Negotiations
Japan: G20 Leaders’ Summit to focus on free trade
25-Jun-2019AA Under Japan, G20 focuses on fixing current account imbalances with multilateral policy coordination not bilateral trade deals.
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25-Jun-2019 FTA Watch
Thai CSOs’ proposition against IP enforcement in the RCEP negotiation
FTA Watch would like to urge the Thai negotiation team for the RCEP to have a strong position to reject proposals on Intellectual Property Enforcement chapter. -
25-Jun-2019 CIAR Global
Conflictos contra países de Latam y Caribe representan 28% de los arbitrajes de inversión conocidos
El informe “Impactos de las demandas de arbitraje de inversores contra Estados de América Latina y El Caribe“, realizado por el Transnational Institute analiza la situación de los países de estas regiones en relación con el arbitraje de inversiones -
25-Jun-2019 IPS
A Bad Free Trade Agreement Is Worse than Nothing
With growing economic conflicts triggered by US President Donald Trump’s novel neo-mercantilist approach to overcoming his nation’s economic malaises, many voices now argue that bad free trade agreements are better than nothing. -
25-Jun-2019 EU Observer
EU-Vietnam trade deal a bad day for workers’ rights
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown. -
25-Jun-2019 Radio Mundo Real
Acuerdo Unión Europea-Mercosur "perfora" la integración regional
Tras más de 20 años de negociaciones, el Mercosur y la UE están cerca de firmar un tratado de libre comercio. -
25-Jun-2019 Télam
Funcionarios de la UE y el Mercosur se reúnen para definir el acuerdo político
Los comisarios europeos de Comercio, de Agricultura y de Crecimiento e Inversiones mantendrán mañana una cena de trabajo con ministros del Mercosur para pasar revista a los progresos en la negociación del acuerdo de libre comercio entre ambos bloques. -
25-Jun-2019 Basta !
Malgré la destruction de l’Amazonie, les dirigeants européens négocient un traité commercial avec le Brésil
Les discussions entre l’Union européenne et les pays du Mercosur (Brésil, Argentine, Uruguay, Paraguay), ouvertes il y a 20 ans, pourraient aboutir cette semaine à un vaste accord de libre-échange. Mais plus de 340 organisations appellent les présidents des institutions européennes, en amont de la réunion des ministres des affaires étrangères, à interrompre immédiatement ces négociations commerciales. -
25-Jun-2019 NBC (Namibia)
Namibia and SACU review FTA
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has called on trade experts to find innovative ways to contribute to the success of the review process of the Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement. -
25-Jun-2019 CommodAfrica
Zone de libre-échange africaine : vers un méga-accord commercial avec l’Europe ?
Bien que le scénario d’un accord commercial entre l’Union Africaine et l’Union Européenne a été soutenu au plus haut niveau, la légitimité d’une négociation intercontinentale pose problème -
25-Jun-2019 The Hindu
Building confidence, BIT by BIT
Indian bilateral investment treaties need to strike a balance between foreign investor interests and those of the statemore
Key issues
Arbitration overrules Tallinna Vesi tariff complaint, must pay costs
24-Jun-2019 ERR News Tallinn water utility Tallinna Vesi has seen its claim against the Estonian state overruled by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), and has been ordered to pay costs likely to be in excess of half a million euros.
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24-Jun-2019 CEO, TNI, FOEE, FOEI
New research shows public interest damage caused by corporate justice
New research published today reveals the devastating consequences of the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system -
20-Jun-2019 Romania Insider
EU allows Romania to pay EUR 200 mln compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors
The 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. -
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.more
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