is in Lima for the APEC summit, where he will also lobby for Hong Kong’s membership in the RCEP. He will meet with leaders of other economies and Chinese President Xi Jinping. -
15-Nov-2024 Korea Herald
S. Korea to proactively address Trump-related uncertainties, upgrade FTAs
South Korea plans to proactively address global trade changes, especially those related to the new US administration. The country aims to upgrade existing trade pacts, diversify its trade portfolio, and secure new FTAs. -
14-Nov-2024 Tuko
Kenya-US Trade Deal: How Donald Trump’s win affects Ruto’s Govt STIP agreement with America
Trump could delay the conclusion of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership introduced by Biden, calling for fresh talks incorporating his 2020 FTA. -
14-Nov-2024 The whistler.
Nigeria, Ethiopia, others endorse AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to upholding the digital trade protocol to boost investment, export, and economic reforms.