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Sri Lanka seeks tripartite arrangement for trade and investment with India and Singapore
13-Jan-2017 Colombo Page
Sri Lanka is keen to establish a tripartite arrangement for trade and investment with India and Singapore, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Harsha de Silva has said.
Will the RCEP morph into another TPP?
12-Jan-2017 Third World Resurgence
In highlighting that the drafts of many of its key chapters are substantially similar to those of the TPP, Sanya Reid Smith warns that the RCEP may end up as a replica of the former.
The world isn’t waiting for Trump on trade
12-Jan-2017 Bloomberg
The RCEP, which pointedly excludes the U.S., would allow China much more influence to set regional trade rules and norms.
India opposes Sri Lanka’s bid to shape ETCA to suit political exigencies
12-Jan-2017 Indian Express
Sri Lankan side is pressing the Indians to make certain concessions explicitly to enable it sell the pact to the Sri Lankan masses
Croatia to pay 30 million dollars for lost arbitration with MOL?
12-Jan-2017 Total Croatia News
Unfavourable arbitration ruling means that Croatia will have to cover most of the costs.
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh consider a free trade agreement
12-Jan-2017 Colombo Page
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have discussed signing a free trade agreement between the two countries
EAC duties losses on imports from EU28-UK from 2015 to 2040 if the EPA is signed
12-Jan-2017 SOL
In the Brexit context it is useful to actualize the losses of duties that the EAC will face on its imports from the EU28 minus UK (EU28-UK) if the EAC-EU Economic Partnership Agreement were signed and implemented.
No treaty benefits for nations that fail to sign new bilateral investment treaty
11-Jan-2017 Bloomberg
India said investments from the countries which fail to re-negotiate investment protection agreement will not get any benefit under any treaty.
“Legitimate expectations” in the Vattenfall case: at the heart of the debate over ISDS
11-Jan-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Central to the general public’s opposition to ISDS is the concept of legitimate expectations.
Chinese envoy moots ’friendship treaty’, FTA with India
11-Jan-2017 The Economic Times
Seeking closer ties with India, China suggested a Free Trade Agreement to comprehensively boost relations between the two Asian giants.
EU, New Zealand seek swift trade talks
11-Jan-2017 EurActiv
The European Union and New Zealand said they aim to launch free trade negotiations as soon as possible and to conclude the talks far more quickly than is normal – possibly in two to three years.
Hague Court of Appeal to hold Yukos case hearing on January 16
11-Jan-2017 TASS
Yukos former shareholders are trying to dispute the decision of the Hague District Court.
Call to action! Let’s put a stop to the WTO’s agenda and to Free Trade Agreements and investment provisions!
11-Jan-2017 Argentina Better Without an FTA
Let’s build commercial relations that serve peoples’ interests and protect the environment! In 2017, let’s bring the ‘battle in Seattle’ to Buenos Aires!
RCEP as a positive signal for globalisation
10-Jan-2017 The Jakarta Post
The current trade and business environment in East Asia and Pacific require a new set of rules to provide governance in the regional economic interdependence and to facilitate seamless international trade and business activities.
Peru will define the roadmap for the FTA with India this quarter
10-Jan-2017 Fresh Plaza
"Peru and India should have a first technical meeting in the first three months of 2017 to establish the roadmap of this process so that they can properly start negotiations," the Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade said
Ambassador: Azerbaijan wants a solid foundation for EU relationship
10-Jan-2017 EurActiv
As the EU and Azerbaijan begin negotiating a “comprehensive agreement”, the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Belgium provided insight into the way his country sees the future of its relationship with the Union and its member states.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): An assessment of the negotiations
10-Jan-2017 Third World Network
Negotiations by 16 Asia-Pacific nations to establish the RCEP - the world’s largest trading bloc - have been proceeding since 2012. Surveying the negotiations, Biswajit Dhar argues that this ASEAN-led initiative can constitute the building block for a truly viable East Asian Community provided the parties break out from the straitjacket of trade liberalisation.
Implementation of Indo-Japan free trade agreement needs to be expedited: Nirmala Sitharaman
10-Jan-2017 Financial Express
The pace of implementation of Indo-Japan free trade agreement needs to be further enhanced in order to exploit the huge potential of the pact, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Time for a US-Japanese free trade agreement?
10-Jan-2017 Foreign Affaires
If he is serious about keeping free trade alive, then the best place for Trump to start would be with Japan, argues Michael Auslin
Nigeria’s losses of import duties if the regional EPA is implemented: 2020-50
10-Jan-2017 SOL
After the Brexit it is useful to update the value of imports and losses of import duties of Nigeria from the EU28 minus the United Kingdom in case of the implementation of the regional EPA.