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When investors subvert states
18-Jul-2024     The Jordan Times
Imagine a scenario where a private company effectively creates and controls its own jurisdiction within a sovereign country. This company introduces its own currency, enacts laws, and establishes courts, prisons, police forces and even intelligence services.
Papua New Guinea seeks free trade talks with Japan, PM says
18-Jul-2024     Nikkei Asia
Japan and Papua New Guinea have discussed the path toward a potential free trade agreement, PNG Prime Minister James Marape said.
Why Switzerland is diverging from Europe on a key energy treaty
18-Jul-2024     Swiss Info
The European Union will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty, an international agreement that protects investments in coal and oil. But Switzerland is sticking to the agreement which scientists considered incompatible with climate goals.
Sri Lanka Thailand free trade agreement published
17-Jul-2024     EconomyNext
Sri Lanka has published a free trade agreement with Thailand which was negotiated with the aim of getting access for exporters up 85 percent of tariff liberalized over 15 years.
Sri Lanka-Thailand FTA text (2024)
17-Jul-2024    
India may see revenue loss of Rs 63,000 crore every year as gold, silver imports from UAE surge
17-Jul-2024     The New Indian Express
Free trade agreement between India and the UAE will allow unlimited imports of gold, silver, platinum, and diamonds from the UAE into India with zero tariffs.
Court ruling exempts Colombia from compensating Eco Oro Minerals Corp
17-Jul-2024     Prensa Latina
A court exempts Colombia from paying the Canadian Eco Oro Minerals Corp a compensation for the banning of gold exploitation in the northern Santurban wasteland.
Panama’s reckless gamble with foreign investments
17-Jul-2024     bnamericas
Panama faces arbitration claims arising out of recent measures affecting foreign-owned investments in mining and other sectors, which are worth substantially more than half of its GDP.
Costa Rica wins arbitration against Canadian miner Infinito Gold
17-Jul-2024     The Tico Times
Costa Rica announced that the international litigation filed by the Canadian mining company Infinito Gold has ended after Costa Rican Justices closed the gold deposit in 2010 due to environmental impact.
Brazil and Italy seek to speed up agreement between Mercosur and the EU
16-Jul-2024     FX Leaders
The two blocs have been negotiating a free trade agreement for over two decades, aiming to eliminate most tariffs between the two regions, which would create a commercial space of over 700 million consumers.