Negotiations
Negociaciones de inversión entre la UE y China: avances en trato nacional, servicios financieros
23-Sep-2019Instituto Internacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible (IISD) Las conversaciones para firmar un TBI entre la UE y China han progresado bastante en el área de servicios financieros y trato nacional, según un informe circulado por la Unión Europea en julio, estando programada otra ronda de negociación para la semana del 23 de septiembre.
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23-Sep-2019 NHK
UK preparing for post-Brexit FTA with Japan
Britain’s international trade secretary Liz Truss says the UK has started preparations to conclude a free trade agreement with Japan after leaving the European Union. -
23-Sep-2019 NZ Herald
Mixed reviews on Pacific Trade deal, Pacer Plus
Pacer Plus has been promoted as a hybrid development and trade deal, with the primary benefits going to the nine Pacific countries that have signed the deal. -
23-Sep-2019 Korea Times
Honduras-Korea free trade deal to take effect in October
A free trade agreement (FTA) between Honduras and Korea will take effect on Oct. 1 — the latest in gradual yet consistent developments in bilateral relations after they were established in 1962. -
23-Sep-2019 ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum 2019
People’s resistance to RCEP intensifies, amplifying #NotoRCEP call!
As governments scramble to save RCEP, peoples from Southeast Asia have consolidated their strong opposition to this ambitious and unjust trade and investment agreement. -
23-Sep-2019 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia, South Korea link up amid ‘turbulent’ economic pressures
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s aggressive efforts to lure more foreign direct investment (FDI) ahead has been warmly met by South Korea. -
23-Sep-2019 Business Today
India seeks mechanism under RCEP to increase levies once imports exceed set limit
In the recent round of negotiations for RCEP, India pushed to include the Automatic Trigger Safeguard Mechanism, or ATSM, which will automatically increase levies once imports cross a given threshold -
23-Sep-2019
Time for China to consider joining the CPTPP
After the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) made substantive progress, it is now time for China to consider joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). -
20-Sep-2019 IISD
EU–China investment negotiations: Advances on national treatment, financial services
National treatment is a sensitive issue and also featured in a dedicated study commissioned by Brussels. -
20-Sep-2019 IISD
Les négociations sur l’investissement entre l’UE et la Chine enregistrent des progrès sur le traitement national et les services financiers
Le traitement national est une question sensible qui a fait l’objet d’une étude dédiée mandatée par Bruxelles. -
20-Sep-2019 Government of the United Kingdom
UK and Lebanon sign trade continuity agreement
The new UK-Lebanon Association Agreement provides, among other trade benefits, tariff-free trade of industrial products together with liberalisation of trade in agricultural, agri-food and fisheries products.more
Key issues
Ces entreprises qui s’attaquent aux lois protégeant l’environnement
20-Sep-2019 Alternatives EconomiquesUn nouveau cas de litige entre investisseurs étrangers et Etats se profile dans le cadre du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie, à l’origine de nombreuses affaires qui ont défrayé la chronique en Europe.
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19-Sep-2019 Press Enza
Trade and investment treaties aggravate the climate crisis
The campaign ‘No to trade and investment treaties’ has called on citizens to join the mobilizations planned for next September 27 in the different cities of Spain. -
18-Sep-2019 Ecologistas en Acción
Los tratados de comercio e inversión agravan la crisis climática
La Campaña ‘No a los tratados de comercio e inversión’, integrada por más de 100 organizaciones y de la que forma parte Ecologistas en Acción, anima a la participación de la ciudadanía en las movilizaciones del 27 de septiembre. -
18-Sep-2019 Journal de l’Economie
Les traités commerciaux (CETA, MERCOSUR, etc) : une stratégie d’endiguement et d’effacement de la souveraineté judiciaire
On assiste à l’émergence d’une nouvelle puissance émettrice du droit, dotée de pouvoirs juridictionnels, et à l’origine d’une jurisprudence. -
16-Sep-2019 AFTINET
Netherlands faces ISDS threat after decision to ban coal-based power generation by 2030
German company Uniper has threatened to bring an ISDS case against the Dutch government after a decision to ban coal-based power generation by 2030. -
13-Sep-2019 The Guardian
Science on safety of chlorinated chicken ’misunderstood’
Government’s assurances that there are no health problems are misleading, say food policy experts. -
13-Sep-2019 Vice
In 2003, a farmer killed himself to protest globalization. Little has changed
For years, farmers have said free trade policies have harmed them. Will the world finally start listening?more
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