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Climate, labour remain knotty issues in EU FTA
24-Jan-2023 Hindustan Times
Several knotty issues related to labour, environment and sustainability that have emerged in negotiations between India and the European Union on a free trade agreement will require political guidance for further progress
US raises ’grave concerns’ over Mexico’s anti-GMO farm policies
24-Jan-2023 Reuters
US farm and trade officials raised "grave concerns" over Mexico’s agricultural biotechnology policies in meetings with their Mexican counterparts, as lingering disagreements threaten decades of booming corn trade between the neighbors.
Bite Latvia shareholder appeals to govt over 5G action by regulator SPRK
24-Jan-2023 Telecompaper
The US-based company Providence Equity Partners claims that certain actions by national public service regulator SPRK indicate a possible violation of the bilateral investment agreement between the US and Latvian governments.
EU ready to conclude free-trade agreement with Thailand
24-Jan-2023 The Thaiger
Thailand’s Commerce Minister will head to Brussels for a two-day business trip to accelerate talks on an FTA with the EU, but it remains a distant goal.
Polluter doesn’t pay: The Rockhopper v Italy award
23-Jan-2023 EJIL: Talk!
The way in which the reasoning of the Rockhopper award expels any environmental considerations has the effect of making climate change interventions considerably more costly
EU, Kazakhstan ink agreement on raw materials and renewable hydrogen at COP27
23-Jan-2023 The Astana Times
The European Union and Kazakhstan seek to strengthen their strategic partnership by signing an agreement on raw materials, batteries and renewable hydrogen.
Greta Thunberg’s arrest shows why we must abolish the Energy Charter Treaty
23-Jan-2023 Open Democracy
The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go.
How Chinese companies are challenging national security decisions that could delay 5G network rollout
23-Jan-2023 The Conversation
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
India FTA can be clinched this year, but no more visa offers: UK trade minister
23-Jan-2023 India Today
The India-UK free trade agreement is expected to be clinched this year but it won’t involve any boost of free movement visa offers for Indians.
India, Vietnam to begin talks on trade agreement
23-Jan-2023 Mint
A joint Indo-Vietnamese working group will be formed in the coming months to examine the feasibility of a trade pact.
US government seeks to dismiss Keystone XL pipeline case, while taxpayers have already spent $250,000 to NAFTA arbitration tribunal
20-Jan-2023 Public Citizen
The State Department requested the $15 billion case be thrown out on jurisdictional grounds, as President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline on his first day in office, long after the US-Mexico Canada Agreement was in effect.
Taylor: US tells Mexico biotech corn restrictions won’t stand
20-Jan-2023 Agri-Pulse
Taylor said the USDA appreciates Mexico’s willingness to negotiate on its looming decree to ban imports of genetically modified corn, but U.S. officials are far from satisfied with the latest compromise offered by Mexican officials.
Australia, EU locked in ‘feta’ trade fight
20-Jan-2023 Michael West
Australia is locked in a high-stakes food fight with Europe over certain local products using the names Prosecco for wine and feta for cheese.
Iran, EAEU sign free trade deal: IRNA
20-Jan-2023 Press TV
Iran and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed a free trade agreement to allow tariff-free exports for more than 90% of their products.
Govt. resumes measures to operationalise FTA with Singapore
20-Jan-2023 Daily Mirror
The government has resumed measures to operationalise the Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA) that came into effect in May 2018 which covers goods, services, investment, intellectual properties, telecommunications, e-commerce, trade facilitation, government procurement, competition and economic and technical co-operation.
CAB urges energy ministry for not signing Energy Charter Treaty
20-Jan-2023 The Daily Star
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) submitted a petition, signed by 25,720 persons, urging the energy ministry for not signing the Energy Charter Treaty as the signing of the treaty will affect the public interest and the nation’s energy sector.
CEPA negotiations likely to start in two months
19-Jan-2023 The Financial Express
Bangladesh and India are expected to start negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement within the next two months, officials said.
Australian lithium miners lead way in battery minerals supply chain
19-Jan-2023 PV Magazine
While it is likely the US will identify additional free trade agreements for the purposes of the battery critical mineral requirements going forward, Australia, as one of the countries with an exisiting free trade agreement with the US, has a “critical” role to play.
AfCFTA protocol on investment draft (Feb 2022)
18-Jan-2023
Preliminary analysis of the IPEF chapter on good regulatory practice
18-Jan-2023 Third World Network
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) seeks to impose a structure, set of procedures and criteria to govern the Parties’ regulatory decision making at the central government level.