ISDS Case Map
US
President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged a raft of economic reforms as part of China’s efforts to join a Pacific Rim trade pact abandoned four years ago by the US and warned against efforts to “draw ideological lines” in the Asia-Pacific region.
The US intends to increase trade and investments through the TIFA agreement.
Katherine Tai is embarking on her maiden visit to India as US Trade Representative from 22 to 24 November. The two sides will resume the Trade Policy Forum after a gap of four years.
Momentum is building for the United States to pursue a plurilateral digital trade agreement (or possibly a series of bilateral agreements) with trading partners in the Indo-Pacific region.
It’s not just the different agreements, per se – the distinctly different models of FTAs are complicating trade regimes in the region.
Lawmakers are concerned about the consequences for Taiwan’s bid to join the CPTPP if people vote to ban the import of pork products containing ractopamine residue in a referendum on Dec. 18.
The world’s largest meat importing nation recently submitted a formal application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and it continues to draw a lot of attention.
Sudan's government confiscated Petronas's assets on the grounds that they were acquired "through illegal means" during Omar al-Bashir's regime. Some argue that Sudan is turning on its allies "under the pretext of fighting corruption".
Britain does not know when it might get a full trade deal with the United States but is hoping to join a Trans-Pacific trade partnership next year, British trade minister said.
Kenya's trade deal with the US might not be concluded in the next two years, fresh details show.
