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RCEP negotiations: India likely to take a more aggressive stand
18-Apr-2016 Live Mint
Commerce ministry estimates that signing the agreement will lead to a revenue loss of as much as 1.6% of gross domestic product
Negotiation strategy shift: India, Australia could seal deal in services first, goods later
12-Apr-2016 Financial Express
India and Australia could clinch a deal in services and investments earlier than one in goods under the proposed FTA, potentially marking a departure from the past strategy of concluding goods negotiations first.
India seeks zero duty on textiles in FTA with Australia
6-Apr-2016 Fibre2Fashion
India wants zero duty on textiles, automobile parts and fresh fruit. On its part, Australia is seeking tariff reduction in dairy products, fresh fruit, pharmaceuticals and wines.
Indonesia to focus on digital economy, services
25-Mar-2016 The Jakarta Post
The government aims to boost cooperation for the digital economy and services sectors within the framework of the ongoing Indonesia-Australia comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
Pakistan, Turkey sign Framework Agreement for establishing FTA
23-Mar-2016 Business Recorder
Pakistan and Turkey signed a Framework Agreement for establishing Free Trade Area (FTA) between the two countries to further boost bilateral trade and investment relations.
With RCEP commitment, India marks big shift in trade policy
23-Mar-2016 Live Mint
New Delhi’s higher level of commitment on investment, services may become template for bilateral treaties
Next round of RCEP negotiations in April in Australia
21-Mar-2016 The Economic Times
The next round of negotiations for the proposed mega trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), would take place in April in Australia.
Whose healthy ASEAN Community?
17-Mar-2016 The Jakarta Post
The liberalization of health care under the ASEAN Economic Community is clearly biased toward curative services as being more profitable than health promotion.
Open letter to Věra Jourová: from Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield, words in the wind
10-Mar-2016 La Quadrature du Net
The "Privacy Shield", an agreement stemming from an exchange of letters, only contains vague promises.
France sees the EU-Canada agreement as a ‘template’ for TTIP
9-Mar-2016 EurActiv
Paris would like to “copy-paste” key passages from the EU-Canada free trade agreement, concluded this week, particularly those relating to the arbitration court that is such a controversial issue in Europe.
RCEP talks to stretch longer on differences over services
8-Mar-2016 Financial Express
The negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) involving 16 countries could slow down in the coming months due to a lack of consensus over services.
EU earns right to public contracts
4-Mar-2016 Vietnamnet Bridge
For the first time, as a result of EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement commitments, European investors will be able to offer tenders for various public infrastructure projects in Vietnam.
Model clauses for the exclusion of public services from trade and investment agreements
14-Feb-2016 S2B
Study commissioned by the Chamber of Labour Vienna and the European Federation of Public Service Unions
India, RCEP members to discuss trade pact in Brunei starting February 15
12-Feb-2016 Business Standard
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a trade deal that aims to cover goods, services, investments, economic and technical cooperation, competition and intellectual property rights.
RCEP: Tough-talking Delhi says free services if you want deals on goods
10-Feb-2016 The Hindu
New Delhi is working on a second paper on freer movement of contractual services suppliers (CSS) and independent professionals.
Trade in Services Agreement - EDRi’s position
9-Feb-2016 EDRi
The greatest concerns regarding TiSA involve the introduction of greater limitations on the government’s right to regulate and the inclusion of potentially harmful provisions for the protection of the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection.
ICSID orders Argentina to pay US$136 million plus interest for contractual breaches
8-Feb-2016 América Economía
The ICSID, the World Bank’s international arbitration tribunal, ordered Argentina to pay 136.1 million dollars plus interest to the companies, EDF International, Saur International and León Participaciones Argentinas for breach of contract.
RCEP to seek tariff pact by year-end
2-Feb-2016 The Nation
Officials from 16 countries will try to wrap up negotiations by the end of 2016 on integration in trade, services and investment under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
France’s Veolia files EUR 100 mln arbitration suit against Lithuania
28-Jan-2016 The Baltic Course
France’s Veolia, which owns district heat supply companies in Lithuania, filed a suit worth a preliminary 100 million euros against Lithuania.
China steps up push for more free-trade pacts to counter US-led TPP
18-Dec-2015 South China Morning Post
China has laid out a road map in its quest for free-trade agreements, pledging to reach deals with most of its neighbours and to further open up its own markets.