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Can China’s trade boost with Asean help get the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership over the line?
22-Jul-2019 South China Morning Post
The success of the ASEAN-China FTA in helping to boost business amid Beijing’s tariff dispute with the US bodes well for the upcoming talks on the creation of a RCEP.
Vietnamese parliament to ratify FTA with EU soon
22-Jul-2019 Prensa Latina
The National Assembly of Vietnam will ratify the recently-signed EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).
Samoa ratifies PACER Plus trade and development deal
19-Jul-2019 Scoop
Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker has congratulated Samoa on their ratification of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus).
ICSID penalty
19-Jul-2019 Express Tribune
In the Reko Diq case registered by Tethyan Copper Company, the dollar-starved Pakistan has been slapped a penalty way beyond its reach by the World Bank-sponsored ICSID.
Nord Stream 2, EU drifting towards legal arbitration
19-Jul-2019 Euractiv
The European Commission and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline company are heading toward legal arbitration in their dispute, with a risk of huge fines for EU taxpayers.
UK and Central America sign continuity agreement
18-Jul-2019 UK Government
This agreement replicates the existing EU-Central America trading relationship and will ensure continuity in the trading relationship between the UK and Central America.
EU-Thailand deal a starting point for Thai trade with France
18-Jul-2019 Business Times
The European Union (EU) has yet to strike a free trade agreement (FTA) with Thailand but some member countries are already expressing interest in opportunities that the Thai market has to offer. These include France.
Trade in trouble: how Asia can lead
18-Jul-2019 The Diplomat
The US - China trade dispute has disrupted trade and investment flows, stifling global and regional trade growth.
Turkey, Montenegro to focus on developing trade, investment as they broaden FTA agreement
18-Jul-2019 Daily Sabah
Turkey and Montenegro inked a protocol to expand the framework of their free trade agreement, which will pave the way for further development in bilateral trade and investments between the two countries.
RCEP trade pact in India’s interest as it gives access to Chinese market, Australia says
18-Jul-2019 The Print
New Delhi should embrace the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to have effective access to the Chinese market that it is now lacking, the Australian High Commissioner to India Harinder Sidhu told ThePrint Tuesday.
Mercosur upholds free trade, says Chilean president
18-Jul-2019 Xinhua
The South American trade bloc Southern Common Market (Mercosur) aims to further promote free trade among its members and trade partners, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said
Mercosur bloc leaders meet to fast-track EU trade deal
18-Jul-2019 Al Jazeera
Member nations and the European Union in June agreed to a deal that will eliminate nearly all tariffs on two-way trade.
Trade negotiations and the triple trouble for health and the NHS
18-Jul-2019 Open Democracy
On Monday, the British parliament will debate whether the NHS should be included in US trade talks. Here’s how to decode the reassuring words we’ll no doubt hear from government.
Ascent Resources starts legal action over Petišovci gas field
17-Jul-2019 Total Slovenia News
Ascent Resources plans to lodge an investment treaty arbitration claim under the Energy Charter Treaty.
EU asserts ‘right to regulate’ as part of energy charter treaty reform
17-Jul-2019 Euractiv
EU member states gave the European Commission a mandate to revise the Energy Charter Treaty, saying the legally-binding charter must reinstate Europe’s “right to regulate” in areas like climate change and workers’ rights.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro to propose MERCOSUR trade agreement with US - report
17-Jul-2019 Sputnik
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro intends to propose a free trade agreement between South America’s Mercosur and the United States, once he takes leadership of the bloc, presidential spokesman Otavio Rego Barros said.
South Korea stipulates exception of settlement goods in trade deal with Tel Aviv
17-Jul-2019 Middle East Monitor
Israel media have revealed that the new South Korea-Israel Free Trade agreement will exclude goods produced in the occupied territories of Jerusalem and West Bank and the Golan Heights.
ICSID declares SC verdict in RPPs case ‘arbitrary’
17-Jul-2019 Express Tribune
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has declared that the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s judgment in the rental power projects case is ‘arbitrary’.
IE-CEPA ratification expected to be completed in 2020: Deputy Minister
17-Jul-2019 Jakarta Post
After a seven-year negotiation, Indonesia and the four EFTA countries — Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein — signed the IE-CEPA last December.
Canadian legislators urge their French counterparts to reject CETA
17-Jul-2019 RCI
As the French National Assembly gets ready to vote Wednesday on ratifying a landmark free trade deal between Canada and the European Union, a group of Canadian opposition legislators is urging their French counterparts to reject the agreement.