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Brazil, Spain want EU-Mercosur deal by end of the year
27-Apr-2023 Buenos Aires Times
Leaders of Brazil and Spain hope long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur trade bloc can be finalised by the end of the year.
Brazil’s Lula visits Spain with Mercosur deal on agenda
26-Apr-2023 Yahoo
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in Spain on the second stop of a European tour aimed at resetting relations and making progress on a long-delayed trade deal between the European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur.
The EU is committed to developing the Association Agreement with Algeria
16-Mar-2023 The Maghrebian Economist
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced on Sunday that Brussels is sticking to the association agreement with Algeria.
Spain sticks with decision to block Berkeley’s uranium mine
8-Feb-2023 Mining.com
Berkeley said it also believes the rejection is not legal as it infringed on its rights under an international agreement known as the Energy Charter Treaty.
Spain-Algeria trade deadlock raises business anxiety
8-Dec-2022 Daily Sabah
Six months after Algeria cut ties with Spain following the dispute over Western Sahara, trade between the two countries remains paralyzed, much to the dismay of the worst-hit companies.
Berkeley Energia sends notification of dispute to Spain over uranium plant application
21-Nov-2022 Market Watch
Berkeley Energia Ltd. sent a written notification of an investment dispute to the Spanish government following the rejection of its application to construct a uranium-concentrate plant as a radioactive facility at its Salamanca project in November 2021
Spain to follow Italy and Poland and leave the Energy Charter
13-Oct-2022 The Corner
Spain has initiated proceedings to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, signed by 53 countries and in force since 1998, designed to protect foreign investment in energy infrastructure.
Uruguayan FM off to brokering Mercosur deal approval with EU
7-Sep-2022 MercoPress
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo is off on a European tour seeking to advance in the signing of the Mercosur-European Union agreement.
Algeria and Spain return to normal trade relations despite the current political crisis, economic reality prevails and trade relations resume
24-Aug-2022 Atalayar
After almost two months, Algeria has ended trade restrictions with Spain. This decision eases the current crisis between Algiers and Madrid, triggered by Spain’s turnaround on the Sahara.
Buhari woos Spanish investors with ‘tax-free environment’, free trade zone
3-Jun-2022 Hallmark News
Spain has been a major importer of Nigerian crude oil, and Nigeria’s exports to Spain stood at $4.8billion in 2020 whilst Spain’s exports to Nigeria increased from $97.2 million in 1995 to $517million in 2020
From solar dream to legal nightmare
2-Jun-2022 TNI
How financial investors, law firms and arbitrators are profiting from the investment arbitration boom in Spain.
Spain pushes for quick EU action to approve Chile trade deal
22-Apr-2022 Bloomberg
Spain wants the European Union to move quickly to ink a free-trade deal with copper powerhouse Chile that was put on ice late last year.
Enagás redoubles its fight with the Peruvian Government to recover 400 million invested in a gas pipeline
3-Jan-2022 Market Research Telecast
Enagás considers that the future dividends of this project amount to 186 million dollars that would be added to the almost 400 million that it hopes to recover from the other arbitration.
Spain and Colombia sign new BIT
26-Oct-2021 IISD
Spain and Colombia signed a new BIT on September 16, 2021. Both countries sought to modernize the previous treaty, which had come into force in 2005.
The Irish Spanish Solar sues Spain in the ICSID for the cut in premiums to renewables
9-Aug-2021 Market Research Telecast
Spanish Solar demands compensation from the Spanish Government for having cut the premiums for the use of energy once the investments have been made.
Spain urges European Commission to unblock Mercosur agreement
4-May-2021 Euractiv
Spanish Prime Minister has urged the European Commission to do everything in its power to move forward and unfreeze progress on the Mercosur pact
Government seeks renegotiation of BIT Treaty with Spain
1-Mar-2021 GhanaWeb
Ghana’s Foreign Affairs minister-designate has sought for a renegotiation of the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) signed between Ghana and Spain.
Egypt wins international arbitration against two Spanish companies demanding €236m compensation
6-Nov-2020 Egypt Today
The ICSID has turned down a lawsuit filed by Spanish companies Cementos La Union and Aridos Jativa against the Egyptian State, demanding a compensation of more than €236 million.
NextEra wins millionaire renewables lawsuit against Spain
18-Jun-2020 The Corner
The ICSID has lifted the suspension on the execution of the €290 million award NextEra obtained a year ago.
Ray of hope for Reko Diq penalty being nixed
15-Jun-2020 The Express Tribune
Pakistan’s chances of having its $6 billion penalty in the Reko Diq case annulled have received a boost with a committee of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).