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Report: Is the arbitration clause of the Energy Charter Treaty compatible with EU law in its application between EU Member States?
26-Feb-2018 Umweltinstitut München
Despite the fact that the ECT was initiated and designed by the EU, there are compelling grounds to doubt the compatibility of the ECT’s arbitration clause with the principles underpinning the EU’s judicial system.
The battle over TiSA: when everything is a service, a Trade in Services Agreement affects everyone
26-Feb-2018 IUF
A new report reveals the scope of the corporate power grab through a close examination of TiSA’s potential impact on workers across the IUF sectors and TiSA’s broader implications for the labour movement, society and democratic governance.
New NAFTA talks aim to clear pathway to toughest issues
26-Feb-2018 Reuters
Mexico and Canada aim to finish reworking less contentious chapters of the NAFTA trade deal with the United States in new talks, hoping to clear the path for a breakthrough on the toughest issues before upcoming elections.
NAFTA a good deal for corporations, a bad deal for the country
26-Feb-2018 The Bulletin
Should the US remain in the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement?
Spain to pay compensation to renewables investors
26-Feb-2018 Wind Power
In a second international ruling against retroactive cuts in renewables support introduced by the Spanish government in 2013, a Swedish arbitration panel has awarded a Luxembourg-based investment firm €53 million compensation.
Justin Trudeau’s visit reflects uneasy state of Indo-Canada trade ties
26-Feb-2018 LiveMint
India’s decision to raise duties on pulses from Canada, elusive progress on bilateral investment treaty and free trade pact major hurdles in improving trade relations.
The ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’ emerges as a counter to China’s ’One Belt, One Road’
26-Feb-2018 Taiwan News
A Japanese official speaking in Washington discussed conditions for Japan’s participation in China’s BRI project, while also suggesting China seek a partner role in the emerging ’Indo-Pacific Strategy’.
Pakistan-China: ‘FTA to be signed by mid-March’
26-Feb-2018 The Express Tribune
The second phase of the free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China would be signed by mid-March to increase bilateral trade.
Activists: Palm oil must not get wider access to EU under Indonesia trade talks
26-Feb-2018 Mongabay
Environmental activists have called for the issue of palm oil to be excluded from discussions taking place this week between the Indonesian government and a European Union trade delegation.
Everything you need to know about the CEPA trade deal but were afraid to ask
26-Feb-2018 The Ecologist
A total of 60 civil society organisations from Indonesia and Europe have signed a joint statement laying out serious concerns with the EU-Indonesia trade agreement. These behind-closed-doors trade negotiations - like CETA and TTIP - jeopardise an equitable and just future.
Indonesia turns to Latin America to diversify trade portfolio
23-Feb-2018 Oxford Business Group
After achieving a foreign trade surplus last year on the back of strong demand for minerals and agricultural products, Indonesia is looking to sustain growth by building ties with new markets, as well as deepening relationships with existing partners.
Washington wheat growers warn Trump TPP withdrawal could prove catastrophic
23-Feb-2018 Digital Journal
The wheat growers’ leadership and staff continue to stress the importance of maintaining and strengthening free trade agreements, such as TPP, NAFTA and the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Canadian corporation uses NAFTA to threaten proposed protection for Puget Sound
23-Feb-2018 Sierra Club
The proposed policy follows the escape of over 200,000 Atlantic salmon from the company’s fish farms, sparking outcry from Indigenous groups, environmentalists, and fishing communities.
Red tape in the meat industry? It’s the difference between life and death
23-Feb-2018 The Guardian
Without regulations that scrutinise food standards and trade deals, we cannot trust the safety of the food on our plates.
Telefonica files complaint to ICSID over Colombia fine
23-Feb-2018 Telecompaper
Telefonica has filed an arbitration complaint with the World Bank’s ICSID against the Colombian arbitration fine for breaching a government contract for mobile services.
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific urges lawmakers to consider jobs, science-based policy, fair and equitable treatment
23-Feb-2018 Cooke Aquaculture
Will seek NAFTA arbitration if ban on Atlantic salmon farming is approved.
Kant bats for early ratification of India-EU FTA
23-Feb-2018 Outlook India
NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of India’s CEO Amitabh Kant today said it is "extremely important" for the India-EU free trade pact to be ratified at the earliest as countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam already enjoy preferential access to European markets.
’Dirty meat’: Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants
22-Feb-2018 The Guardian
Previously unseen government records detail ‘deeply worrying’ incidents in pork and poultry plants, raising fears of ‘dirty meat’ entering the UK under a post-Brexit trade deal.
API supports NAFTA modernization that retains strong protections for US investors
22-Feb-2018 Oil and Gas Online
Ongoing negotiations to modernize NAFTA must advance our role as a global energy leader by retaining US access to Mexico’s newly-opened oil and natural gas market and providing strong protections, including Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
Georgia and Turkey boost trade by widening free trade agreement
22-Feb-2018 Trend
Georgian producers will soon be able to increase export volume to Turkey by 20 percent as Georgia and Turkey have agreed to widen an existing free trade agreement