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Pakistan: Bilateral investment treaty model
27-Aug-2013     Dawn
Keen to attract direct foreign capital, the government of Pakistan has evolved a ‘model template’ that would serve as the basis for negotiations for future bilateral investment treaties.
South Africa terminates its bilateral investment treaty with Spain
27-Aug-2013     Lexology
This is the second BIT terminated as part of South Africa’s planned review of its investment treaties
Growth in global disputes brings big paychecks for law firms
27-Aug-2013     NY Times
Debt woes, broken contracts and soured business deals may cost global investors billions in losses and create seemingly never-ending headaches for policy makers. But there is a set of specialists profiting from such geopolitical problems: arbitration lawyers.
Malaysia should abandon TPP talks, ex-PM Mahathir says
27-Aug-2013     Kyodo
The Malaysian government should pull out from the trans-Pacific free trade talks, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday, calling the proposed trade pact a US tool to extend its hegemony.
Proposed US-EU trade deal may impact business in GCC: report
27-Aug-2013     Gulf Times
The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and Europe will impact the GCC region’s aviation, energy and financial services’ sectors, a report has shown.
China keen to review and improve FTA with ASEAN: PM Lee
27-Aug-2013     CNA
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is in China for a one-week visit, has said that China is keen to review and improve its Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN and that Singapore will do its part in this development.
Slow progress in Africa free trade talks
27-Aug-2013     Business Day
Negotiations between three trade blocs in Africa to create a free trade area were running behind schedule in terms of reaching their 2014 deadline but were nevertheless progressing, South Africa Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said last week.
Kenya bracing for Comesa sugar imports
26-Aug-2013    
Kenya's sugar sector is in limbo as the COMESA safeguard period nears its end. COMESA is the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Car handouts 'hindering FTA with China'
26-Aug-2013    
The executive chairman of the company behind Australia's top-selling cheese brand has warned that the Australian government's support for the car industry is holding up a free-trade agreement with China.
US stance on TPP criticized
26-Aug-2013     Yomiuri Shimbun
After the 19th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade negotiations concluded in Brunei on Friday, Malaysia and Singapore openly expressed opposition to U.S. demands, including its push for conclusion of the talks by year-end, indicating a rough road lies ahead for the negotiations.