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TEPA’s IP encroachment: A new barrier to indigenous innovation
16-Apr-2024 The Hindu
The new approach to intellectual property and investment through FTAs accepts an IP maximalist agenda of the United States Trade Representative; it threatens to upset the fine balance between public and private interests and push India away from essential innovations.
Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Zephyr Teachout, Dani Rodrik, and 295 law and economics professors urge Biden to terminate ISDS provisions in existing US trade and investment agreements
15-Apr-2024
As US law professors and economics professors deeply committed to the rule of law and economic well-being both domestically and globally, we strongly urge you to remove ISDS provisions from existing US trade and investment agreements.
US senators introduce bill to renew AGOA through 2041
12-Apr-2024 The East African
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill to renew the US trade pact with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead of its expiration next year, an aide to one of the senators said on Thursday.
PH hopes for trilateral trade agreement with US, Japan
12-Apr-2024 GMA
The Philippines is hoping to have a trade agreement with Japan and the United States, as leaders of the three countries are set to hold a trilateral summit.
S. Korea ordered to pay Mason Capital 43.8 bln won in investor-state suit
12-Apr-2024 Yonhap
An international tribunal ordered South Korea to pay 43.8 billion won (US$32 million) in compensation to US-based hedge fund Mason Capital in an investor-state suit the company filed over a controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates
Sánchez, Doggett call for Biden Administration to reform the CAFTA-DR trade agreement
26-Mar-2024 Linda Sánchez
Congresswoman Linda T. Sánchez and Congressman Lloyd Doggett led 45 of their colleagues in calling on the Biden Administration to work to remove the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism from the Central America – Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.
Honduras ratchets up battle with crypto-libertarian investors, rejects World Bank court
20-Mar-2024 The Intercept
After the Honduran president repealed a law granting unfettered authority to outside investors, the cryptoquistadors took the dispute to a World Bank arbitration court.
IPEF agreement on clean economy (Mar 2024)
18-Mar-2024 US Department of Commerce
Agreement on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for prosperity (Mar 2024)
18-Mar-2024 US Department of Commerce
IPEF agreement on fair economy (Mar 2024)
18-Mar-2024 US Department of Commerce
Indonesia stresses on active, fair participation of all IPEF partners
18-Mar-2024 Antara News
Indonesia emphasized active and fair participation of all Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) partner countries in implementing the cooperation framework, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto said.
‘Significant strides’ made on IPEF, on to implementation: US commerce chief Raimondo
15-Mar-2024 The Straits Times
United States President Joe Biden’s signature economic initiative in the Asia-Pacific has made “significant strides” in the past two years and is now moving into the implementation phase, said US Commerce Secretary.
US-PH FTA to be discussed after trade mission — Biden’s Export Council
13-Mar-2024 GMA
A potential free trade agreement between the Philippines and the United States will be brought to the table once the delegation of American business leaders, assembled by US President Joe Biden, comes back to America.
UK signs trade pact with Texas in effort to boost green industry
13-Mar-2024 Yahoo
The UK has signed a new trade pact with Texas, the second-largest state in the US, in an effort to boost cooperation in green energy, aerospace and advanced technologies.
After 30 Years of NAFTA, the Working Classes Are Still Losing
1-Mar-2024 The Nation
Thirty years after NAFTA came into effect in 1994, the economic data suggests a somber conclusion: The three countries’ working classes are worse off today than they were before
US-led Indo-Pacific deal on supply chain resilience takes effect
26-Feb-2024 Japan Today
The IPEF supply chain agreement has recently come into effect, aiming to enhance economic collaboration among member countries. The agreement focuses on strengthening supply chain resilience, identifying key sectors, and establishing an emergency communications channel to address disruptions.
SA’s AGOA deal in jeopardy after US Congressmen call for review of SA-US bilateral relationship
12-Feb-2024 IOL
South Africa’s trade benefits under the African Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) are in jeopardy after US Congressmen last week sought a full review of the bilateral relationship with South Africa.
US invests $160 million to support AfCFTA, trade facilitation
12-Feb-2024 The Guardian
The United States (U.S.) government said it has contributed $160 million to support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and expand trade in goods and services between the U.S. and Africa.
Kenya, US talks shift to agriculture
12-Feb-2024 The East African
Kenya and the United States are set to begin talks on contentious clauses in a proposed bilateral trade deal amid fears the agreement could flood the market with cheap agricultural imports from America.
NAFTA’s promises elusive: impact on US-Mexico trade, immigration, manufacturing
12-Feb-2024 BNN
Three decades have passed since NAFTA was implemented, leaving unfulfilled promises of mutual prosperity. This article examines the realities of US-Mexico trade, illegal immigration, and the loss of manufacturing jobs, and calls for a reevaluation of the agreement’s impact.