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Uber threatens Colombia with treaty-based arbitration after ban on use of its ride-sharing app
13-Jan-2020     IAReporter
The US-based ridesharing services platform Uber Technologies and its Colombian subsidiary, Uber Colombia, have threatened to initiate arbitration proceedings against Colombia under the Colombia-US Trade Promotion Agreement.
Winshear delivers notice of intent to submit a claim to arbitration under Canada-Tanzania agreement for the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments
13-Jan-2020     GlobeNewswire
The dispute arises out of certain acts and omissions of the United Republic of Tanzania, relating to the SMP Gold Project, says the company.
Irish focus as EU's Hogan opens China investment talks
13-Jan-2020     Irish Examiner
Later this week negotiations for a comprehensive agreement on investment between the EU and mainland China will be held in Brussels.
US–China rivalry and the future of interdependence
13-Jan-2020     ASPI The Strategist
The clash between the US and China is arrestingly sharp and deep not only because the stakes are so high and the parties so profoundly different but also because it has been brewing over several decades of increasingly intimate and complex interaction.
Chinese textile companies bank on BRI for growth
13-Jan-2020     Phnom Penh Post
As participating countries are expected to sign the RCEP this year, China’s textile industry must accelerate the adjustment of products, capacity and trade structure to better integrate regional development in the next stage.
India has left RCEP behind, but not its ambition in Southeast Asia
13-Jan-2020     The Interpreter
India’s decision in the final months of last year to withdraw from negotiations for the mega-regional trade agreement known as the RCEP disappointed the countries of Southeast Asia, which are also members of the ASEAN.
US, China dust off corporate deals before trade pact signing
10-Jan-2020     Bloomberg
China highlighted a pledge to fully open up its oil and gas exploration sector. Financial services deals long in the works may be tied to deal.
UK tells Trump that American chicken is still off the menu
10-Jan-2020     Bloomberg
US chicken imports offend British sanitary sensibilities. Not just for the safety of people who ingest it, but mainly because the process compensates for less stringent health standards.
New Caledonia and Vanuatu meet to finalise free trade agreement
10-Jan-2020     RNZ
The leaders of New Caledonia and Vanuatu have met to finalise the free trade agreement the countries signed in April.
Pakistan moves US court to stop over $6bn fine in Reko Diq case
10-Jan-2020     DAWN
Pakistan has asked a US federal court to pause an Australian copper company’s bid to enforce a $6 billion arbitral award while it looks to have the award nixed.