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Billion-dollar exposure: Investor-state dispute settlement in Mozambique’s fossil fuel sector
23-Feb-2024 Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Mozambique faces a substantial economic risk due to its exposure to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims by foreign investors in its coal, oil, and gas sectors. The investment protections in the country’s international investment agreements and contracts, combined with ISDS, expose Mozambique to multi-billion-dollar financial liabilities.
ISDS regime could choke climate action in emerging economies, experts say
21-Feb-2024 Global Trade Review
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system could be putting climate action at risk in emerging and developing economies as investors in fossil fuel projects angle for compensation, experts say.
Jokowi: Indonesia, Mozambique agree to boost preferential trade pact
24-Aug-2023 Antara News
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi have agreed to enhance their preferential trade agreement (PTA) to boost trade between the two countries.
Malawi, Mozambique sign trade pacts
4-May-2022 Nyasa Times
Malawi and Mozambique have signed two important trade pacts aimed at unlocking and boosting trade of the two countries. President Lazarus Chakwera, signed the two pacts on behalf of the government of Malawi.
UAE signs agreement on mutual promotion and protection of investments with Mozambique
9-Feb-2022 Emirates News Agency
The agreement protects both nations’ investments from all non-commercial risks, covers transfer of profits and revenues, and facilitates resolving disputes.
Mozambique courts Rwandan business community
29-Dec-2021 The New Times
Rwandans are welcome to make the most of Mozambique’s numerous investment opportunities, said the Director General of Mozambique’s investment and export promotion agency.
Rwanda, Mozambique ink trade, investment pact
10-Oct-2021 The New Times
Rwanda and Mozambique have signed an agreement that will boost their economic development through trade and investment activities.
A turning point for Dubai-Africa trade
2-Sep-2021 Forbes Africa
Dubai’s trade with Africa has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade, thanks to several important developments that have established new business links between the emirate and promising markets across the continent.
Zim, Malawi revise bilateral trade agreement
19-Jul-2021 All Africa
Zimbabwe and Malawi are engaged in talks to revise their Bilateral Trade Agreement to ensure its provisions speak to a modern-day investor and assist in addressing pressing development needs of the two countries.
Deputy minister on Mozambique and the African Continental Free Trade Area
7-Jun-2021 Club of Mozambique
Mozambique’s deputy minister of Industry and Commerce says that tariff liberalisation and other commitments that will be made within the scope of the AfCFTA must align with national development priorities and the policies and strategies in force in the country.
Pathfinder Minerals estimates $621m hit from Mozambique title dispute
14-Apr-2021 Stock Market Wire
Mining group Pathfinder Minerals said a dispute over the ownership of a mining title in Mozambique could see it incur estimated losses of more than $621.3 million.
Mozambique is not in a position to ratify AfCFTA agreement
21-Jan-2021 Club of Mozambique
An economist at the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP) argues that Mozambique is not in a position, in the short-to-medium term, to ratify the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
Indonesia pursues trade deals with African, Latin American, Middle Eastern countries
10-Nov-2020 The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is pursuing a series of trade deals with non-traditional partners in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East in an effort to navigate international trade during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UK-SACUM economic partnership agreement
8-Oct-2020 Tralac
In the SACUM-UK EPA, commitments on tariffs for both the UK and SACUM have been transitioned from the SADC-EU EPA without changes.
SA’s trades with the UK continues unchanged as the UK leaves the EU
3-Feb-2020 Business Report
The SACUM-UK EPA effectively retains the terms of trade present in the existing SADC-EU EPA.
SACU, Mozambique and UK sign EPA agreement
14-Oct-2019 Namibia Economist
The Trade Ministers from the SACU Member States, Mozambique and the United Kingdom signed the economic partnership agreement.
UK, Sacu strike post Brexit trade deal
12-Sep-2019 The Namibian
The UK has initiated an economic partnership agreement with the Southern African Customs Union and Mozambique (Sacu+M) that will allow business to keep trading freely after Brexit.
Mozambique and Indonesia sign trade agreement
11-Sep-2019 All Africa
Mozambique and Indonesia at the premises of the Maputo Trade Fair, in the district of Marracuene, signed a preferential trade agreement.
Belt and road in pursuit of a free trade climate
10-Jul-2019 Macau Daily Times
Macau will aim to foster a “free trade” climate with Portuguese-speaking countries under the central government’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Sacu, Mozambique fail to reach agreement to cushion Brexit impact
19-Mar-2019 Business Report
Issue with “cumulation,” which relates to certificates of origin required by exporters to both regions and differences in relation to timeframes for the continued recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary import requirements are not resolved.