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FinMin not keen on inclusion of BIT in free trade pacts: Sources
15-Nov-2024 The Hindu BusinessLine
Investment chapters in India FTAs may be limited to investment promotion, facilitation.
A new colonialist wave through digital trade agreements
15-Nov-2024 Bot Populi
Analyzing the neo-colonial dynamics in digital trade agendas against the backdrop of WTO MC13.
Argentina’s Milei to seek free trade agreement with the US
15-Nov-2024 Buenos Aires Herald
Argentine President Javier Milei said he will seek a free trade agreement with the United States and expects the incoming Trump administration to “support” his government with the International Monetary Fund.
Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
15-Nov-2024 The Conversation
Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New Zealand’s exports but this oversimplifies and diverts attention from the more systemic challenges a second Trump presidency will pose.
Belgium will reject EU-Mercosur trade agreement ’without binding mirror clauses’
15-Nov-2024 The Brussels Times
The Belgian Government will not support the EU-Mercosur trade agreement without strict "mirror clauses", outgoing Agriculture Minister David Clarinval announced.
Campaigners call for Cop29 to commit to ending secretive corporate courts
15-Nov-2024 Morning Star
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts are a legal mechanism that allow corporations to sue governments for decisions which they claim impact their profits — including environmental protections.
Vedanta parent moves Permanent Court of Arbitration against Indian govt
15-Nov-2024 Mint
UK-based Vedanta Resources Ltd raising a dispute against the government of India brings the challenges of investor-state arbitration into limelight.
Argentina-Japan: Buenos Aires supports economic partnership agreement with Mercosur
15-Nov-2024 Agenzia Nova
Argentina would support the adoption of an economic partnership agreement between the South American trade bloc Mercosur and Japan.
Telefonica awarded $380 million from Colombian government in arbitration, company says
15-Nov-2024 WTVB
Spanish telecoms company Telefonica said that the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes had ordered the Colombian government to pay it $380 million as part of an arbitration process.
Disputed grounds: Gold mining, resistance and investment arbitration in Türkiye
15-Nov-2024 SOMO
Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks for communities.
Nigeria launches review of bilateral investment treaties
15-Nov-2024 African Law & Business
The state’s trade policies will be updated over the coming months by a nine-member committee.
Hong Kong to sign free-trade deal with Peru, John Lee says ahead of Apec summit
15-Nov-2024 South China Morning Post
Hong Kong will sign a free-trade agreement with Peru. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is in Lima for the APEC summit, where he will also lobby for Hong Kong’s membership in the RCEP. He will meet with leaders of other economies and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
S. Korea to proactively address Trump-related uncertainties, upgrade FTAs
15-Nov-2024 Korea Herald
South Korea plans to proactively address global trade changes, especially those related to the new US administration. The country aims to upgrade existing trade pacts, diversify its trade portfolio, and secure new FTAs.
Kenya-US Trade Deal: How Donald Trump’s win affects Ruto’s Govt STIP agreement with America
14-Nov-2024 Tuko
Trump could delay the conclusion of the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership introduced by Biden, calling for fresh talks incorporating his 2020 FTA.
Nigeria, Ethiopia, others endorse AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol
14-Nov-2024 The whistler.
The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to upholding the digital trade protocol to boost investment, export, and economic reforms.
Russia reaffirms commitment to free trade zone with North African countries, including Morocco
14-Nov-2024 Yabiladi
Russia is preparing agreements on a free trade zone with Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. That’s the whole of North Africa.
Poland’s agriculture ministry records ’reservations’ over Mercosur deal
14-Nov-2024 Euronews
As a deal looms by the end of the year, Poland’s agriculture ministry has published a statement where it registers reservations over the Mercosur agreement. It should please France which leads the opposition to the deal.
Farmers balk at prospect of EU-Mercosur free trade deal
14-Nov-2024 Euronews
The trade agreement could get the green light next week’s G20 summit in Brazil, but the prospect has triggered discontent among farmers.
Prabowo sees no problem in Indonesia’s BRICS, OECD, CPTPP ambitions
14-Nov-2024 Jakarta Globe
Thailand-South Korea economic partnership agreement nears completion
14-Nov-2024 The Nation
Thailand and South Korea aim to finalize an economic partnership agreement (EPA) next year to further boost trade and investment. The EPA is expected to be signed during the 36th APEC summit in South Korea.