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14-Sep-2017 Nikkei
Japan pushes for expedited talks on ’TPP 11’
Signatories eye fresh trade deal without US by year-end. -
13-Sep-2017 Radio Praha
Lower house approves ratification of CETA
The lower house of the Czech Parliament ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada. -
13-Sep-2017 The Hill
New NAFTA must terminate corporate kangaroo courts
By pushing for a little-known but damaging legal concept buried in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the chamber has chosen to represent the interests of a handful of corporations instead of the interests of responsible business owners. -
13-Sep-2017 Iran Daily
Iran ready for free trade with regional countries: Official
Iran is ready to establish preferential tariffs and free trade with some regional countries, particularly Afghanistan, Pakistan and Oman. -
13-Sep-2017 Popular Resistance
No #NAFTA2, yes to trade for people & planet
We propose a vision for trade that serves working people and protects the planet. That is why we have to say #NoNAFTA2, and make a radical refusal of any new or re-worked corporate trade deals. -
13-Sep-2017 Turkey Telegraph
12 officials defend Spain in the 28 lawsuits international for the trim to the renewable
The Government has created a committee of public employees to conduct defence of Spain against avalanche international lawsuits brought by large investment firms. -
13-Sep-2017 Daily Sabah
Turkish, American delegations to discuss economic ties next week
Additional steps for liberalizing and deepening commercial relations between the two countries in the long term will be reviewed. -
13-Sep-2017 Radio NZ
Vanuatu businesses unhappy with PACER signing
The private sector in Vanuatu has expressed surprise the government had reversed its position on the PACER PLUS trade deal despite opposition from the businesses affected. -
13-Sep-2017 The Hindu
India’s push to ease worker-movement norms may turn counterproductive
India’s push to ease norms on movement of skilled workers across borders could turn out to be counterproductive -
13-Sep-2017 PTI
Civil society groups, trade experts flag concerns on RCEP
Civil society raises questions on RCEP -
12-Sep-2017 The Wire
Vodafone versus India: A BIT of confusion
By restraining a foreign investor from pursuing a claim under a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), the Delhi high court is coming in way of India’s accountability being tested under international law. -
12-Sep-2017 Forbes India
Foreign patent owners can challenge domestic judgments under international investment arbitration
The first ever final award on patents in international investment arbitration by ICSID in the case of Eli Lilly v. Canada has effectively cleared the way for raising future disputes by foreign IPR owners against domestic institutions which can result in stronger and robust IP protection regime. -
12-Sep-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The MERCOSUR Protocol on Investment Cooperation and Facilitation: regionalizing an innovative approach to investment agreements
The Protocol draws significantly on the Brazilian model investment agreement, which stands out for departing from the traditional design of Bilateral Investment Treaties, particularly by excluding the possibility of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). -
12-Sep-2017 Energy Infra Post
Cairn Energy adds $249 mn to compensation claim in retrospective tax dispute
UK-based Cairn Energy Plc has increased its compensation claim by $249 million in the retrospective dispute case after the income tax department adjusted tax refund due to the oil explorer towards settlement of its tax liabilities. -
12-Sep-2017 EurActiv
Brazil tells the EU ‘it won’t move’ on Mercosur talks without ethanol and beef
Brazil insists that it will not table a new offer as part of the ongoing EU-Mercosur talks until a proposal on beef and ethanol is on the table. -
12-Sep-2017 Daily News Egypt
MERCOSUR threatens feed-in industries, vehicles: Industry Minister rules out possibility
The agreements will force global companies to exclude us from manufacturing: Masrouga -
12-Sep-2017 MENAFN
Regulating across the digital divide
If the world’s three major economies the US, the EU, and China were ever to harmonise their approach to regulating digital trade and global data flows, the pressure on developing countries to accept digital rules would intensify. -
12-Sep-2017 CEO
EU-Japan deal: trading away our rights
Imagine the EU finds a new chemical to be dangerous. The EU would like to ban it but is unable to, or is only able to do so with major delays and laxer standards…. -
12-Sep-2017 Radio NZ
Vanuatu signs up to PACER Plus
Vanuatu has signed up to PACER Plus trade deal in Samoa - three months after most regional countries agreed to the trade agreement. -
12-Sep-2017 Xinhua
RCEP ministers agree on "key elements" to speed up talks on "mega trade pact"
The economic ministers of 16 Asia-Pacific countries have endorsed a set of "clear key elements" that will guide the negotiations to establish a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)