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Corporate social responsibility clauses in investment treaties
17-Jan-2019     IISD
Corporate social responsibility provisions do not change the corporate or ethical duties of companies into enforceable legal obligations in the context of dispute settlement proceedings but they could help significantly moralize the use of treaty-based arbitration.
Bold farm plans in Mexico offer a ray of hope in 2019
17-Jan-2019     IATP
Mexican farmers are on the verge of bold, new plans to completely transform their food and farm system. Will NAFTA 2.0 challenge them?
Maude Barlow. Water isn’t a business, it’s a fundamental right we must protect
17-Jan-2019     Life Gate
CETA and other trade treaties don’t consider water as a basic necessity, they consider it as an investment, as something that can be traded through private services.
Israel and Japan in talks to enter a free trade agreement
17-Jan-2019     CTech Calcalist
Israel and Japan are in talks to enter a free trade agreement between the countries.
Donald Trump reopens door to TPP participation, Asia reset
17-Jan-2019     Australian Financial Review
Donald Trump signed the so-called Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) includes a call for the US to return to multilateral trade deals, countering the President's own tendency to pursue agreements with individual countries such as Mexico, Canada and Japan.
Singapore making good progress on concluding FTA with Eurasian Economic Union: Tharman
17-Jan-2019     The Strais Times
Singapore, Russia and their partners in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are making progress on concluding the EAEU-Singapore Free Trade
Statement of the Advocacy Team for Economic Justice in the Post-Court Verdict concerning the International Treaty Law
17-Jan-2019     Indonesia for Global Justice
Indonesian Constitutional Court issued stated that parliament’s approval is needed for the signing of International Agreement which stipulated in the Constitution on the verdict.
EU parliament backs Morocco deal despite row
16-Jan-2019     EU Observer
Efforts to debate the agreement at the plenary were blocked amid political infighting on whether to support the agricultural pact, which seeks to extend into the disputed territory of the Western Sahara.
EAEU, Serbia plan to sign free trade deal in 2019 — Putin
16-Jan-2019     TASS
Another round of talks on the agreement was held in Belgrade early January 2019.
On Morocco, will the EU ignore its own court?
16-Jan-2019     EU Observer
How can the EU claim it does not recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara yet negotiated the terms of the deal and its implementation exclusively with Rabat?