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Malaysia urged to withdraw gracefully from bad trade deal
13-Aug-2018 The Star
With negligible real trade gains from the original TPP, the US withdrawal has made benefits from the regional agreement even more trivial.
Luxembourg fund awarded EUR 53.3 million for FET breach arising out of Spain’s curtailment of renewable energy incentive schemes
10-Aug-2018 IISD
An arbitration tribunal found that Spain’s electricity reforms breached its obligation to accord to the investor fair and equitable treatment under the Energy Charter Treaty
Japan sticks to TPP, US seeks bilateral deal in 1st trade talks
10-Aug-2018 The Mainichi
Motegi told Lighthizer that Japan believes the TPP — an 11-member regional trade pact from which the United States withdrew last year — is the best trade deal for the two countries.
Costs and benefits of investment treaties
10-Aug-2018 CCSI
As states look back over decades of treaty practice, the expected benefits have not clearly materialized, whereas the costs have been unexpectedly high.
EU-Canada (CETA) - Revised draft decisions on the appellate tribunal, the code of conduct and the rules for mediation for the implementation of the Investment Court System (EU proposal, July 2018)
10-Aug-2018
EU-Africa free trade will create more imbalances, say critics
9-Aug-2018 Deutsch Welle
Germany’s development minister has sparked a debate by calling for EU tariffs to be waived on African goods. Critics question whether import duties are really the issue, or are there other barriers to trade?
US and EU begin laying the groundwork for a trade agreement
9-Aug-2018 CNBC
The US State Department instructs EU embassies to source trade deliverables. The EU delegation is planning a late-August trip to Washington.
No easy answers as Japan, US head for new round of trade talks
9-Aug-2018 Reuters
Japan will try to avert steep tariffs on its car exports and fend off US demands for a bilateral free trade agreement at talks in Washington, but a quick fix for the trade imbalance between the two countries appears elusive.
US and Mexico target Nafta cars deal by end of week
9-Aug-2018 Bloomberg
Canada is said to prepare to rejoin talks as soon as next week. Mexican ministers are in Washington for third week in a row.
Secrecy shrouds cost to Australian taxpayer in controversial trade dispute
8-Aug-2018 The Guardian
US energy company is seeking $350m in compensation in so-called ISDS case over gas turbines in Pilbara.
Trade for All is a lie
8-Aug-2018 Daily Blog
New Zealand Labour-led government’s ‘Trade for All agenda’ is somehow meant to re-engender confidence without addressing any issues.
EU hopes to use prior trade negotiations in new talks with US
8-Aug-2018 BNA
The EU’s reasoning is that it wouldn’t make sense to throw out all the previous work done on regulatory cooperation and start anew, EU sources said.
Trade negotiations: Geo-economics and geopolitics
8-Aug-2018 International Affairs
Trade negotiations have been increasingly used as a political tool.
Conflicts between Latin American countries and transnational corporations: The challenges of the region in the face of asymmetrical investment treaties
8-Aug-2018 IISD
Facing multimillion dollar claims, many Latin American states have become critical of investment arbitration. A group of researchers building a database of legal and policy tools aims to change this.
WSJ: Revised KORUS FTA jeopardized by auto tariff dispute
8-Aug-2018 KBS
A revised free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is reportedly in jeopardy after President Donald Trump threatened to impose heavy tariffs on auto and auto parts imports.
China-Eurasian Economic Union agreement text (2018)
7-Aug-2018 Eurasian Economic Union
China-Georgia FTA
7-Aug-2018 Ministry of Commerce, China
Mexico ratifies the ICSID Convention
7-Aug-2018 ICSID
The United Mexican States deposited its Instrument of Ratification of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States with the World Bank.
Morocco agrees to accept US poultry: USTR, USDA
7-Aug-2018 Reuters
Morocco has agreed to accept imports of American poultry products for the first time, the US Trade Representative’s office and the US Department of Agriculture said, estimating initial annual shipments at about $10 million.
EU-Eastern and Southern Africa EPA faces collapse
7-Aug-2018 The Southern Times
Although ESA says it is committed to the full EPA process with EU, the bloc accuses the EU of dragging its feet and rather preferring to enter into EPAs with individual African states outside the collective economic integration framework.