ISDS Case Map
geopolitics
While a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could open up the market for Indonesian nickel, the incoming administration's protectionist stance makes this less likely. Indonesia's reliance on Chinese investment in its nickel industry could also complicate matters due to ongoing US-China trade tensions.
Malaysia is currently negotiating several new free trade agreements that would help to diversify its trade and investments, and mitigate the impact of conflicts in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war.
How to cut through the PR and understand an agreement.
This talk explored the colonial origins of modern international trade. Geopolitics, power relations, and corporate interests have shaped trade rules for over 500 years before it reached its current form.
Back when it was signed, many saw the Swiss-China FTA as the precursor for a trade deal between China and the EU, but then things changed and now Switzerland is going its own way.
Trade deals are used to extract valuable resources from the Global South - but a recent victory shows we can make a difference.
US lawmakers have expressed concern about signing a limited free trade agreement with Indonesia, as the country's mining and refining industry is dominated by companies from China.
The crumbling of European empires after WWII didn’t usher in a new era of democracy—instead, we now live in a regime of international corporate rule.
What was called ‘free trade’ in the West was only a phase of hyper-globalization that didn’t work equally well for all, while recent inward turns can be taken as a rebalancing of priorities.
India is looking at Free Trade Agreements not only from the trade point of view but also keeping in mind the country's strategic needs, especially with regard to the smooth supply of critical minerals, a top government official said.
