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Israel-Panama free trade agreement enters into force
6-Jan-2020 Jerusalem Post
A free trade agreement between Israel and Panama entered into force on January 1, granting preferential market access for goods and aiming to eliminate trade barriers between the countries.
EU crisis: Austria rejects major trade deal in huge blow for Brussels
6-Jan-2020 Express
Austria has thrown the European Union’s decades-long Mercosur trade talks into disarray after the country’s new government will not support the pact in its current form.
USTR’s ag negotiator shares more on trade deal with China
6-Jan-2020 AgWeek
The agreement will not only increase Chinese purchases of US agricultural products but pave the way for long-term structural reforms.
What the amendments to the USMCA mean for Canadian IP law
6-Jan-2020 JDSupra
Many requirements of the original USMCA have already been met by recent changes in Canadian IP legislation, but more amendments will be required to implement the USMCA.
Brexit: Johnson to open trade talks with Ursula von der Leyen
6-Jan-2020 The Guardian
Boris Johnson is expected to open talks on the country’s post-Brexit trade deal with the new president of the European commission when she visits Downing Street.
Neoliberalism and the end of politics
6-Jan-2020 Counter Punch
Understanding power is more important to predicting the winners and losers of neoliberal economic policies than knowing the economics.
White House trade adviser says phase one trade deal with China is ’in the bank’
6-Jan-2020 The Hill
Navarro also hinted at future trade deals with the post-Brexit United Kingdom, other European countries and Vietnam.
Eurasian Economic Union to hold preferential trade agreement talks with India
6-Jan-2020 Wion News
Moscow has made a decision to hold talks with Delhi on a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) bloc and India.
Post RCEP walk out, Centre to focus more on bilateral trade agreements in 2020
6-Jan-2020 Indian Express
Despite the country now having backed out of the mega trade deal, its renewed interest on its other trade pacts, several of which have failed to deliver the results expected, has set the tone for its focus in the coming year.
Korea in FTA talks with Asian, South American powerhouses
6-Jan-2020 Korea Herald
South Korea has secured 16 free trade partners — 12 countries and four trade blocs — around the globe since it started pursuing bilateral free trade agreements two decades ago.
Moon, Li agree to facilitate follow-up FTA talks on service, investment sectors
6-Jan-2020 Korea Herald
The leaders of South Korea and China to expedite talks on supplementing a bilateral free trade agreement, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Cabinet lines up FTAs with Bangladesh, Turkey
3-Jan-2020 Bangkok Post
Thailand and Bangladesh will kick off talks to establish a free trade agreement. The Thai cabinet has also approved a proposal to sign an FTA with Turkey.
Phase two of US-China trade deal will be more challenging and less transparent than phase one
3-Jan-2020 The Hill
The hard part of the trade dispute will cover long-standing issues relating to intellectual property violations and forced technology transfer by China, as well as subsidization of Chinese industries.
The European Commission is urging Canada to adopt stricter piracy rules
3-Jan-2020 TechNadu
Canada’s intellectual protection rights system was also slammed for being too clement.
PH trade deficit ‘alarming,’ says BOI official
3-Jan-2020 Rappler
The trade deficit of the Philippines has been growing at a “quite alarming” rate, said Board of Investments (BOI) executive director Ma. Corazon Dichosa.
India speeding up FTA talks with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland
3-Jan-2020 The Hindu Business Line
India is making efforts to speed up free trade negotiations with the EFTA countries comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Leichtenstein in parallel with its discussions with the European Union on a similar pact.
Iran-EAEU free trade agreement to take effect in 2,3 years: Official
2-Jan-2020 Tasnim News
An Iranian official said an accord between Tehran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries will turn into a free trade agreement within the next two or three years.
Telenor’s legal notice through the eyes of int’l investment law
2-Jan-2020 Daily Star
Telenor, the principal investor of Bangladesh’s leading mobile phone operator Grameen Phone, has served a legal notice to the President of Bangladesh seeking arbitration.
Why don’t we just… wake up to the threat of ISDS?
2-Jan-2020 Big Issue North
Commercial ISDS adjudications trump democratically established laws and controls.
Ncell pays Rs 4.5 billion of its total CGT dues
2-Jan-2020 Himalayan Times
The ICSID had issued an interim order directing the government not to take any steps to enforce its decision to collect the outstanding capital gains tax.