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Breaking down the security exception in the US-Argentina BIT
23-Oct-2017 The Market Mogul
Noting the ad hoc nature of investment arbitration under the ICSID, it is not surprising that two tribunals adopted different interpretations
New Zealand’s Ardern wants to balance trade pact with housing pledge
23-Oct-2017 Bloomberg
Incoming leader Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will still seek membership in the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership even as she strives to honor her election campaign pledge to clamp down on foreign property speculators.
South Africa: How safe for investment?
23-Oct-2017 Politics Web
The Protection of Investment Act affords foreign investors no protections beyond domestic law, and pointedly disavows investor-state international arbitration. The SADC Protocol was also amended by the SADC Summit of heads of state and government.
Days of action
23-Oct-2017
Trade for the people
23-Oct-2017 IBON
"Trade for the People" briefly covers how the new FTAs, such as the TPP, the RCEP and the EPAs in Africa continue to threaten people’s rights.
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
23-Oct-2017 IIED
How international investment treaties could promote more responsible investment and argues that, while some innovative practices are emerging, there is still much to do.
Le Canada se rapproche d’une entente avec l’Inde
23-Oct-2017 La Presse
Des pourparlers commerciaux sont en cours avec une série de pays, et une entente sur les investissements pourrait être conclue avec l’Inde d’ici « quelques mois ».
Easing e-com to hit small units
23-Oct-2017 The Hindu Businessline
Freeing up digital trade under RCEP could hurt consumer protection, manufacturing sector
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines
21-Oct-2017 MSF
RCEP negotiations should not restrict global access to affordable medicines and vaccines
Free trade agreements least favoured Ghana
20-Oct-2017 Modern Ghana
Ghana has benefitted little from free trade agreements it has signed over the last decade. The development has also contributed to widening the country’s trade deficit recorded over the period.
A tale of two transparencies: why the EU and activists will always disagree over trade deal negotiations
20-Oct-2017 Tech Dirt
Activists are keen to see what is happening in detail throughout the negotiations, not just some top-level view at the start, or the initial textual proposals for each chapter, but nothing afterwards.
Kyrgyz Republic defeated in jurisdiction challenge to UNCITRAL investment award
20-Oct-2017 Lexology
The key issue in the case concerned the proper interpretation of the dispute resolution provision in the 2003 Investment Law, which was the basis for jurisdiction.
Sacrificing South America’s forests on the altar of EU market access
20-Oct-2017 Fern
By making this concession on beef, the EU is putting trade and consumption above its commitments to halt deforestation.
Defending quality PDO products of local societies in international trade agreements
20-Oct-2017 Stop TTIP CETA TiSA Greece
PDO (products designation of origin) products when internationally traded, they are not just commodities but they also incorporate biodiversity, traditional production, know-how and culture of the local communities where they are produced.
New government’s TPPA problems start next week
20-Oct-2017 Scoop
The new government of Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens will have to move fast if they are going to influence the outcomes of trade and investment agreements being negotiated.
Environmental gems in trade agreements
20-Oct-2017 CIGI
Little-known clauses for progressive trade agreements
An Ultimate Guide Of Go Kart Bearing Replacement
20-Oct-2017
Being into the business of machinery and equipment, you will hardly meet someone who doesn’t know about the variety of bearings.
Being a trade unionist in Guatemala will get you killed
19-Oct-2017 Upside Down World
A chapter on labor issues within CAFTA was to provide an improved environment for labor rights. But the Guatemalan state has consistently failed to implement these protections.
Macron puts trade policy on summit table
19-Oct-2017 EU Observer
Macron wants "an overall vision to find a balance between trade openness and protection" of EU markets and citizens, rather than "adding piece after piece" to the EU trade policy "puzzle".
Azerbaijan, EU to hold new round of talks on strategic partnership in late October
19-Oct-2017 Xinhua
European Commission representatives will discuss the second chapter of a new strategic partnership agreement between Azerbaijan and the European Union.