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Serbia to face transport investment arbitration
8-Apr-2024 CDR
The subject of the arbitration is given as ‘transportation fare collection services’, and invokes the 2001 bilateral investment treaty between Turkey/Türkiye and Yugoslavia as the basis for the claim.
Telenor seeking payout from Myanmar junta in secret arbitration
5-Apr-2024 Myanmar Now
A panel has been formed in Singapore to hear Telenor’s claims for compensation from Myanmar over money lost in its controversial Myanmar exit.
Indonesia maintains its position not to accede to UPOV 1991
5-Apr-2024 Apbrebes
Indonesia reiterated its position not to accede to the UPOV 1991 to ensure policy space to protect smallholder farmers’ seed systems and plant genetic resources.
Pakistan shares FTA draft with GCC to pave way for Reko Diq accord
5-Apr-2024 The News
The caretaker government had ratified the draft of FTA, including the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
Australia looking to resume talks on European Free Trade Agreement
4-Apr-2024 Sky News
Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell says he and his European counterpart are both committed to “having another go” at a Free Trade Agreement.
The lucrative world of international arbitration
4-Apr-2024 Le Monde Diplomatique
International investment agreements enable corporations to sue foreign governments for loss of profits. The sums they demand can be so huge that even the threat of a claim is enough to make governments cave in.
Switzerland seeks bilateral investment treaty with India
4-Apr-2024 The Times of India
Switzerland pursues a new bilateral investment treaty with India post EFTA deal, addressing model treaty concerns.India remains reluctant on concessions, focusing on market.
Dhaka, Beijing will begin FTA negotiations soon
4-Apr-2024 The Business Post
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh said Bangladesh and China have exchanged the feasibility study reports on free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries last week, which he sees as a major development in Dhaka-Beijing economic and trade cooperation.
India, Eurasian union kick-start FTA talks
3-Apr-2024 Financial Express
India and the five-nation Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) that comprises Russia will start formal negotiations for a free trade agreement soon.
S. Korea, Chile hold talks on improving bilateral FTA
3-Apr-2024 Yonhap
South Korea’s trade ministry it has launched another round of talks with Chile to update their bilateral free trade agreement, aiming to reflect the latest changes in the global supply chain and the digital economy.
PM of South Korea hopes Economic Partnership Agreement with Mongolia to be adopted soon
3-Apr-2024 AKIpress
Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Duk-soo met with his Mongolian colleague Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai in Seoul. Han Duk-soo expressed hope that the two countries will adopt the Economic Partnership Agreement as soon as possible.
An urgent call from European trade unions: Suspend the Association Agreement with Israel
3-Apr-2024 ETUN Palestine
We, the undersigned European trade unions, are calling on the EU and European countries to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel as well as bilateral treaties in light of grave violations of human rights by the Israeli Government.
Trade and climate internationalism
2-Apr-2024 The Ecologist
Trade deals are used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we can make a difference.
Iran stresses need for FTA to boost trade with Syria
2-Apr-2024 Tehran Times
An official at the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said that implementation of a Free Trade Agreement between Iran and Syria would beef up the mutual trade to a great extent.
WTO electronic commerce draft Chair’s text (27 March 2024)
2-Apr-2024
Philippines expected to ratify South Korea FTA by midyear
2-Apr-2024 Business World Online
The Philippines could ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea by the middle of the year, with no issues expected to arise from the deal, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
EU-Chile trade agreement: broad cross-border data flow commitment with country without adequacy status
1-Apr-2024 Vrijschrift
The European Parliament gave consent to the EU - Chile trade agreement. The agreement’s digital chapter contains a new, broad cross-border data flow commitment, while Chile does not have a data protection adequacy status.
Sri Lanka awaiting RCEP admission mechanism
1-Apr-2024 Economy Next
Sri Lanka has expressed its intent to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) by lodging a letter of intent and engaging in discussions with member states in Jakarta. While Sri Lanka’s application is currently awaiting the development of an admission mechanism for new members, the country is actively pursuing membership in the world’s largest trade bloc to expand market access.
Thailand and S. Korea to start economic partnership talks this year
29-Mar-2024 The Star
Thailand and South Korea are opening negotiations for an economic partnership agreement (EPA) to pave the way for a free trade deal between the two countries by late 2025 or early 2026, Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.
Guyana now ready to sign new OACP-EU pact – Todd
28-Mar-2024 Stabroeknews
Having gotten the clarity it sought on areas of concern, Guyana says that it will now sign on to the Samoa Agreement – successor to the Cotonou Agreement that the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (OACPS) has with the European Union (EU).