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Dhaka’s negotiations with Kathmandu over PTA likely to face hurdles
26-Apr-2021 Financial Express Bangladesh
The country’s negotiations with Nepal over the signing of Preferential Trade Agreement are moving at a snail’ space due to the difference of opinion on fiscal benefits.
Signing of Korea trade deal postponed
26-Apr-2021 Phnom Penh Post
The formal signing of the Cambodia-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA), scheduled for mid-year, will be postponed due to disruptions from the Covid-19 outbreak stemming from the February 20 community incident, according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce.
Regaining sovereignty
26-Apr-2021 Dawn
Pakistan, which entered into its first BIT with Germany in 1959 — which also was the first BIT ever entered — has concluded 53 BITs with 48 countries.
Trade minister Dan Tehan says free trade deal with UK ready by June
26-Apr-2021 ABC
Australian Trade minister has departed Britain promising an in-principle trade deal with the United Kingdom by June.
Official urges optimisation of FTA to boost Vietnam-Russia agricultural trade
26-Apr-2021 Nhan Dan
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture called on both sides to push ahead with further opening their countries’ markets to each other’s agricultural product.
Negotiating CEPAs: the challenges ahead
26-Apr-2021 The Daily Star
In recent times, the discussion on CEPAs has gained considerable traction in Bangladesh. Policymakers and trade officials have mooted the idea of signing CEPAs with a number of Bangladesh’s trading partners.
Outstanding negotiations on AfCFTA to conclude before end of the year
26-Apr-2021 Joy Online
Some outstanding negotiations are part of necessary conditions to ensure the success of the AfCFTA, but have been facing challenges from member countries despite commencement of the agreement.
Qingdao initiative launched to promote early implementation of RCEP deal
26-Apr-2021 Hellenic Shipping News
A joint initiative on promoting early implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement has been launched in the east China port city of Qingdao on April 25.
Ghana: minister calls for establishment of Ghana - Canada business council
26-Apr-2021 All Africa
The Ghanaian Minister of Trade and Industry has called for the establishment of a Ghana-Canada Business Council, to promote trade between the two countries.
Pakistani envoy eyes closer trade ties with PH
26-Apr-2021 The Manila Times
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Philippines said he would push for the inclusion of Pakistan in the RCEP to boost trade with the Philippines and other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Turkey is the latest victim of a billion-dollar corporate heist
23-Apr-2021 TRT
A Canadian mining company is suing Turkey for $1 billion at a secretive arbitration court over the cancellation of a mine project that was deemed disastrous for the environment.
Mexico should follow other countries and refuse excessive powers for foreign investors
23-Apr-2021 Inequality.org
Pakistan is the latest to start withdrawing from international treaties that give corporations the power to sue governments over environmental and public interest regulations.
Design and architecture of the AfCFTA investment protocol
22-Apr-2021 Tralac
The international legal instrument to be adopted as the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment will constitute a binding international agreement for the AU Member States that have ratified this instrument and for whom it has entered into force.
Regional Economic Communities and the AfCFTA investment protocol
22-Apr-2021 Tralac
The legal regimes of the eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) recognised by the AfCFTA Agreement as building blocks of the African Continental Free Trade Area will not disappear when the AfCFTA is implemented.
Kenya hires US firm to lobby trade deals with Washington
22-Apr-2021 Nation
The Kenyan government has hired a US lobbying and public relations firm as it pushes to conclude trade agreement with Washington. Rational 360’s partners and senior employees consist of veterans of Presidents Clinton and Obama administrations.
Successor to EU-Africa Cotonou treaty marks ‘turning point’, says EU
22-Apr-2021 Euractiv
The EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific Community on Thursday (15 April) finalised the successor to the Cotonou agreement, bringing a close to two and a half years of negotiations and repeated delays.
We need to rethink investment treaties to ensure a rapid and just energy transition
22-Apr-2021 IIED
It’s time to reconsider investor-state dispute settlement; inaction risks rising costs of shifting from fossil fuels to green alternatives.
Liz Truss to turn up pressure on Australian government in bid to land trade deal
22-Apr-2021 City AM
International trade secretary Liz Truss is preparing to pile pressure onto her Australian counterpart in a bid to land a free trade deal.
Indonesia, Iran aim to finalize preferential trade agreement
21-Apr-2021 The Jakarta Post
Indonesia and Iran highlighted the need to finalize a trade agreement between the two countries during the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Jakarta on Monday.
Stop the Energy Charter Treaty
21-Apr-2021 Friends of the Earth Europe
This obscure treaty from the 1990s grants sweeping rights and protections to big energy investors – mainly fossil fuel companies.