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Report: Landmark ruling suggests investor-state dispute settlement illegal in all EU investment deals
19-Apr-2018 CIEL
A report reveals that the recent Achmea ruling by the European Court of Justice could render investment agreements between the European Union or its Member States and non-EU countries illegal.
Papua New Guinea reportedly set to join China’s Free Trade Agreement at APEC
19-Apr-2018 ABC
Papua New Guinea is believed to be on course to sign up to a Free Trade Agreement with China to promote bilateral cooperation and deepen cooperation in the ’One Belt, One Road’ initiative.
Canadian opposition to Nafta’s chapter 11 gives Trudeau leeway
19-Apr-2018 Bloomberg
Dislike of investor-state dispute mechanism appears widespread. Public consultation files detail what Trudeau team was told.
EU plans to pitch trade bargain to Trump
19-Apr-2018 Wall Street Journal
Deal would feature lower tariffs on US cars, access to government bidding for Europe, and joint action on China
Trump pushes Abe for ’free, fair and reciprocal’ trade
19-Apr-2018 Nikkei
Japan seeks US return to TPP but president unlikely to bend on bilateral deal.
Taiwan hopes talks under TIFA will resume this year
19-Apr-2018 Focus Taiwan
A Taiwanese senior trade negotiator said Thursday that Taiwan hopes that talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States will resume this year.
Trump, in another apparent reversal, says trans-pacific trade pact has ‘too many contingencies’
18-Apr-2018 New York Times
After publicly flirting with having the United States rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Trump appeared to rebuff the idea once and for all.
EU pushes to hasten start of Japan trade deal
18-Apr-2018 Reuters
The European Commission put forward a proposed free-trade agreement with Japan for fast-track approval, hoping to avoid a repeat of the public protests that nearly derailed a trade pact with Canada.
Dozens of NGOs oppose proposed EU watch list on IP rights
18-Apr-2018 IP Watch
A wide-ranging list of international nongovernmental organisations issued a letter to European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström opposing a proposal to establish a “watch list” of countries deemed failing to protect European intellectual property.
Economic ties with China still thorny / Intellectual property, steel remain problematic
18-Apr-2018 The Japan Times
The Japan-China high-level economic dialogue on Monday — the first such meeting in about eight years — marked a first step toward resetting a bilateral relationship that has been under strain amid such issues as perceptions of history and deepening economic ties.
Japan PM Abe meeting Trump on trade, North Korea and TPP
18-Apr-2018 Action Forex
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is meeting Trump in Florida now. Facing domestic political turmoil, Abe is seeking to achieve something out of the summit. The first and foremost is the 232 steel and aluminum tariff of the US.
Jordan, Turkey to renegotiate suspended FTA
18-Apr-2018 The Jordan Times
Turkish authorities are ready to look into Jordan’s conditions to reactivate the suspended free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Yarub Qudah said Tuesday.
Peru: Final statement from the people’s summit
17-Apr-2018 News Click
The representatives of social and popular organizations of Peru, Latin America and the Caribbean, met in Lima, Peru from April 10 to 14, 2018 to discuss the political, social and economic reality of Our America.
New Zealand PM pushes for EU trade deal
17-Apr-2018 Yahoo
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushed for a "progressive" free-trade agreement with the European Union.
Quiet on the set! The EU is negotiating trade deals...
17-Apr-2018 CEO
Following calls for openness and public participation, the European Commission now advertises its trade negotiations as transparent and inclusive. But crucial information about EU trade deals are still kept from citizens. Even member state governments regularly complain about being left in the dark. At the same time, corporations continue to call the shots on EU trade talks.
Government urged to halt trade talks with Turkey
17-Apr-2018 Swiss Info
Fifteen Swiss organisations have called on the Federal Council to suspend negotiations on expanding its free trade agreements with Turkey until the country releases all its political prisoners.
Japan and China pledge to accelerate free trade talks
17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
The governments of Japan and China stressed the importance of free trade and pledged to accelerate negotiations of bilateral pacts at their high-level economic dialogue in Tokyo on Monday, the first such meeting in eight years.
US tightens pressure on Japan for bilateral trade deal
17-Apr-2018 Nikkei Asian Review
The US is making a tougher push for Japan to begin talks on a bilateral free trade agreement, exploring demands on foreign exchange policy and exports, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to visit the country this week.
French court upholds literal interpretation of investment treaty
16-Apr-2018 Out-Law
A recent decision under the Energy Charter Treaty by France’s highest court appears to signal a return to a literal interpretation by the French courts of international treaties.
The whole of Mercosur in exchange for a plate of beef
13-Apr-2018 Global Forest Coalition
Mercosur’s sovereignty is at stake, as are the ecosystems and communities that will be affected by a further boost to the destructive livestock and feedstock industries in South America.