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5-Apr-2021
Nippon
The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday started debates on whether to approve the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade deal, which was agreed on by Japan and 14 other nations in November last year.
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5-Apr-2021
SADC
The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community has urged Member States that have not yet signed and ratified the AfCFTA and the TFTA to do so to allow for the implementation of the agreements.
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2-Apr-2021
Anadolu
Existing preferential trade agreement only includes limited number of products, says Turkish trade minister.
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2-Apr-2021
Dawn
A protocol was signed here on Thursday to give a three-month extension to Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement 2010 to continue the facility for the landlocked country.
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1-Apr-2021
UNDP Africa
The AfCFTA Secretariat and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today have signed a strategic partnership to promote trade as a stimulus for Africa’s socioeconomic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
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1-Apr-2021
Global Justice Now
Corporate courts are an unjust mechanism that can block climate action. The UK should reject them.
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1-Apr-2021
The Mint
The overreach on display in the aggressive use of ISDS lawsuits by multinational corporations is just one part of a broader trend in recent decades in which the ability of states to regulate their economies in their own interests.
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1-Apr-2021
Mining Weekly
Rusoro Mining reports that the French Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had annulled part of the damages portion of the arbitral award previously rendered in favour of the company.
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1-Apr-2021
Ukrinform
Oschadbank plans to immediately appeal against the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, which rejected the award in the case against Russia over compensation for losses caused by the occupation of Crimea.
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1-Apr-2021
Business Standard
Several Indian products will enjoy the benefit of greater market access at concessional duties in Mauritius as the FTA signed between the two countries will come into effect from April 1
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1-Apr-2021
Ghana Web
The government of Ghana has expressed its interest in concluding the negotiations with Japan on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), which has been pending since April 2014.
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1-Apr-2021
Swords Today
Some deputies did not approve the signing of the bilateral agreement between Cameroon and the UK.
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31-Mar-2021
Business World
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for a June conclusion to negotiations for a free trade agreement with South Korea, which would give the Philippines sufficient time to complete its domestic approval process before national elections next year.
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31-Mar-2021
Reuters
Trade officials in the meeting of the US-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussed the importance of digital trade for achieving broad-based inclusive economic growth and innovation.
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31-Mar-2021
Business World
The Philippines is starting informal talks with members of a transpacific trade deal as part of the process of indicating interest to join the agreement.
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30-Mar-2021
IISD
The principles governing compensation are too important to be left to arbitrators. Hundreds of millions—or even billions—of dollars are often at stake.
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30-Mar-2021
Australian Financial Review
The short-sighted German-driven agreement betrays the European project and poses a major economic and political problem for the rest of the West.
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30-Mar-2021
New Internationalist
The newly appointed UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food believes that trade reform may be the key to solving world hunger. He speaks to Hazel Healy about accountability, conflict and the meaning of ‘fair’.
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30-Mar-2021
Nhan Dan
Vietnam will announce to the UK side its ratification of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) this month, so the deal can officially come into force from May 1.
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30-Mar-2021
CCTV English
Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister on Monday held a meeting with his Omani counterpart, during which both sides agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation and push forward the free trade zone talks.