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CETA: "Fake news" and "Canada bashing"?
24-Feb-2020 Council of Canadians
Many are getting the message that being against CETA is not being against Canadians or European friendship but about being against a blueprint for trade that usurps power from democratic bodies and gives it to large multinational companies.
The Peru-Australia free trade agreement: Australia’s gateway into Latin America
24-Feb-2020 Lexology
PAFTA removes barriers to trade in goods between Australia and Peru across various industries and key barriers to services trade.
Brexit: EU and US trade deals ’at risk’ if UK reneges on Northern Ireland pledges
24-Feb-2020 The Guardian
Concerns raised after reports UK negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement
FTAs not benefitting Pakistan: FEBR
24-Feb-2020 Pakistan Observer
As none of the Free Trade Agreement has boosted exports from the country so far, the FEBR has recommended the government to review its trade and export policies with a keen focus on value-addition for a sustainable economic trajectory.
As free trade talks progress, Cambodia eyes China’s booming market
24-Feb-2020 CGTN
China and Cambodia have made progress in the view to signing a free trade agreement by the end of 2020, with talks set to be concluded by the middle of the year.
Naftogaz seeks nearly $8 bln for assets expropriated by Russia in Crimea
24-Feb-2020 New Europe
Ukraine’s joint stock oil and gas company Naftogaz said the group seeks nearly $8 billion of compensation for its assets expropriated by Russia in Crimea.
EU eyes FTAs with Asean as a whole
24-Feb-2020 Bangkok Post
The EU has expressed interest in pursuing a number of free trade agreements (FTAs) in the region, not only with Thailand but eventually with Asean as a whole, says EU-Asean Business Council Chairman Donald Kanak.
Much improved FTA terms with Korea seen
24-Feb-2020 Manila Bulletin
The Philippines expressed optimism to conclude in April this year a much improved offer by South Korea in the proposed bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
Civil society groups oppose India-US MoU on intellectual property rights
24-Feb-2020 Business Today
Civil society groups want the contents of the MoU to be made public before its finalisation to ensure that India resists US demands to influence the implementation of India’s IP legislations.
A note to Kenya on its trade talks with the US: There is strength in numbers
22-Feb-2020 The East African
The FTA initiative should be seen in the context of the Trump administration’s determination to pursue bilateral deals to enhance reciprocity and American gains.
Modi govt keen on trade pact with Australia as RCEP takes backseat
21-Feb-2020 The Print
New Delhi wants to resume negotiations on the long-pending Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with Australia, talks for which stalled in 2015.
Arbitration case law update: Supreme Court lifts stay on enforcement of ICSID award: the Micula saga continues
21-Feb-2020 Lexology
This is far from the end of the Micula story. Enforcement proceedings continue in the United States, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden, and there are questions before the CJEU.
Exclusive: Chinese consortium Ecuagoldmining opens dispute with Ecuador over halted mine
21-Feb-2020 Reuters
Chinese mining consortium Ecuagoldmining has initiated a dispute with Ecuador’s government over a gold mining project that has been halted by objections from community activists.
Pacer Plus set to come on stream later this year - Cooks Deputy PM
21-Feb-2020 RNZ
The trade deal known as Pacer Plus will have immediate benefits for the Cook Islands when it comes into force later this year, says the Cooks’ deputy prime minister.
US statement at the EU trade policy review
21-Feb-2020 US Mission to International Organizations in Geneva
The US is troubled by the EU’s non-tariff barriers that impede the use of modern agricultural tools and technologies such as biotechnology, veterinary drugs and pathogen reduction treatments.
Pakistan, Turkey FTA talks in April, says Razak Dawood
21-Feb-2020 International The News
The ice between Pakistan and Turkey on Free Trade Agreement has thawed and to this effect the commerce ministry will highlight the potential sectors on FTA in March and begin negotiating on the FTA in Ankara in April.
Bangladesh to sign Free Trade Agreement with Nepal
20-Feb-2020 News on Air
Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to sign a Free Trade Agreement to enhance trade between the two countries.
Iran, India finalize negotiations on preferential trade tariffs
20-Feb-2020 Mehr News Agency
Iran and India finalized talks on ratification of preferential tariffs on specific equipment needed for implementation of Iranian Chabahar Port project besides financing supply of required machinery for the project.
India, US ink pact on intellectual property rights
20-Feb-2020 Economic Times
India and the US have signed an agreement on intellectual property rights (IPR) ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit. The Cabinet Wednesday approved an MoU with the US on the issue of IPRs.
Provisional application of the Energy Charter Treaty: Article 45(1) “Limitation Clause”
20-Feb-2020 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
When it issued three interim awards for Yukos, the arbitral tribunal noted that the principle of provisional application of treaties was recognized under Russian law.