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Korea, Chile eye early start of talks on Seoul’s Pacific Alliance membership bid
29-Apr-2019 Korea Times
The leaders of South Korea and Chile agreed to seek the early launch of negotiations on Seoul’s bid to be an associate member of the Pacific Alliance.
Axiata seeks arbitration in Nepal tax case
29-Apr-2019 Mobile World Live
Axiata Group’s UK subsidiary and Nepal mobile unit filed a request for arbitration with the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, regarding a capital gains tax bill levied by Nepali authorities.
Free trade agreement phase-II signed between Pakistan, China in Beijing
29-Apr-2019 Urdu Point
Pakistan and China on Sunday signed the second phase of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to further enhance bilateral trade between the two countries.
Vietnam expects to sign free trade pact with EU by end-June
29-Apr-2019 Today Online
Vietnam expects to sign a long-anticipated free trade agreement with the European Union before the end of June, the Southeast Asian country’s foreign ministry said.
Parker seeks urgency for China free trade agreement upgrade
29-Apr-2019 NZ Herald
NZ Trade Minister David Parker and China Commerce Minister Zhong Shan have directed officials to complete negotiations on the upgrade of the China free trade deal as soon as possible.
Phase 2 of the UNCITRAL ISDS review: Why “other matters” really matter
26-Apr-2019 IISD
If the investment regime is to be made supportive of development and overcome its legitimacy crisis confronting, something more is required than procedural reforms to ISDS.
Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
26-Apr-2019 Science
Brazil, home to one of the planet’s last great forests, is currently in trade negotiations with its second largest trading partner, the European Union (EU). We urge the EU to seize this critical opportunity to ensure that Brazil protects human rights and the environment.
Japan’s Aso opposes linking currency with trade in US talks
26-Apr-2019 Bloomberg
Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso pushed back against US efforts to link the yen with bilateral talks aimed at striking a trade deal.
Kazakhstan, other EAEU countries to reduce import duties on Iran on 502 goods
26-Apr-2019 Trend
At the plenary session of the Senate of Kazakhstan, the deputies adopted a law on ratification of a temporary agreement on the formation of a free trade zone between the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran
French firm Suez settles one of two disputes with Argentina for €220 million
26-Apr-2019 Buenos Aires Times
French water and waste management company receives compensation from the government, settling one of its legal disputes with country dating back to Néstor Kirchner’s presidency.
Kenya’s foreign trade disputes costly - experts
26-Apr-2019 The Star
Kenya spends at least Sh500 million in defending a single case filed by investors at international courts under the Bilateral Investment Treaties, according to a regional trade negotiation institute.
Politically motivated conduct in investment treaty arbitration
25-Apr-2019 IISD
Tribunals lack both a coherent conception of what constitutes politically motivated conduct and a consistent understanding of the relevance, if any, of such motivations for the disposition of foreign investors’ legal claims.
Call against the EU Tunisia DCFTA
25-Apr-2019 No DCFTA in Tunisia
As European movements, we denounce this DCFTA as a violent neo-colonial project and support Tunisian organisations’ struggle against liberal policies imposed upon them by the European Union.
Egypt, EAEU seek establishing free trade zone
25-Apr-2019 Egypt Today
The talks took up the issues of customs cooperation, trade movement and rules of origin along with competition and prevention of monopoly.
Over 200 organizations denounce multimillion dollar suit brought by US mining firm against Guatemala
25-Apr-2019 YubaNet
The company filed the suit in December 2018 for alleged violations of the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
Nord Stream 2 invokes Energy Charter Treaty to challenge EU gas link rules
25-Apr-2019 S&P Global
EU plans to extend its internal energy market rules to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas link to Germany could breach the Energy Charter Treaty, which protects international investors, according to the Swiss-registered company building it.
Brexit: Screaming for vengeance? Enforcing intra-EU arbitral awards in the post-Brexit UK
24-Apr-2019 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
After Brexit, the UK will be theoretically a suitable jurisdiction to enforce intra-EU awards.
Chinese, Chilean presidents agree to further promote cooperation under BRI
24-Apr-2019 CGTN
Chinese President and his Chilean counterpart agreed to further promote bilateral cooperation under the Belt and Road framework. The upgraded FTA between the two countries came into effect in March 2019.
Rosia Montana: Seeds of utopia in town almost lost to gold mining
24-Apr-2019 Al Jazeera
In 2015, Gabriel Resources sued Romania before of the ICSID, asking for a reported four billion dollars in damages, after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine.
US labor opposes USMCA in current form: official
24-Apr-2019 France 24
The head of the largest US labor union said he opposes ratification of the new North American free trade pact, because he doubts Mexico will enforce labor reforms required by the deal.