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Rusoro Mining wins key US court ruling confirming arbitration award
15-Mar-2018 Cision
DC court ruled in Rusoro’s favour, rejecting all of Venezuela’s defenses and holding that the award was valid and enforceable in the United States.
EP wants to include gender equality in free-trade agreements
15-Mar-2018 Euractiv
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution to better account for gender equality in trade agreements. The commission could follow up on the resolution in its agreement with Chile.
China, EU close to BIT: reports
15-Mar-2018 Global Times
Despite rising concerns about Chinese investment among some European officials, China and the EU are moving fast toward completing a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and a free trade agreement (FTA), according to media reports.
Revive trade deal talks to avoid trade war, EU urges Trump
15-Mar-2018 Reuters
The European Union urged the United States to revive trade talks rather than escalate a dispute over tariffs on metals and cars.
Trade deals must work for rural women say participants at key UN session
15-Mar-2018 UNCTAD
Trade agreements must take into account the concerns of the millions of women who earn their living off the land in developing countries, participants said at a meeting held during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York organized by UNCTAD and the Asia Pacific Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD).
South Korea-China FTA follow-up talks to open next week
15-Mar-2018 KBS World Radio
South Korea and China will hold the first round of follow-up negotiations to their free trade agreement(FTA) next week to have the deal include the service and investment sectors.
Trump’s imposition of trade barriers rendering the KORUS FTA obsolete
15-Mar-2018 Hankyoreh
“Trump’s unilateral imposition of import restrictions on South Korean products is revealing the vulnerabilities of the KORUS-FTA, which has accomplished absolutely nothing. At the time of the negotiations in 2007, the agreement to open markets to a great extent to the US’s massive economic bloc was both advantageous to South Korean exports because of the size of the American market but also made it possible for the US to push us around because of its asymmetric strength. Trump’s actions are showing the limitations of that, says expert.
Stakeholders in Indonesia’s textile industry long for EU-Indonesia FTA
14-Mar-2018 Indonesia- Investments
Indonesian exports of textile and textile products could soar threefold if the government of Indonesia finally manages to sign a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). Achmad Sigit Dwiwahjono, Director General for Chemicals, Textiles and Miscellaneous industry at the Industry Ministry, said a major obstacle for Indonesian textile exports at the moment is the weak competitiveness of Indonesian textile companies as compared to their Vietnamese counterparts.
Xi Jinping’s pet Belt and Road Initiative could be sticking point in India-China ties, say experts
14-Mar-2018 Financial Express
Xi Jinping’s pet Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) can pose a "major challenge" in resetting China’s ties with India, says analysts, days after the Chinese parliament backed his plan to rule indefinitely amid Sino-India rapprochement following the Dokalam standoff.
MAN cautions FG on free trade agreements
14-Mar-2018 Vanguard
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the Nigerian government not succumb to the pressure by the European Union to sign the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement as well as the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Final hearing in Cairn Energy tax issue in August
14-Mar-2018 Live Mint
Under international arbitration proceedings the final hearing of Cairn’s claim under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty is scheduled for August 2018 in The Hague.
South Korea, US to hold third round of FTA talks this week
14-Mar-2018 Yonhap News Agency
South Korea and the United States will hold the third round of talks on amending the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations in Washington this week, Seoul’s trade ministry said on Wednesday.
US-China ties wobble as trade war escalates
14-Mar-2018 Global Times
Since China began its reform and opening-up in late 1970s, growing trade and investment ties have been a key pillar of Sino-US relations. But US President Donald Trump’s recently imposed 25 percent steel tariffs and 10 percent aluminum tariffs on China and others exporting those goods to the US is just the start of nationalist economic policies that not only strain US-China ties, but put the entire global trade regime at risk.
Narendra Modi may decide on course of RCEP trade talks
14-Mar-2018 Narendra Modi may decide on course of RCEP trade talks
The development comes after a meeting convened by the prime minister’s office saw growing opposition to RCEP FTA from the secretaries of various government departments
EU-Mexico FTA: Draft investment chapter (Feb 2018)
14-Mar-2018
Renaud Beauchard on ISDS - arbitration tribunals from an investor against a State
13-Mar-2018 CEO
Renaud Beauchard, law professor, explains the arbitration tribunals of CETA and TTIP which enable multinationals to sue States.
Naftogaz expects to recover from Russia $8 bln over assets seized in Crimea
13-Mar-2018 UNIAN
According to the holding’s chief commercial officer, once Ukraine wins in court, the question will arise of physically taking this money from Russia.
The CJEU ruling in Achmea: death sentence for autonomous investment protection tribunals
13-Mar-2018 EU Law Analysis
My prediction for CETA and TTIP is that an opinion would be a death sentence for the investment protection provisions, since they are capable of being applied to various aspects of EU law.
Letter: Gambia is about to pay half a million dollars at the International Settlement Investment Dispute Court
13-Mar-2018 Freedom Newspaper
Shocking information from insiders tells us that the authorities are about to make a payment to the International Settlement of Investment Disputes of nearly US dollars 500,000 as a prepay for the three litigations.
Gov’t suspends FTA with Turkey
13-Mar-2018 Jordan Times
The FTA with Turkey has not yielded the expected fruits, but has rather further tilted the trade balance in favour of the Turkish side, says Governement.