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US, India plan joint investment treaty for easing business
26-Mar-2015     Press Trust of India
"With India now having concluded its own model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) framework, we are poised to be able to engage with the Indians and commence in negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty," the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia said.
TPP - draft investment chapter (2015)
26-Mar-2015     WikiLeaks
As released by WikiLeaks on 20 Jan 2015
Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter
26-Mar-2015     WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks annonces its release of the "Investment Chapter" from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement.
Cairn Energy seeks compensation from India on tax demand; Cairn India stock gains
25-Mar-2015     Economic Times
Cairn Plc is seeking compensation from the government of India for the steep fall in the value of its shares in Vedanta-controlled Cairn India, which it is not allowed to sell until it settles a controversial retrospective tax demand of $1.60 billion, under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.
NAFTA ruling in Nova Scotia quarry case sparks fears for future settlements
25-Mar-2015     Globe & Mail
A NAFTA arbitration panel has ruled against Canada in a claim by a US company that wanted to develop a quarry in Nova Scotia, although a dissenting member of the panel warned that the decision will be seen as a “remarkable step backwards” in environmental protection.
The flaws in the geopolitical case for the TPP
25-Mar-2015     Financial Times
There is an intuitive appeal to the geopolitical use of trade agreements. But quickly scanning the two main bilateral trade deals the US has signed over the past decade in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia and South Korea, it is hard to see much strategic impact.
Japan-New Zealand TPP talks making slow progress: Amari
25-Mar-2015     Japan Times
The two countries are at odds over market access for dairy products. While New Zealand seeks to increase its exports of cheese, butter and milk among other goods, Japan says such products are off-limits.
FTA commitments to be strengthened between the US and Peru
25-Mar-2015     Peru This Week
Peru hopes to upgrade access to the US market for farm products.
Pakistan aims for FTA with Indonesia to further boost trade
25-Mar-2015     Jakarta Post
Pakistan is aiming to start negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with Indonesia sometime this year, to expand on the current preferential trade agreement (PTA), which began in 2013.
UK: MPs denounce government TTIP plans amid fears for NHS and public services
25-Mar-2015     The Guardian
A future government must be allowed to expand the NHS without facing legal challenge under a proposed new EU-US trade deal, according to a sharply critical report from an all-party committee of MPs.