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Britain puts banks at front of queue for US trade deal
14-Apr-2017 The Telegraph
British banks could be able to access the US markets in future as freely as they trade with the EU now, under a trade deal
Is it time to redesign or terminate investor-state arbitration?
14-Apr-2017 CIGI
A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met.
Ontario coughs up $28M to wind power company
14-Apr-2017 The Whig
The Ontario government says it has paid a $28-million award that a NAFTA tribunal ruled was owed to a wind power company over a provincial offshore wind moratorium.
U.S. wants trade to dominate economic talks with Japan: source
14-Apr-2017 Reuters
Japan wants to avoid kicking off bilateral FTA talks for fear of being pressured into opening up highly protected areas like agriculture.
China, Japan, ROK hold 12th round of free trade talks
14-Apr-2017 Xinhua
Top negotiators from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on pushing forward trade in goods and services as well as investment at the 12th round of talks on a trilateral free trade agreement
Negotiations initiated with Iran for signing FTA: Khurram
14-Apr-2017 DND
Pakistan: The Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan informed the Senate that negotiations were being initiated with Iran for signing the Free Trade Agreement.
India pushes Cairn to settle tax with fresh interest demand
13-Apr-2017 Bloomberg BNA
The Indian government nudges Cairn to accept the terms of its tax dispute settlement scheme instead of pursuing the international arbitration route.
ACP countries to negotiate as a unified entity with EU
12-Apr-2017 ACP Secretariat
Seventy-nine countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are preparing to negotiate a major partnership framework with the European Union which will set directions for trade relations.
Compulsory licensing in Colombia: Leaked documents show aggressive lobbying by Novartis
12-Apr-2017 Public Eye
Confidential documents obtained by Public Eye show that Novartis has threatened Colombia with international investment arbitration under its BIT with Switzerland to avoid the issuance of a compulsory license
EU denies it has frozen Philippines trade talks over human rights
12-Apr-2017 Reuters
The European Commission said on Tuesday the Philippines’ human rights record could influence future trade ties, but denied reports that it had suspended free trade negotiations with Manila.
Lessons from India on migration’s role in trade policy
12-Apr-2017 India Link
India-Australia FTA talks stall over agriculture and migration.
Japan, ASEAN push for speedy RCEP conclusion
12-Apr-2017 NHK World
Japan’s economy minister Hiroshige Seko and his counterparts from the 10 ASEAN member nations will seek an early conclusion of the RCEP deal.
EU-Tanzania seal $205m investment deal
12-Apr-2017 African Business Magazine
The two sides have managed to separate the grant from their long-running dispute over the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement, media have been told.
French government dilutes Court of Justice conclusion
11-Apr-2017 Western Sahara Resource Watch
A note sent from French government to the French parliamentarians in Brussels casts doubts on whether France has studied the judgment at all.
India, Georgia begin free trade agreement talks
11-Apr-2017 The Economic Times
India has begun the process of negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with Georgia.
Chile, China start talks to expand trade deal
11-Apr-2017 Yahoo
Chile and China launched negotiations Monday to expand trade ties in the face of protectionist threats from US President Donald Trump.
Labor union calls out Peru over land bond dispute
11-Apr-2017 Politico
The Teamsters labor union has escalated an investor dispute against Peru, arguing that its members’ pensions could be thrown into jeopardy as a result of the government’s alleged failure to pay investors $5 billion worth of debt tied up in land bonds.
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft annex on motor vehicles and equipment and parts thereof (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on transparency (EU proposal, Mar 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission
EU-Mercosur FTA - draft chapter on trade in goods (EU proposal, Apr 2017)
11-Apr-2017 European Commission
As released by the European Commission