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Europe and South America push for one of largest trade accords
30-Nov-2017 Bloomberg
European Union, Mercosur officials meeting Nov. 29-Dec. 8. Both sides are committed to reaching deal by end of year.
Chinese premier’s Hungary visit further enhances bilateral ties, China-CEE cooperation
30-Nov-2017 Global Times
China is willing to better dovetail the Belt and Road Initiative with Hungarian development strategies, expand bilateral trade and investment scale.
Tea Party Koch brothers sue Venezuela over $400 million expropriation
30-Nov-2017 Latin America Herald Tribune
The Koch Brothers have filed suit in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., to collect a $409 million ICSID award against Venezuela.
NAFTA’s digital trade chapter could be finalized next month
30-Nov-2017 EFF
Some rules proposed for NAFTA’s Digital Trade chapter are troublesome.
China and Georgia’s FTA to take effect on 1 Jan next year
30-Nov-2017 The Drinks Business
The Free Trade Agreement between China and Georgia will officially take effect on 1 January 2018, which means Georgian wines destined to China will soon enjoy zero tariff, China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced.
Declaration Forum citoyen Afrique Europe
30-Nov-2017 Forum citoyen Afrique Europe
En marge du 5ème sommet Union européenne Union africaine qui se tiendra du 29 au 30 novembre 2017 à Abidjan, les organisations de la société civile, les mouvements sociaux et syndicaux de 16 pays africains et de 7 pays européens se sont donnés rendez-vous.
Korea seeks to expand free trade networks
29-Nov-2017 Korea Herald
South Korea needs a balanced and sophisticated strategy to cope with efforts by China and Japan to take the lead in building a free trade framework for Asia and the Pacific amid the US’ strengthening protectionism, experts say.
Work still to be done on EU trade deal: experts
29-Nov-2017 Vietnam+
There are several issues related to sustainable development that need further assessment, but the two sides are working very hard to sign the agreement as early as next summer.
Pacific trade deal PACER-Plus is PACER-minus
29-Nov-2017 Scoop
PNG and Fiji’s unwillingness to participate demonstrates that the agreement is heavily skewed towards the interests of Australia and New Zealand.
Hamid Gharavi and Melanie van Leeuwen secure a third consecutive victory against Kazakhstan for a US$ 30 million award
29-Nov-2017 Derains & Gharavi
An ICSID tribunal has ordered Kazakhstan to pay nearly US$25 million for the seizure of investments at the port of Aktau on the Caspian Sea.
The US-Mexico wage gap is actually widening under Nafta
29-Nov-2017 Bloomberg
Trade was supposed to kickstart Mexico’s economy. It hasn’t. Stagnation fuels Trump’s anger, leaves Mexicans eyeing change
Uncertain future for ’diabolic’ free trade pacts between EU and Africa
29-Nov-2017 All Africa
Almost all ACP countries fear the possible negative impact of the EPAs on their economies and therefore stall its implementation.
India, Canada look for breakthrough on free trade agreement
29-Nov-2017 Live Mint
Trade ministers of India and China met in New Delhi are looking for another round of talks at the expert level before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India visit
South Korea and China to discuss liberalizing service and investment sectors
29-Nov-2017 Hankyoreh
Two years after the South Korea-China FTA took effect, the two countries are expected to launch a second round of negotiations to further open up the service and investment sectors.
’Peru looks forward to enter into a trade arrangement with India’
29-Nov-2017 SME Times
India and Peru are negotiating a trade agreement to increase bilateral trade and investment and the second round of discussions are going to be held in Jan-Feb, 2018 in Peru.
Commission publishes report following latest negotiating round with Mercosur
28-Nov-2017 European Commission
The round report includes details on all areas of the negotiations, including trade in goods, technical barriers to trade, services, intellectual property (including geographical indications), government procurement, SPS and trade and sustainable development.
Contrasting awards around Venezuela’s ICSID denunciation
28-Nov-2017 Fietta
In a series of recent awards, ICSID tribunals have adopted contrasting (and apparently irreconcilable) approaches to Venezuela’s denunciation of the ICSID Convention.
TPP11 and RCEP compared: A side-by-side update
28-Nov-2017 Asian Trade Centre
Chart reflects the TPP11 changes and the expansion of the agenda in RCEP.
The Multilateral Investment Court locking in ISDS
28-Nov-2017 Friends of the Earth Europe
Ten reasons why the EU’s proposal for a Multilateral Investment Court doesn’t fix a fundamentally flawed system.
Is “moonlighting” a problem? The role of ICJ judges in ISDS
28-Nov-2017 IISD
At least 7 current ICJ judges and 13 former ICJ judges have worked—or are currently working—as arbitrators (or annulment committee members) in investor–state dispute settlement cases during their ICJ terms.