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Air Tanzania aircraft may be seized over $100 million mining compensation claim
Australian-based exploration company Indiana Resources has threatened to attach one of Air Tanzania’s aircraft to force the Tanzanian government to pay nearly $100 million as compensation for a failed nickel project.
Smallholder farmers group wants US-Kenya trade deal stopped
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 14 – The Kenya Small Scale Farmers Forum (KESSFF) is asking the Kenyan government to halt ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, saying the deal favors America and that they have not been involved.
India, Russia discuss FTA to guarantee investment, says Russian deputy PM
India and Russia are discussing a free trade agreement to guarantee investment between the two countries. The New Delhi-Moscow relations have withstood the West’s pressures, and bilateral trade has been the biggest benefactor as well as a catalyst in this transformation.
Germany to support critical minerals-rich countries build processing capacity
Germany wants to help countries that are rich in critical minerals such as Chile, Indonesia and Namibia to build their own processing infrastructure to cut dependency on China.
Taiwan, Canada to launch FIPA investment agreement talks
Taiwan and Canada are likely to start the first round of talks about a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) in Taiwan within two weeks.
India, Mexico exploring free trade agreement: Envoy
India and Mexico have launched studies to explore the potential for a free-trade agreement (FTA), given India’s preoccupation with ongoing FTA negotiations with the UK, Australia and other partners.
India-Canada conclude 7th round of talks on Early Progress Trade Agreement
Indian and Canadian negotiators have concluded their seventh rounds of discussions towards securing an Early Progress Trade Agreement or EPTA between the two countries.
Mexican firm seeks $380 million from Honduras over blocked unit
Mexican investment firm JLL Capital, whose Honduran operation has been blocked since 2018 in a local dispute, is seeking some $380 million from the Central American country in arbitration proceedings.
Next round of India-UK free trade agreement talks from April 24
Both sides now continue to thrash out the thorny issues pertaining to the trade pact.
Ministers of EFTA to meet Goyal in Delhi on trade agreement this month
Four ministers of the European Free Trade Association are coming on April 26 to discuss potential trade engagement and free trade agreement, Goyal said here while addressing a business meeting.
Albanian PM threatens to quit international arbitration body
Premier Edi Rama reacted angrily to a decision by a World Bank-funded international arbitration body to grant around 110 million euros in compensation to an Italian businessman who claimed he was politically persecuted in Albania.
India, Latin America in talks to expand preferential trade agreement
Both sides are currently discussing expanding the number of goods included in the agreement, according to persons aware of the negotiations, which are in their early stages.
Denmark to withdraw from Energy Charter Treaty
Denmark will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty as it creates more uncertainties about investments than certainties, the Danish government announced.
Ukraine’s Naftogaz says Russia told to pay $5 billion for seizing Crimea assets
Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz that Moscow had been ordered by an arbitration court in The Hague to pay $5 billion in compensation for unlawfully expropriating its assets in Russian-annexed Crimea in 2014.
ASEAN, China start negotiations on upgrading bilateral FTA
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China started the first round of negotiations on the upgrade of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area.
Free trade deal is a major threat to UK public health, warn experts
The UK’s decision to join one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership, poses a major threat to UK public health, warn experts.
US avoids post-Brexit trade deal talks with UK during Biden visit
Joe Biden has dodged talks about a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK during his visit to Northern Ireland.
Goyal, France’s Becht discuss India-EU FTA
Trade minister Piyush Goyal discussed the progress on the India-EU free trade agreement with his French counterpart Olivier Becht, the commerce ministry said in a statement.
CEPA may pose risks for domestic industry, jobs
Signing the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with India may pose risks for Bangladesh’s domestic industry, revenue and jobs, forecasts a state-sponsored research and training institute.
Upgraded ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement in pipeline
ASEAN is currently in the process of upgrading its existing free trade agreement with dialogue partner South Korea, according to Satvinder Singh, the deputy secretary-general for ASEAN Economic Community.