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7-Jul-2022
All Africa
In April 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed US-Kenya FTA talks would resume. Observers believe the US-Kenya FTA, initiated by Trump in 2020, would help expand US ’carrot and stick’ trade and security policies on the continent to counter China.
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7-Jul-2022
Daily Maverick
Political leaders and companies who are major contributors to climate change have expressed increasing commitment to playing a role in addressing climate change, but there appears to be a gap between these sentiments and negotiations...
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7-Jul-2022
Daily Trust
Nigeria is targeting to be part of the International Energy Charter (IEC), a global community that will enable it to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to accelerate power sector development.
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7-Jul-2022
Public Citizen
President Joe Biden announced the launch of a new economic proposal called the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity to deepen economic ties in the hemisphere.
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7-Jul-2022
USTR
Many trade agreements in the Hemisphere, such as the USMCA, MERCOSUR, the Pacific Alliance, as well as other bilateral arrangements, contain provisions on good regulatory practices.
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7-Jul-2022
Euractiv
Croatia has lost an international arbitration case launched by Hungarian oil and gas group MOL over Zagreb’s failure to fulfil obligations under an agreement about the gas business of the jointly owned Croatian oil company INA.
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7-Jul-2022
In the past, Cross Platform Game Development referred to the process of making games for both PCs and consoles. The list now includes mobile devices. They are the market sector for video games that is the most active and seeing the quickest growth, and on them, huge hopes are placed.
Naturally, console-only games as well as PC-only games will continue to exist. But cross-platform programming is the way of the future. More people play on mobile devices than on PCs or video game consoles (...)
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6-Jul-2022
IISD
A tribunal awarded a sum of EUR 243 million plus interest to Bank Melli Iran and Bank Saderat Iran in their investor–state dispute against the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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6-Jul-2022
IISD
The dispute pertained to an investment made by Westmoreland Coal Company, a US‑incorporated company, in two Canadian enterprises in April 2014.
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6-Jul-2022
Inquirer Net
The Philippines’ free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea is inching closer to formalization with the initial signing of the economic pact seen within the next two weeks.
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6-Jul-2022
IISD
Experts took particular concern with the fact that most investment treaties do not oblige arbitrators to take into account international agreements on climate change when adjudicating cases.
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6-Jul-2022
Business Korea
The US and South Korean governments are expected to initiate negotiations on the framework proposed by US President Joe Biden in August (2022).
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6-Jul-2022
Tehran Times
Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union representatives have gathered for the fifth round of negotiations on upgrading the current preferential trade agreement between the two sides into a free trade agreement.
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5-Jul-2022
Business Wire
Tan Tao Investment & Industry Corporation launched a billion-dollar arbitration proceeding against Vietnam under the agreement between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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5-Jul-2022
Reuters
Brazil wants to expand trade and investment with Arab countries, said a government official, amid ongoing talks for commercial agreements with Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.
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5-Jul-2022
SeeNews
UK-listed Ascent Resources and its Slovenian joint venture partner Geoenergo have initiated the mediation process under a dispute resolution mechanism.
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5-Jul-2022
Tempo
The Indonesian President and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow talked about establishing a free trade zone between Indonesia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
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5-Jul-2022
bilaterals.org
Statement of the Mexican, European and international civil society, 4 July 2022
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4-Jul-2022
African Business
The vote on the “Future of EU-Africa trade relations” focuses on five key themes: infrastructure, food security, civil society, fair trade agreements and sustainable economic development.
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4-Jul-2022
Lexology
Spain’s recognition of the autonomy plan for Western Sahara proposed by Morocco has escalated diplomatic tensions between Spain and Algeria.