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Mauritius: Arbitration proceedings between Thomas Gosling and others - All claims dismissed
26-Feb-2020 All Africa
The case concerns a dispute submitted to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on the basis of the UK-Mauritius BIT.
Implementation of the Tripartite FTA agreement now in sight
26-Feb-2020 COMESA
Namibia is the latest to ratify the TFTA agreement. Seven countries are expected to complete the ratification process before the end of this year paving the way for its implementation.
PACER-Plus development assistance analysis: No new money but still with strings attached
26-Feb-2020 PANG
What the development assistance arrangement results in, is aid money, tightly controlled by Australia and New Zealand to flow to areas that will make Forum Island Countries uphold their commitments on market access, ultimately benefiting the two metropolitan Parties.
PACER-Plus labour mobility analysis: Unbound promises and an annual meeting
26-Feb-2020 PANG
PACER-Plus itself achieved little by way of actual improvements for Pacific Islander workers to access the labour markets of Australia and New Zealand.
First leg of India-US trade deal likely in 3 months
26-Feb-2020 Economic Times
The first leg of the India-US trade deal will largely be about tariff concessions on goods and would be concluded in around three months.
India, Australia agree to consider reviving talks for FTA
25-Feb-2020 Outlook India
India and Australia agreed to consider reviving stalled negotiations on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA)
Can a US-India trade deal permanently alter the way Indians access medicines?
25-Feb-2020 The Wire
US-India IP engagements since 2006 have served the interests of the US through systematic undermining of the legislative safeguards in the Indian Patents Act.
A trade deal with Trump could hurt our farmers
25-Feb-2020 NewsClickin
Benny Kuruvilla from ’Focus On The Global South’ sits down for a discussion with Prof. Biswajit Dhar on a potential trade deal between India and US.
Australia willing to consider bilateral FTA with India on the lines of RCEP
25-Feb-2020 BusinessLine
Australian Trade Minister leads high-level delegation, holds talk with Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal.
Embracing technology to feed a growing world
25-Feb-2020 Euractiv
It is time for America and Europe to embrace innovation and technology in a safe, sustainable agriculture, says US Secretary of Agriculture.
EU-UK relations: Council gives go-ahead for talks to start and adopts negotiating directives
25-Feb-2020 European Council
The Council today adopted a decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a new partnership with the UK.
EU demands UK keep chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal
25-Feb-2020 The Guardian
Clause in negotiating mandate for Michel Barnier will create hurdle to US-UK deal.
Protest condemning free trade agreement between India and US
25-Feb-2020 City Today
A protest was staged to condemn the free trade agreement between India and United States of America in the fields of animal husbandry, poultry and other sectors.
EU-UK FTA: EU negotiating directives (Feb 2020)
25-Feb-2020 European Council
EU-Indonesia FTA - Chapter on Exceptions (EU proposals, February 2020)
25-Feb-2020 European Commission
EU - Indonesia FTA, Chapters on Institutional and Final Provisions (EU proposals, February 2020)
25-Feb-2020 European Commission
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.