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Turkey seeks preferential trade deal with Ethiopia
16-Feb-2021 Anadolu
As bilateral trade between Turkey and Ethiopia is rising, Turkey indicated the need for a preferential trade agreement.
China’s labour rights issues a threat to its trade deal with EU
16-Feb-2021 Hindustan Times
In the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment is expected to face intense resistance from some European lawmakers, while international unionists, who say the pact will do nothing to stop human rights abuses or protect labour rights in China, have vowed to ramp up pressure over the deal.
AfCFTA states terms for members in other pacts
16-Feb-2021 The East African
African countries negotiating free trade agreements with parties from other parts of the world will be required to grant the same preferences or better terms to African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) member states.
Record year for arbitration cases registered with ICSID
15-Feb-2021 Out-Law
According to ICSID, there were 58 new cases registered with it last year, up from the previous record high of 56 in 2018 and the 39 recorded in 2019.
Fiji and the United States of America meet under the Trade And Investment Framework Agreement for the first time
15-Feb-2021 Fiji Sun
The inaugural Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) meeting between the United States of America (USA) and Fiji was held virtually.
Govt. to review ETCA and other trade agreements
15-Feb-2021 Daily Mirror.lk
The Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India is among the bilateral trade agreements to be reviewed by the Sri Lankan government to decide on the next step, a Minister said.
Could Biden make US-China trade better for workers?
15-Feb-2021 The Diplomat
If decoupling is not in the cards, the United States must find a way to ensure trade improves the lives of workers – on both sides of the Pacific.
Cambodia scheduled to join Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement
15-Feb-2021 Khmer Times
Cambodia recently notified the Asean Secretariat it is ready to comply with AHKFTA, meaning the pact covers all Asean member countries from Feb 12.
Triggering growth: Are free trade agreements the answer?
15-Feb-2021 Financial Express
Negotiating FTAs can be a challenge as it involves an element of give and take. Since companies trade and not countries, some benefit while others lose out.
Could an appellate review mechanism “fix” the ISDS system?
12-Feb-2021 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
An appeal mechanism is not the panacea to all primary concerns associated with ISDS. There is a need for holistic reform.
Grassroots campaign launches to stop CETA ratification
12-Feb-2021 Green News
A grassroots group known as “Stop CETA Ireland” has launched a campaign to stop the Irish government from ratifying the controversial Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada.
RFE/RL accuses Russia of violating treaty through ’foreign agent’ law
12-Feb-2021 Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty says Russia is violating a bilateral investment treaty by targeting the organization’s news operations within Russia under its controversial “foreign agent” law.
What do trade deals mean for FDI?
12-Feb-2021 Investment Monitor
Categorical claims about the impact of trade deals on FDI are not supported by the evidence, which paints a nuanced and sometimes contradictory picture.
Front of Brazilian civil society organizations against the Mercosur-EU agreement
12-Feb-2021
The undersigned Brazilian civil society organizations are expressing their opposition to signing the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.
From globalization to ecological and solidarity reshoring
12-Feb-2021 AITEC
In Brussels, the virus of free trade and the impunity of multinationals is far from receding. But social and ecological relocalization seems to us the only alternative that could embody a desirable collective horizon.
SK Innovation considers arbitration proceedings against Peruvian government
12-Feb-2021 Korea Herald
SK Innovation is considering initiating international arbitration proceedings against the Peruvian government for blocking the company’s exit from Camisea Gas Project in Peru.
Manila to work with EU on free trade — Duterte
12-Feb-2021 Business World
The Philippines would keep working with the European Union (EU) on issues including free trade and investment, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Wednesday as he got a visit from the bloc’s ambassador-designate.
China-backed RCEP trade deal unlikely to benefit developing members in short term, analysts say
12-Feb-2021 South China Morning Post
The Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership (RCEP) is unlikely to bring immediate significant benefits for its developing member countries in terms of flow of goods and services or major infrastructure investments, analysts and economists said.
Japan expects Biden to rejoin the TPP
12-Feb-2021 The Diplomat
The US was critical in convincing Japan to join the trade pact. Now Tokyo wants to bring Washington back into the fold.
ASEAN and India agree to review FTA on decade of anniversary
12-Feb-2021 Khmer Times
Trade ministers from India and the Southeast Asian association agreed this month to start discussions on reviewing the scope of the ASEAN-India free trade agreement (AIFTA), some 10 years after it came into force.