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Odebrecht takes Peru to arbitration over failed gas pipeline investment
6-Feb-2020 Reuters
Brazil construction company Odebrecht SA has taken Peru to arbitration over a failed $2 billion investment in a gas pipeline.
Trump sights in WTO procurement pact for leverage on UK, EU
5-Feb-2020 Bloomberg
By threatening to withdraw from the GPA, the Trump administration can increase its leverage and obtain greater public procurement concessions in bilateral talks with the EU and UK.
India keen to keep future FTAs with RCEP nations less ambitious
5-Feb-2020 BusinessLine
Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan are among the first ones with which India is ready to consider individual agreements to begin with.
NGOs urge European Parliament to postpone consent to EU-Vietnam trade deals
5-Feb-2020 Human Rights Watch
Despite Vietnam’s failure to meaningfully meet repeated requests for human rights improvements, a large majority in the International Trade Committee (INTA) voted in favour of granting swift consent to the agreements.
Uber ready to take dispute with Colombia to international arbitration: regional manager
4-Feb-2020 Reuters
The ride-hailing firm said its initial calculations suggest damages from suspending its service in Colombia will exceed $250 million.
Coronavirus may delay hard-fought US trade wins in China
4-Feb-2020 New York Times
The rapidly spreading coronavirus could claim one more victim: the United States-China trade deal.
Barnier outlines criteria UK must fulfil for EU market access
4-Feb-2020 The Irish Times
The UK will have to remain automatically in lockstep with any future changes to EU state aid and competition rules if it wants full and free access to EU markets in future, the EU’s draft negotiating mandate for talks says.
Namibia to launch EPA implementation plan
4-Feb-2020 The Namibian
Namibia is committed to implementing the European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreement, and to launch the plan this year, National Assembly speaker revealed.
Mexico targeting the “very closed” Brazilian economy expects to negotiate a trade deal
4-Feb-2020 MercoPress
Mexico is negotiating with Brazil to expand economic cooperation and believes it can find areas of mutual benefit even though the Brazilian economy is “very closed,” Economy Minister said.
Ankara, Kyiv agree to complete FTA negotiations this year
4-Feb-2020 Daily Sabah
The completion of the free trade agreement is said to enable Turkey and Ukraine to faster achieve their bilateral trade volume target of $10 billion.
Russia eyes new trade agreement with post-Brexit UK — envoy
4-Feb-2020 TASS
Russia would like to sign a new trade agreement with the United Kingdom after its departure from the European Union. However, it is premature to talk about this now.
India absent from RCEP special negotiating talks in Indonesia
4-Feb-2020 Kyodo News
India was absent from two days of talks on a sprawling Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Indonesia that ended Tuesday, fueling speculation that it may withdraw from the negotiations.
The future relationship between the UK and the EU
4-Feb-2020 UK Government
This statement sets out the Government’s proposed approach to the negotiations with the EU about our future relationship.
EU-UK FTA: Draft EU negotiating directives (jan 2020)
4-Feb-2020 European Commission
Post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal based on CETA would be bad news
3-Feb-2020 CEO
The EU-UK trade talks begin with the UK objective to use the corporate-friendly EU-Canada agreement CETA as a template. This is not a good start for democracy nor the public interest.
The China trade deal: Phase one of what for US farmers?
3-Feb-2020 IATP
What does what we know of the so-called Phase One deal mean for US agribusiness exports to China and, down the value chain, for US farmers?
EU food exports to Japan soar after enforcement of free trade pact
3-Feb-2020 Kyodo
Food exports from the European Union to Japan increased sharply in the period immediately following the entry into force of their free trade agreement.
Thailand eyes trade deal with UK
3-Feb-2020 Bangkok Post
Brexit could pave the way for a free trade agreement between Thailand and the United Kingdom, says director-general of the trade negotiation department.
US-UK trade deal needs labor, climate protections, enforcement: US lawmaker
3-Feb-2020 Reuters
A future US-UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights, environmental protection, US House Ways and Means Committee Chairman said.
SA’s trades with the UK continues unchanged as the UK leaves the EU
3-Feb-2020 Business Report
The SACUM-UK EPA effectively retains the terms of trade present in the existing SADC-EU EPA.