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European free trade deal talks paused over Trudeau’s insistence on investor-state provision
13-Jun-2017 Council of Canadians
The Norwegian government has put a pause on ’free trade’ talks given the Trudeau government’s demand for an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision in the Canada-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agreement.
Brazilian meat industry corruption raises Mercosur concerns
13-Jun-2017 Farmers Weekly
A two-year investigation found evidence some meat-processing plants in Brazil had been selling rotten beef and poultry on to the export market by bribing health inspectors and politicians to get the necessary paperwork.
Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus trade deal?
13-Jun-2017 Asia Pacific Report
PACER-Plus will have a serious impact on the ability for Solomon Islanders to determine for themselves their own development future.
Tonga’s PSA keen to delay signing Pacer Plus deal
13-Jun-2017 Radio NZ
The Tonga Public Service Association has called for a delay in the signing of the PACER Plus trade and development deal until the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit in September.
Foreign control and ICSID jurisdiction on Energy Charter Treaty claims of local companies: The Eskosol case
13-Jun-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The ICSID tribunal in Eskosol in liquidazione v. Italy rejected Italy’s Rule 41.5 application to have the claim thrown out for being “manifestly without legal merit.” I offer a summary and some reflections on two interesting aspects on the tribunal’s jurisdiction.
PACER-Plus: Disappointment and lost opportunity
12-Jun-2017 Matangi Tonga
The PACER-Plus model of development is based on an increasingly questionable form of economics which naively imagines that national economies will adapt automatically to enhanced price signals from liberalised international markets from which ’distortions’ are removed.
Ten principles for trade
12-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
The current global trade and investment regime imposes high social and environmental costs on people and planet.
Swiss envoy urges PH to ratify free trade deal with EFTA
12-Jun-2017 Interaksyon
Swiss Ambassador Andrea Reichlin has urged the Philippines to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in order for the deal to become enforceable.
EU-Japan trade deal learns nothing from ‘TTIP mistakes’
12-Jun-2017 EurActiv
The European Commission is negotiating a free trade deal with Japan behind closed doors. Critics complain that Brussels has learned nothing from the controversy surrounding CETA and TTIP.
Belgian court orders to release Russia’s assets seized under Yukos claim
12-Jun-2017 TASS
Yukos will hardly appeal against the Belgian court’s ruling, the lawyer of the Russian Federation Niuscha Bassiri said.
Sri Lanka, China conclude 6th round negotiations
12-Jun-2017 Sunday Times
Sri Lanka is closing in on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China after ending the sixth round of negotiations on trade in services with senior officials hopeful that the deal could be concluded soon.
Vanuatu sets PACER-Plus benchmark
12-Jun-2017 Fiji Times
The decision by Vanuatu not to sign PACER-Plus sets the benchmark for a how to progress on PACER-Plus ahead of the signing
Nigeria: Trade negotiation office to advise govt on how to resolve EPA challenge
10-Jun-2017 All Africa
"We have looked at the agreement and we believe that the agreements are situated in the 19th century and we are now in the 21st century," Nigerian govt claims
U.S., Mexico clear way for NAFTA with new deal on sugar trade
9-Jun-2017 Politico
The deal in principle could clear away at least one contentious issue between the two governments standing in the way of upcoming NAFTA talks.
Mongolia eyes free trade agreement with Eurasian Economic Union
9-Jun-2017 AKI
Mongolian Prime Minister J.Erdenebat has proposed to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Japan, EU make final push for trade pact
9-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Agricultural tariffs crucial as parties seek quick action on megadeal.
Chinese mainland, Macao to comprehensively upgrade CEPA: senior official
9-Jun-2017 Xinhua
The Chinese mainland and Macao were negotiating on comprehensively upgrading Closer Economic Partnership Arrangements (CEPA), which is expected to complete at the end of this year.
Paris Court of Appeal sets aside an award on the basis of serious indications of money laundering
9-Jun-2017 Lexology
Allegations of corruption and criminal activity have been used increasingly in recent years in French courts to argue for the setting aside of arbitral awards on the grounds of a breach of international public policy.
Japan, Vietnam set to bring TPP into force
9-Jun-2017 Xinhua
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc agreed to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement into force at an early date.
Vanuatu not ready to sign PACER Plus
9-Jun-2017 Radio NZ
The Vanuatu government has announced it will not sign the PACER Plus trade and development deal in Tonga.