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Investment protection in the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement
11-Jan-2021     Kluwer Arbitration Blog
The EU-UK agreement contains limited protections for investors and no investor-state enforcement mechanism. Its dispute resolution mechanism is limited to a “WTO-like” state-to-state arbitration.
Will Pakistan lose New York's Roosevelt Hotel?
11-Jan-2021     TRT
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement process has gone against developing countries for far too long.
Dhaka drops plan to negotiate FTA with US
11-Jan-2021     Financial Express Bangladesh
The government has backtracked from a plan to propose the United States for signing a free trade area deal considering its lack of preparedness, an official says.
Tehran, Kabul to ink preferential trade agreement
11-Jan-2021     Tehran Times
Director General of the Asia-Pacific Office at Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said that a preferential trade agreement with Afghanistan is going to be signed in the near future.
China tried to punish European states for Huawei bans by adding eleventh-hour rule to EU investment deal
11-Jan-2021     South China Morning Post
Draft text shows Beijing looked to withhold telecoms sector benefits to firms from countries with restrictions on Chinese telecoms companies.
The multinationals suing governments over their pandemic response
11-Jan-2021     New Statesman
Law firms have been drawing investors’ attention to how they could pass their Covid-19-related losses onto states.
US Consulate a turning point for disputed Western Sahara
11-Jan-2021     AP
Trump said the goal of the Western Sahara consulate would be “to promote economic and trade opportunities in the region.”
US assesses potential losses in agricultural exports to EU if the Mercosur deal is finally ratifies
11-Jan-2021     MercoPress
Analysis by the United States Department of Agriculture point out that the country has US$ 4 billion in agricultural exports that may be affected to some extent by the European Union-Mercosur trade deal.
S. Korea to accelerate free trade talks with Russia - President
11-Jan-2021     UrduPoint
South Korea plans to speed up negotiations on free trade in the investment and services areas with Russia and China, President Moon Jae-in said.
South Korea to 'actively' consider joining CPTPP this year
11-Jan-2021     The Edge Markets
South Korea said today it plans to "actively" consider joining a mega Asia-Pacific free trade agreement (FTA) initiated again by the US in an effort to diversify the country's export portfolio amid growing trade protectionism.