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Lebanon, Palestine join Agadir free trade agreement
The Arab Mediterranean free trade agreement also groups Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, and allows greater access to European markets.
China misses deadline for ’negative list’ investment offer to U.S.
Chinese officials have missed their own deadline to submit a new offer for a proposed investment treaty that would shrink the number of sectors closed to American investors
Here is why the EU appealed EU Court ruling on Western Sahara
The Official Journal of the European Union has published the appeal brought by the EU Council against the Court of Justice of the EU’s decision to annul the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement insofar as it applies in Western Sahara.
An inconvenient truth about free trade
“We have developed a politician who encourages the most dangerous kind of citizenship a democracy can know—the panicky, grasping, idealless kind.”
Mining company files ISDS case against Panama
New York-based Dominion Minerals Corporation decided to move ahead with an investor-state dispute case against the Panamanian government.
India, EU fail to make headway on free trade agreement talks
India and EU have failed to made the much-awaited announcement on resumption of long stalled negotiations for a free trade agreement as many bottlenecks still remain.
New analysis shows ’frivolous’ corporate sovereignty suits increasingly used to deter regulation rather than win compensation
Why would investors continue to file these highly costly cases, if the expected success rate is so low?
Investment protection in ASEAN – part 2: Bilateral Investment Agreements
In contrast to ASEAN-based investors that are protected under AICA, the level of protection for foreign investors largely depends on bilateral investment treaties.
TTIP means no way back for UK steel industry
The projected impacts of EU-US trade deal the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the UK metals sector means there is no way the government will be able to save the steel industry
Investment protection in ASEAN – part 1: the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) was adopted in 2009 to establish an investment environment based on international best practices.
TTIP to follow CETA’s geographical carve up?
The European Commission released a summary of the final text of the Comprehensive European Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), which is widely regarded as a TTIP testbed.
Chrystia Freeland’s ’public’ TPP consultations are anything but
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership, International Trade minister Chrystia Freeland has claimed to be in “listening mode." But it is not clear whom she is actually consulting. From our experience, it has been the usual blue-chip industry reps.
India, Belgium pitch for resumption of Free Trade Agreement talks
India and Belgium pitched for resumption of the long stalled negotiations on the proposed India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) on "mutually agreed terms" as Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Michel resolved to strengthen their bilateral ties.
Israel, China open talks on free-trade agreement
Chinese vice premier Liu Yandong met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem to discuss the matter.
CETA a household word on Canadian farms, in Europe not so much
Trade deal is a ‘non-story’ on the other side of 
the Atlantic
Pakistan, Iran agree to remove NTBs, start FTA talks
Neighbouring country expresses desire to participate in privatisation programme
Uruguay to promote Mercosur-China FTA: FM
Uruguay expects to promote the signing of a free trade agreement between Mercosur and China when Uruguay holds its pro-tempore presidency.
Ben Guerdane to host free trade zone
The Tunisian government has announced plans to create a free trade zone within the southern town of Ben Guerdane.
Nepal signs trade point pact with China to offset India’s trade monopoly
Among the ten agreements sealed by both countries include a feasibility study on the establishment of a Free Trade Agreement.
US and China close in on a bilateral investment treaty
Chinese officials announced that a US-China bilateral investment treaty (BIT) is close to being signed.