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Venezuela pays Gold Reserve $40 million on $800 million ICSID expropriation judgment
19-Jun-2017 Latin America Herald Tribune
Gold Reserve Inc. reports that it has received a $40 million payment on its $800 million judgment that it won at the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 2014.
After AGOA: SA must prepare for two-way free trade agreements with US
19-Jun-2017 Daily Maverick
The Trump Administration has signalled its impatience to replace the AGOA preferential trade deal with Africa with normal two-way free trade agreements.
Iran, EAEU finalize accord on free trade zone
19-Jun-2017 Trend
Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have finalized an agreement to create a free trade zone.
Interview with Yvonne Takang
16-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Yvonne Takang has been campaigning and lobbying against Economic Partnership Agreements in Cameroon at the Association Citoyenne de Défense des Intérêts Collectifs
RCEP: A disaster for India and its people
16-Jun-2017 Newsclick
An eminent Indian trade economist speaks about the problems of RCEP
Indian farmers’ debt wipe demands show why free trade deal with Australia is unlikely
16-Jun-2017 ABC
When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited India two months ago, he made much of reviving stalled free trade talks — but developments in India this week show the prospects of eventual success are remote at best.
FAFTA braces for battle against Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
16-Jun-2017 Hans India
A coalition of farmers unions, trade unions and civil society fights against RCEP in India
Community perspectives in investor-state arbitration
16-Jun-2017 IIED
This report examines whether and how investor-state arbitral tribunals consider community perspectives, interests and rights in their settlement of investment disputes.
EU leans toward big concession on autoparts trade with Japan
16-Jun-2017 Nikkei
Brussels wants Japanese farm products on the chopping board in return.
Ross: African countries face ‘critical question’
16-Jun-2017 Politico
US Commerce Secretary delivered a tough message to African countries, urging them to strike bilateral trade deals with the United States and warning that the Trump administration would closely monitor their compliance with eligibility rules under the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Canada may not celebrate CETA provisional implementation on July 1, 2017
15-Jun-2017 Mondaq
Canada has passed a statute but still must implement the necessary regulations and establish governmental processes required to implement the Canada-EU CETA.
The shifting landscape of investor-state arbitration: loyalists, reformists, revolutionaries and undecideds
15-Jun-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The investor-state arbitration landscape is shifting under our feet. The utility and legitimacy of traditional investor-state arbitration have come under fire, but states have not converged on a viable alternative.
The RCEP negotiations: From one round to another to another
15-Jun-2017 Madhyam
Given the internal differences among participating countries, the RCEP certainly does not look anywhere near conclusion this year.
Trump’s agricultural trade policy with China: trade-offs or trade disputes?
15-Jun-2017 IATP
Biotech companies will join Cargill and Tyson as the main beneficiaries of U.S.-China agricultural trade policy.
Chamber of Commerce calls for stronger IP under NAFTA
15-Jun-2017 World Intellectual Property Preview
The US Chamber of Commerce, a federation representing more than three million businesses, has called for stronger IP provisions in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Vanuatu parliament unites in opposition to PACER Plus
15-Jun-2017 Radio NZ
The Vanuatu opposition has congratulated the government for its decision not to sign the PACER Plus trade agreement.
New Zealand aims for high level free trade with Europe
15-Jun-2017 Fresh Plaza
The New Zealand Government has set a target of having 90 per cent of goods traded with the European Union covered by a free trade agreement by 2030.
NAFTA’S Chapter 19 a potential big issue
15-Jun-2017 Politico
Canada and Mexico should push very hard to preserve Chapter 19 of the original NAFTA agreement, which created a mechanism to resolve disputes over anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures, a former Mexican official said.
ETUC resolution for an EU progressive trade and investment policy
14-Jun-2017 S2B
The European Trade Union Confederation calls for a progressive European trade and investment policy with at its core the creation of decent jobs, the protection of fundamental rights and the interests of workers.
Ten alternatives to a corporate trade agenda
14-Jun-2017 Global Justice Now
What a democratic UK trade policy after Brexit would look like.