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DC arbitration threatens Egypt’s economic revival
5-Nov-2019 Real Clear Politics
Petroceltic, a UK-based global energy company, has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
Tribunal grants WWM US$50M for claims against Kazakhstan under Soviet treaty
5-Nov-2019 Yahoo
The award granted WWM over US$ 40 million in damages, in addition to a substantial portion of its legal costs incurred in the proceeding.
Asean countries seek free trade deals with EAEU: Russian PM
5-Nov-2019 PNA
The Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Thailand have expressed interest in signing free trade agreements with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Free trade zones with the EAEU
5-Nov-2019 Modern Diplomacy
The Eurasian Union is working diligently to sign FTA agreements with interested countries. Such agreements bolster the EAEU’s positions in the regional and global economy.
Pakistan escapes $1.2 billion penalty as Turkey helps resolve Karkey dispute
5-Nov-2019 Business Recorder
The Karkey dispute between the government and a Turkish ship-based energy firm has finally been resolved due to efforts of Turkish government, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.
Europe ‘pushed off Beijing’s radar’ in China’s drive to seal US trade deal
5-Nov-2019 South China Morning Post
China’s all-consuming focus on sealing a US trade deal forced its top trade negotiator to cancel a trip to Brussels, raising the risk of Europe being pushed “off a cliff”.
Joint NGO letter on EU-Vietnam free trade agreement
5-Nov-2019 Human Rights Watch
Vietnamese and international civil society organisations, are writing to urge you to ensure that the European Parliament postpones its consent to the EVFTA and IPA until certain human rights benchmarks are met by the Vietnamese government.
Opinion: The China-NZ FTA upgrade - why now?
5-Nov-2019 Share Chat
New Zealand being granted an FTA upgrade right now rubs it in to Australia that only those who play nicely with China can expect rewards.
New rules on IP rights and e-commerce to be set under RCEP free trade agreement
5-Nov-2019 ZD Net
A common set of rules on intellectual property (IP) and e-commerce and a new scope of trade for telecommunication services are among some of the expected benefits that will arise from the RCEP agreement when it is signed next year.
RCEP: A rural disaster
5-Nov-2019 The Hindu Business Line
The disastrous impact of the Indo-Sri Lanka FTA and ASEAN FTA on Indian farmers especially in the plantation sector is well known. RCEP would be worse than ASEAN FTA
Giant RCEP regional trade deal text without India must be released and evaluated before signing says AFTINET
5-Nov-2019 AFTINET
India’s departure from the RCEP announced yesterday in Bangkok is not only caused by India’s resistance to lower tariffs. There is a hidden agenda of non-tariff issues that could restrict future government regulation by giving more rights to global corporations.
Pan-Asian trade deal goes ahead, but with a chunk missing
5-Nov-2019 Stuff
A free trade deal that would have created a trading bloc covering half of the world’s population and more than a third of the world’s economic activity will stay on hold until 2020 after India refused to sign up.
Navarro: US-China trade deal will take 3 phases
4-Nov-2019 Fox Business
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said the United States’ trade deal with China will require three phases.
Turkish court defies int’l tribunal in dispute over company seized in wake of coup - FT
4-Nov-2019 Ahval
Ankara is in conflict with an international investment tribunal after a Turkish court has rejected a demand to halt criminal proceedings regarding a Turkish media tycoon and his family.
’RCEP doesn’t reflect original intent’: India refuses to join mega Asian trade deal
4-Nov-2019 Outlook India
India has decided not to join Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the mega Asian trade agreement between 16 countries with almost half the world’s population.
Stop the unfair investor-state dispute settlement against Africa
4-Nov-2019
Civil society and trade union statement to oppose the recent World Bank Court ruling against Tanzania.
Review of FTA with Asean will help balance trade: PM Narendra Modi
4-Nov-2019 Live Mint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a review of India’s free trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will help balance trade between the two.
We demand trade justice reject RCEP and corporate trade deals
4-Nov-2019 Focus on the Global South
Trade Justice Pilipinas have come out on the streets over the last few weeks to lead various protest actions across the region against the RCEP—touted as the biggest regional free trade and investment deal.
Joint leaders’ statement on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
4-Nov-2019 ASEAN Secretariat
The Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand released a statement on the RCEP
No RCEP is better than a bad deal for India
4-Nov-2019 Forum For Trade Justice
The Forum for Trade Justice is of the opinion that the Government of India should not agree to the RCEP as it will be a bad deal for democracy, for farmers, workers.