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Maldives to boycott Israeli products, annul bilateral agreements
22-Jul-2014     Minivan News
Explaining the boycott, Mohamed Hussain ‘Mundhu’ Shareef, minister at the President’s Office, said “Israeli investment is not important for us. We want investments from countries with human rights practices that are acceptable to us.”
TDM Special Issue on "Arbitration in the Middle East - Expectations and Challenges for the Future"
22-Jul-2014     TDM Special Issue on "Arbitration in the Middle East - Expectations and Challenges for the Future"
The volume of international business either in the Middle East or with a Middle Eastern element is increasing and many of the contracts being used provide for arbitration. While arbitration ("tahkim" in Arabic) has long-standing religious and cultural roots in the Middle East, there are a number of differences and tensions between the Western perception of arbitration and certain Islamic legal principles.
Russia reported to be cancelling duty–free trade with Ukraine
22-Jul-2014     RT
The duty-free trade deal between Russia and Ukraine is coming to an end. Russia says fundamental changes mean that it will invoke Article 62 of the Vienna Declaration to terminate the understanding.
Japan, Mongolia sign free trade deal
22-Jul-2014     AFP
Japan and Mongolia signed a free-trade deal today, as Tokyo looks to tap the country's fast-growing economy and its vast supply of natural resources.
PANG warns against Fiji’s ratification of IEPA
22-Jul-2014     Islands Business
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has expressed concern that the government of Fiji has announced its decision to ratify the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA).
American tangdi kebab for basmati
22-Jul-2014     Times of India
India's ministry of external affairs has suggested allowing the free import of American chicken legs and starting a dialogue on a bilateral investment treaty, in return for the US government allowing shipments of Indian basmati rice, pomegranate and table grapes and immigration reforms that will help Indian IT professionals.
Global investment needs Chinese inputs
21-Jul-2014     ECNS
After European- and then US-led bilateral treaties, the world is in the process of shaping the third generation of investment systems, and it is important for China to analyze the new trends and map out its strategy to keep abreast with the times, writes China Daily.
American poultry standards draw criticism at trade talks
21-Jul-2014     Global Meat News
At a stakeholder hearing in Brussels, the US chief negotiator on TTIP, Daniel Mullaney, argued that chlorine­-washed chicken offered consumers a safe alternative
The secret deal that threatens NHS
19-Jul-2014     People's NHS
People's NHS sent Paul Giles, who was recently diagnosed with cancer, to Brussels to learn how TTIP would affect the UK's National Health Service. What could possibly have gone wrong.
David Cameron urged to exempt the NHS from TTIP deal after unions claim it is at risk from being sold to American corporations
19-Jul-2014     The Independent
Unions claim the NHS is under threat by the giant US-EU trade agreement known as TTIP despite assurances from negotiators that it was exempt.