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Pacific Alliance looks to Asia as NAFTA, TPP face uncertainty
22-May-2017 CNBC
Pacific Alliance countries are in talks to expand the trade bloc outside Latin America and into high-growth Asia as the future of established deals, such as NAFTA and the evolving Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), hang in the balance.
US to ask Argentina to expedite approval for patenting of seeds
22-May-2017 Revista Chacra
The opening of the US market to Argentine beef exports and its continued openness to biodiesel from this country will be made conditional on a demand that Argentina change its legislation to expedite the approval of patents on seeds waiting in the pipeline.
’TPP 11’ make show of unity, but members remain far apart
22-May-2017 Nikkei
Negotiators will reconvene in Japan, continue push to win back US.
Opinion 2/15 and the future of mixity and ISDS
22-May-2017 European Law Blog
The Court’s Opinion has consequences for future EU trade deals such as CETA and potentially a future UK-EU FTA.
Two major cooperatives ask government to keep dairy sector outside FTA negotiations purview
22-May-2017 Financial Express
The country’s two major dairy cooperatives have urged the government to keep dairy products outside the ongoing trade negotiations with various blocs including hugely milk surplus regions.
A turning of the tide against ISDS?
19-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The Court of Justice for the European Union fired a significant shot at investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), and the result is likely to be much more than just a flesh wound.
BRICS in Africa: more of the same? Pacs’ study compares investment treaties between the BRICS and African countries
19-May-2017 PACS
The BRICS Group was born in the century XXI with renewed expectations of changes in the world order through greater participation of the Global South. However, what we have witnessed so far is the consolidation of a new/old unequal world order.
U.S. seeks to shift trade tides as it starts Nafta overhaul
18-May-2017 Bloomberg
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer gave official notice to Congress of the government’s intention to renegotiate the 23-year-old accord with Mexico and Canada.
SA and UK start making plans for post-Brexit trade
18-May-2017 Business Day
Nations agree in principle to implement interim arrangement based on existing EU partnership deal.
Harmony in the private sector on NAFTA priorities
18-May-2017 Politico
US lobby groups to team up with their Mexican counterparts to establish a common agenda before talks begin
Why RCEP is the problem, not the solution
18-May-2017 Inquirer.net
RCEP negotiations have been highly conspiratorial and undemocratic, with all 18 rounds of trade discussions held in secret and no reports shared with the public
Trade pact dumped by Trump could be revived at Asia-Pacific meeting
17-May-2017 Reuters
Japan and other remaining members of the Trans Pacific Partnership will decide at the APEC meeting in Vietnam how to revive the trade agreement ditched by U.S. President Donald Trump.
EU ruling could complicate new trade deals - including UK’s
17-May-2017 NZ Herald
If all parliaments in member states have to approve international trade deals, future trade deals may take even longer than they already do to come to fruition.
Africa’s free trade agreement: A step too far?
17-May-2017 GTR
Plans to establish a single market for the 26 African countries in the Eastern and Southern African region – known as the tripartite free trade area (TFTA) – could be overly ambitious.
US oil firm Cobalt files for arbitration against Angola for $2 bln
17-May-2017 Reuters
U.S. oil firm Cobalt said it had filed requests for arbitration seeking more than $2 billion from Angola’s state-run Sonangol.
Vodafone Group serves second notice on India to formally start 2nd arbitration in tax case
17-May-2017 ET Telecom
Vodafone Group Plc has served its second notice on the Indian government to formally commence the​second ​arbitration in the high profile Rs 22,000 crore tax matter.
RCEP’s digital trade negotiations remain shrouded in secrecy
17-May-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
There has also been no official release of the chapters and textual proposals related to rules that are being tabled.
Bolivia’s step back in state arbitration
16-May-2017 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
How far does the new Bolivian arbitration act go in its intent to keep State arbitration inside the country?
Nigeria and Morocco move towards a “new generation” of bilateral investment treaties
16-May-2017 EJIL: Talk!
The treaty is an important attempt by two developing countries to move toward a new generation of BITs fully aligned with the evolution of international law.
Australia to launch free trade agreement talks with Hong Kong
16-May-2017 Sydney Morning Herald
Access for white-collar services businesses will be the focus as talks begin over a free trade agreement between Australia and Hong Kong.