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Why can Ascent Resources demand half a billion euros from Slovenia?
22-Aug-2022     Slovenia Posts English
Ascent Resources initiated an arbitration dispute in which it is demanding half a billion euros due to Slovenia’s request that an environmental impact assessment should be carried out before fracking in Petišovci.
Costa Rica seeks entry to trans-Pacific trade bloc
22-Aug-2022     Reuters
Costa Rica formalized its request to join a trade partnership of 11 countries across Asia, Australia and the Americas, President Rodrigo Chaves announced.
Taiwan should abolish the ECFA
22-Aug-2022     Taipei Times
With China threatening waves of economic sanctions, whether to continue with the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement or abolish it has once more become the subject of debate.
EU contacts Brazil to resume Mercosur trade pact talks
22-Aug-2022     Reuters
European Union representatives have approached Brazil's government seeking to rekindle negotiations with South America's Mercosur bloc on a stalled trade agreement.
Australia may ratify interim trade deal with India by Nov 18
22-Aug-2022     The Financial Express
Australia will likely ratify before November 18 an interim trade deal with India, which was signed on April 2 but is yet to come into force due to a delay in endorsement by its Parliament following the election of a new labour govenrment there.
FTA provisions to prevail in rules of origin disputes
22-Aug-2022     The Economic Times
India will follow provisions of free trade agreements (FTAs) over the wider and more stringent domestic framework in case of any dispute over value addition or rules of origin related to imports under FTAs.
Angola to start talks on trade deal with EU in bid to diversify from oil
19-Aug-2022     Reuters
Under the regional trade deal, the EU entirely removed tariffs and quotas on any imports from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Eswatini, and almost entirely lifted duties on South African exports,
PM okays major trade deal negotiations with India
18-Aug-2022     The Business Standard
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given her seal of approval to a proposal to begin formal negotiations towards signing the CEPA with India, according to sources in the know about the development.
Ecuador to sign a free trade agreement with China this year
18-Aug-2022     Telesur
Ecuador's Production, Trade, and Investments Minister Julio Jose Prado announced that the administration of President Guillermo Lasso seeks to achieve a free trade agreement (FTA) with China this year.
The New U.S. Africa Strategy Breaks From the Status Quo—With Some Perplexing Stumbles
16-Aug-2022     Carnegie Endowment
U.S. positioning for the great power competition with China and Russia for influence in Africa.