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EU warns of initiating expert panel if S. Korea fails to resolve ILO ratification
9-Apr-2019 Yonhap
The European Commission warned that it will seek to launch an expert panel to review South Korea’s compliance with the free trade pact it signed with the European Union if it fails to ratify key international labor conventions.
We the people reject ISDS. So why are our governments trying to expand it?
9-Apr-2019 Stop ISDS
A permanent Multilateral Investment Court pushed by the European Union could make ISDS worse by scaling it up.
The new NAFTA deal is ’in trouble’ amid looming elections, fights over tariffs
9-Apr-2019 Finance Post
More than six months after the United States, Mexico and Canada agreed a new deal, the chances of the countries ratifying the pact in 2019 are receding.
Corbella: Notley’s ’beating down’ of the oil patch should cost her the election
9-Apr-2019 Calgary Herald
The Czech-based company Petrolama Namur Oil Sands Exploration filed a notice of dispute against Canada on March 29 over the delay in completing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
The right course for a better US-Japan alliance
9-Apr-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
Tokyo has argued for a more limited "trade agreement on goods," while the Trump administration says it ultimately wants a comprehensive free trade agreement.
Japan, China, S.Korea FTA talks under way
9-Apr-2019 NHK
High on the agenda are rules for protecting intellectual-property rights.
Second phase of Sino-Pakistan FTA to be signed in next month
9-Apr-2019 Urdupoint
The second phase of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and China is likely to be signed in next month.
As the world meets to discuss ISDS, many fear meaningless reforms
8-Apr-2019 TNI
ISDS lawyers appear to hold administrative positions within the working group and are represented in large numbers in the advisory bodies that have been established for the working group.
Sharpening clash as UN body reviews investor rights to sue governments (ISDS)
8-Apr-2019 AFTINET
Advocates of ISDS (industrialised countries and lawyers from the ‘arbitration industry’) dominate the running of the Working Group and its advisory bodies. Civil society is underrepresented.
Will Africa’s historic free trade agreement succeed?
8-Apr-2019 Al Jazeera
The African Union agreed last year to create a free trade zone on the continent but Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, isn’t on board with the agreement.
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8-Apr-2019
RCEP trade pact likely to be concluded in November: ASEAN chief Lim Jock Hoi
8-Apr-2019 The Japan Times
An Asiawide free trade deal involving 16 countries will likely be concluded in November at a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Thailand.
EU requests Korea-EU FTA modernization
8-Apr-2019 Business Korea
The European Union has made a request for modernization of its FTA with South Korea, which differs from renegotiation because refers to a change in the structure of an FTA itself.
The risk of e-commerce provisions in the RCEP
8-Apr-2019 The Diplomat
ASEAN members will need to resist the new normative regime proposal if they are to maintain their regulatory sovereignty and the policy space to capitalize on the 21st century digital revolution.
The case of Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon: the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada closes the doors to end impunity
5-Apr-2019 Stop Corporate Power
The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples´ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity regrets the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the case of Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Trump’s damaged NAFTA deal
5-Apr-2019 The American Prospect
USMCA bears many resemblances to NAFTA, which has been cited as a driver of low-wage corporate outsourcing.
Africa: How soon can the Continental Free Trade Agreement be implemented?
5-Apr-2019 All Africa
Among the key issues where negotiations are still needed include the rules of origin, non-tariff barriers, structure of implementation, schedule of concessions and tariff books.
Fresh push for states to ratify the tripartite FTA as deadline draws near
5-Apr-2019 EABW
The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month.
ACP-EU countries conclude second round of talks on a new ambitious partnership
5-Apr-2019 Modern Diplomacy
This new phase of the negotiations will ultimately lead to the creation of tailor-made pillars with each region, which are among the novelties to be introduced in the future ACP-EU Agreement.
Uzbekistan, South Korea to conclude free trade agreement
5-Apr-2019 Azernews
Uzbekistan and South Korea will work on the conclusion of a free trade agreement to expand bilateral economic and trade relations.