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7-Mar-2024
SSRN
Using the 2015 arbitral award in von Pezold v. Zimbabwe as its starting point, this piece reflects on the relationship between racial capitalism and international law.
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7-Mar-2024
GMA News Online
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently announced the Philippines’ signing of the second protocol to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit. This agreement aims to facilitate trade and investment opportunities for businesses, including micro, small, and medium enterprises, by reducing trade barriers and enhancing market access.
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7-Mar-2024
Live Mint
India and the UK will make a last-ditch attempt in the coming days to iron out sticky issues and sign the free trade agreement (FTA).
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6-Mar-2024
Malay Mail
Malaysia is looking to increase the number of free trade agreements, said its Investment, Trade and Industry Minister.
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6-Mar-2024
La Via Campesina
Associazione Rurale Italiana highlighted the deep damage that CETA causes to small and medium-scale livestock farms in Italy; the risks of further economic (and therefore decision-making) reinforcement of a single industrial group on the entire dairy sector.
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6-Mar-2024
The National Tribune
The CTU has sent a letter to the European Commissioner of Trade to bring his attention to New Zealand’s disregard of its obligations under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the NZ-EU FTA by the Government’s repeal of Fair Pay Agreements
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5-Mar-2024
The Jakarta Globe
Indonesia and the European Union (EU) recently held the 17th round of negotiations on their long-awaited trade agreement in Bandung. During this round, the two parties reached a "technical conclusion" on three chapters of the pact, including sustainable food systems, technical barriers to trade, and institutional provisions.
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5-Mar-2024
The Manila Times
The Philippines hopes to launch formal negotiations for a free trade agreement with the European Union "very soon," Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo told Agence France-Presse.
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5-Mar-2024
IANS
The purported foreign investors were seeking approximately $100 million in damages claiming that the government had amended the legal framework for ethanol production in the country in breach of Panama’s international law obligations.
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5-Mar-2024
The Guardian
A team of British negotiators led by a senior civil servant flew out with a mandate to resolve the goods and services chapters, which are among the thorniest outstanding issues in the talks.
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5-Mar-2024
Canada’s National Observer
A proposed Canada-Ecuador free trade agreement could put corporate interests above citizens’ rights, say several concerned organizations.
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4-Mar-2024
The Standard
Lawmakers at the European Parliament this week voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new bilateral deal that will boost trade between Kenya and the EU bloc.
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4-Mar-2024
Reuters
The United Arab Emirates and Turkey signed an agreement in Abu Dhabi which aims to increase trade between the two countries to $40 billion in the next five years.
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4-Mar-2024
Business Insider Africa
Africa’s global trade participation still stands at less than 3%, largely driven by merchandise trade in 2023, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) report on the assessment of progress on regional integration in Africa has said.
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4-Mar-2024
Friends of the Earth Europe
Today marks a significant turning point as the Belgian EU Presidency brokered a deal with the European Commission and member states on the withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
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4-Mar-2024
EU Observer
The negative impacts of unconditional trade liberalisation should not be ignored: The EU and Chile should maximise the language on animal welfare cooperation within the agreement to ensure significant progress for the well-being of animals.
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4-Mar-2024
ABC
An Amsterdam court has rejected Russia’s final argument in a years-long legal battle over a $50 billion arbitration award.
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4-Mar-2024
The Star
Indonesia’s Ministry of Law and Human Rights discussed the intellectual property (IP) chapter during the 17th Round of Negotiations of the IEU-CEPA Working Group on Intellectual Property (WGIP).
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4-Mar-2024
Economy Next
Sri Lanka and India is working on a bilateral investment treaty, a media report quoted High Commission Santosh Jha as saying.
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4-Mar-2024
Thailand Business News
Thailand is close to finalizing a free-trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein under the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) by the end of the year.
