Negotiations
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer hopes for farm deal with Japan ’in next several weeks’
20-Jun-2019Japan Times U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expressed hope Wednesday that the United States and Japan will soon reach a deal on agricultural tariff cuts as part of efforts to strike a bilateral trade agreement.
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20-Jun-2019 AFP
Asean: l’accord de libre-échange promu par Pékin débattu à Bangkok
Les dirigeants des pays de l’Association des nations d’Asie du Sud-Est (Asean), réunis en sommet ce week-end à Bangkok, vont se pencher sur un projet d’accord de libre-échange avec six partenaires, le Partenariat économique intégral régional (RCEP selon son acronyme anglais). -
20-Jun-2019 La Prensa Francesa Mexique
Le Mexique ratifie le nouveau traité de libre-échange avec les Etats-Unis et le Canada
Le Mexique a ratifié mercredi le nouvel accord de libre-échange nord-américain (AEUMC) avec le Canada et les Etats-Unis, devenant le premier pays à donner son feu vert à ce traité, malgré les récentes tensions avec Washington sur l’immigration. -
20-Jun-2019 AFP
US-Japan trade deal progress likely in ’months’: US official
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer tells Congress that Japanese authorities ’understand completely’ the US desire for trade access to Japan and that efforts to reach a new trade agreement should bear fruit soon -
19-Jun-2019 Belga
Mobilisation à Bruxelles contre un accord précipité de l’UE avec le Mercosur
Environ 150 personnes ont manifesté devant les institutions européennes pour protester contre la signature de l’accord de libre-échange entre l’Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur (Amérique du Sud). -
19-Jun-2019 Hindu Business Line
As palm oils get dumped, processors become packers
India’s edible oil security at stake as palm oil imports continue to rise unabated under the India-Malaysia FTA -
19-Jun-2019 The Nation
Thailand hopeful of RCEP deal despite scant progress
Thailand maintains the RCEP historic deal involving 16 economies can be finalised by November. -
19-Jun-2019 Global Agricultural Information Network
The impact of Thailand’s FTAs on US agri-food exports
US govt says Thailand’s FTAs - with China, Australia, NZ, Japan, India, ASEAN, Chile and Peru - have hurt US agri-food exports to Thailand. -
19-Jun-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
China wants Asia free trade pact without India
China is proposing a new Asian free trade agreement that excludes India, throwing a wrench into plans for the 16-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. -
18-Jun-2019 S2B
Plus de 340 organisations appellent l’Union européenne à interrompre immédiatement les négociations commerciales avec le Brésil
Dans une lettre ouverte, plus de 340 organisations de la société civile - dont plus de 30 françaises - appellent l’Union européenne à mettre immédiatement un terme aux négociations pour un accord de libre-échange avec le Mercosur (Brésil, Argentine, Paraguay et Uruguay) en raison de la détérioration des droits humains et de la situation écologique au Brésil. -
18-Jun-2019 Seattle to Brusells Network - S2B
Carta abierta a la Comisión Europea sobre Acuerdo Mercosur-UE
Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil abajo firmantes reclamamos a la Unión Europea que use su influencia para prevenir el empeoramiento de la situación de los derechos humanos y la destrucción del medio ambiente en Brasil.more
Key issues
EU allows Romania to pay EUR 200 mln compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors
20-Jun-2019 Romania InsiderThe European Court of Justice on June 18 canceled a European Commission decision dating 2015, which established that Romania’s payment of compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors Ioan and Viorel Micula constituted illegal state aid. The European Commission also ordered the Romanian Government to recover the money already paid to the investors following an international court’s decision.
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20-Jun-2019 GRAIN
Indian dairy under threat from new trade deals
Several new trade pacts that cater to transnational corporations, like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or the proposed deals pending with Europe, threaten to radically change the map and wipe out India’s small dairy producers. -
19-Jun-2019 Economics of Happiness
Connecting the dots: Insane trade and climate chaos
The connection between global trade and the climate crisis is clear. Much of global trade is unnecessary and wasteful - and yet, somehow, it continues to be profitable. -
19-Jun-2019 ILO
New Dutch model BIT: negotiations to commence soon
The Dutch government has obtained the authorisation required to start renegotiations with eight non-EU countries on its new model bilateral investment treaty and conclude new BITs with two others. -
17-Jun-2019 Budapest Business Journal
Hungary appeals Sodexo award with ICSID
Hungary has filed to annul an award of some EUR 73 million, before interest, to French food voucher company Sodexo, granted in an arbitration ruling by the World Bankʼs International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), state news agency MTI reported, citing case information on ICSIDʼs website. -
13-Jun-2019 South Centre
Legitimacy concerns of the proposed multilateral investment court: Is democracy possible?
The EU wants to replace traditional party-appointed arbitrators with a two-tiered investment tribunal system comprised by a roster of members selected by the state parties on the treaty. This essay argues that the creation of the multilateral investment court needs to follow democratic principles in order to be legitimate. -
12-Jun-2019 Daily Asian Age
Backlash against investor-state dispute settlement mechanism
Three investment cases brought against Bangladesh to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes by foreign investors largely curved the regulatory powers of Bangladesh for public purposes.more
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