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La filière bovine veut faire capoter le Ceta
24-Feb-2017 Les Echos
Les professionnels de l’élevage bovin comptent sur les parlementaires français pour qu’ils ne ratifient pas l’accord.
A ’new’ recipe for trade
24-Feb-2017 Economic & Political Weekly
With other mega regional trade agreements like the Trans–Pacific Partnership in uncertainty, trade treaties like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will acquire greater significance beyond their original ASEAN-centred grouping. The RCEP needs to be tracked for its implications for both the global trading system and the livelihoods of people.
Brexit could help EU strike free trade deal with India, MEPs believe
23-Feb-2017 The Guardian
Leaked document suggests Indian tariffs on scotch and Theresa May’s visa rules for skilled Indians had been impeding progress.
Investor-state dispute settlements: great for business, risky for the environment
23-Feb-2017 Ecojustice
What makes ISDS divisive is it exposes governments to potentially expensive private arbitration by foreign corporations who feel that environmental protection measures impede their business.
US business pushes for bilateral trade pact between Manila, Washington
23-Feb-2017 Manila Times
The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines seemed to have taken the cudgels for the Philippine government by pushing for a bilateral free trade agreement with the United States.
Latvia first to ratify Canada-EU trade deal
23-Feb-2017 LSM
The Latvian parliament, the Saeima, became the first in the European Union to fully ratify a groundbreaking free trade deal between the 28-member bloc and Canada.
Baloney Meter: Will free trade with the EU benefit everyone in Canada?
23-Feb-2017 CTV
"At its heart, CETA is a framework for trade that works for everyone." said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. So does it?
Yukos saga continues as Russia bound by provisional application of Energy Charter Treaty
23-Feb-2017 Lexology
The latest award on jurisdiction conflicts with the ruling of a Dutch court which overturned an earlier award of US$50 billion in favour of the former majority shareholders of Yukos.
Freeport’s threat of arbitration simply a ploy to block mining reform
23-Feb-2017 Jakarta Post
International arbitration within the investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism has become a powerful weapon exploited by MNCs to circumvent national regulations and bully governments
Pressure grows on mining giant to pay $8 million to El Salvador
23-Feb-2017 Tele Sur
Over 280 organizations from around the world sent an open letter to Canadian-Australian mining giant OceanaGold demanding that the company adhere to an earlier ruling that ordered the company to pay the government of El Salvador US$8 million
Western Sahara: MEPs urge European Commission comply with CJEU ruling
22-Feb-2017 Sahara Press Service
Members of the European Parliament have urged the European commission to comply with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union which excluded Western Sahara territories of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.
Manas Bank v. Kyrgyz Republic: Paris Appeals Court annuls $16.5 million award for Valeri Belokon
22-Feb-2017 Akipress
The Paris Appeals Court annuled $16.5 million award for Latvian businessman Valeri Belokon and reinstated the evidence that Manas Bank employees were engaged in money laundering.
U.S. company Windstream Energy sues Canada for $28-million in NAFTA case
22-Feb-2017 The Globe and Mail
A New York-based energy company is asking the Ontario Superior Court to enforce a $28-million award against the Canadian and Ontario governments that it received under a NAFTA arbitration.
Govt asked to ignore Freeport’s lawsuit threat
22-Feb-2017 Antara News
The Indonesian Institute for Global Justice has asked the government to consistently apply the state regulation number 4 of 2009 and ignore Freeports threat to bring its legal dispute with the government to the International Court of Arbitration.
India should hold firm against the European efforts to undermine its new model Bilateral Investment Treaty
22-Feb-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
In the transition to its new approach to investor protection, India has sought to terminate its existing BITs with individual EU Members. Now the European Commission is pressuring India to extend those existing treaties.
New report on investment arbitration
22-Feb-2017 ISDS Blog
SCC is a preferred venue for investment arbitrations. Over the past 20 years, the SCC has administered and acted as appointing authority in more than 90 investment arbitrations, both in small-sized and in large-scale disputes.
French leftist lawmakers take EU-Canada free trade deal to court
22-Feb-2017 Reuters
More than 100 French left-wing lawmakers decided to appeal to the country’s Constitutional Council to block a contentious free trade deal between the European Union and Canada.
’Resolving mobility issue is the key to UK-India free trade pact’
21-Feb-2017 The Hindu
Joint working group can act as a fulcrum for the FTA: India’s High Commissioner to UK
Canada stresses talks on NAFTA will involve all three members
21-Feb-2017 Reuters
Any talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement would involve all three member nations, a top Canadian official said
Iran supports creation of free trade zone with EAEU
21-Feb-2017 Tehran Times
Iran wants to finalize the arrangements for an agreement on formation of a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union