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Israel responded to the EU’s request to convene an Association Council. But not only on human rights
24-Jun-2024     EU News
Israel “is willing to consider” the invitation and “wants to negotiate the agenda,” a senior EU official confirms. But the distance between the parties on the agenda persists.
8th Saudi-US trade and investment council meeting held in Washington
24-Jun-2024     Arab News
The council's goal is to monitor trade and investment relations in order to identify opportunities for expansion, work on removing trade and investment barriers.
India and Bangladesh to negotiate free trade pact
24-Jun-2024     Azerbaycan
India and Bangladesh have signed a series of new agreements pledging cooperation in various areas, from their shared border to space, and agreed to start negotiations on free trade during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s second visit to New Delhi this month.
Commerce ministry in talks to upgrade FTA with South Korea
24-Jun-2024     Hindustan Times
While India gave significant tariff concessions, there's a push for South Korea to give more meaningful concessions, especially for competitive Indian products.
India, Cambodia discuss investment treaty, UPI collab: Commerce ministry
24-Jun-2024     Busines Standard
India and South East Asian nation Cambodia deliberated upon diversification of the trade basket by identifying new products, bilateral investment treaty, recognition of Indian pharmacopoeia and collaboration in the pharma sector.
The India-EFTA deal: A model for developing countries
21-Jun-2024     South Centre
Governments are shifting from investor-state dispute mechanisms to treaties that encourage and ease investment.
How investment treaties undermine the voices of local communities
20-Jun-2024     Erasmus Magazine
Dispute settlements in international investment law protect the rights of companies. However, they suppress the voice of local communities, as Stephanie Triefus found in her PhD research.
Iranian gov’t approves signing free trade law with Eurasian Economic Union
20-Jun-2024     News.az
The Iranian government approved signing a law on the creation of a free trade zone with the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), official representative of the Iranian government said.
EAEU-Iran FTA text (2023)
19-Jun-2024     Eurasian Economic Union
EAEU and UAE held third round of negotiations on economic partnership agreement
19-Jun-2024     Eurasian Economic Commission
From June 12 to 14, Dubai hosted the third round of negotiations on an economic partnership agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the United Arab Emirates.