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New bilateral investment treaty with Australia being finalised
21-Nov-2025     Dawn
Pakistan and Australia agreed to continue talks to finalise a new bilateral investment treaty to foster and expand opportunities in key sectors including energy, mining, technology, agriculture and industrial development.
EU launches Trade and Investment Dialogue with Trans-Pacific bloc
21-Nov-2025     European Commission
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič launched, together with his twelve counterparts, the first EU-CPTPP Trade and Investment Dialogue.
Lone Star rejects ICSID annulment, eyes new arbitration
21-Nov-2025     The Korea Times
Lone Star said it does not accept this week’s annulment ruling by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, signaling that it could pursue a new round of arbitration against the Korean government.
Bangladesh begins gap analysis to fit in RCEP trade standards
21-Nov-2025     The Financial Express
Bangladesh begins a critical gap analysis of its economic strengths for aligning its trade policies with protocols of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for joining the world's largest trade bloc.
UAE advances CEPA talks with EU, Japan, Nigeria and Mercosur as trade hits $727bn
21-Nov-2025     Arabian Business
UAE advances CEPA talks with the EU, Japan, Nigeria and Mercosur as non-oil trade reaches $727bn in first nine months of 2025.
Luxembourg eco-investors helped sink condemned energy treaty
21-Nov-2025     Luxembourg Times
Funds used fossil-fuel friendly tool to fight back when countries pulled renewable energy incentives, hurting their green investments.
Carney signs UAE investment pact, launches trade talks during Abu Dhabi visit
21-Nov-2025     CBC
Carney announced the investment pact following a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two also launched talks for a full trade deal, aimed at an eventual comprehensive economic partnership agreement.
Argentina in the maze of international arbitration: a record number of arbitration claims and new concessions for investors
20-Nov-2025     ISDS impacts
For over 20 years, Argentina had the world’s highest number of investor claims before international arbitration tribunals. It also has the highest number of bilateral investment treaties in force in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Aris Mining ends Colombia arbitration with settlement
20-Nov-2025     Mining Weekly
Gold miner Aris Mining has reached a settlement with Colombia to terminate a long-running investor–state arbitration case, marking the first agreement of its kind in the country and ending a dispute dating back to 2018.
India, Israel to expedite FTA plan, boost economic ties
20-Nov-2025     Financial Express
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Israel for a review of the proposed free trade agreement between the two sides.
MEPs reject push to fast-track vote on EU–Mercosur safeguards
20-Nov-2025     Euractiv
A bid by the centre-right European People’s Party to fast-track additional safeguards linked to the EU-Mercosur trade deal collapsed during a meeting of political group chairs, according to multiple parliamentary officials.
Canada to pursue free trade negotiations with the Philippines as land and environmental defenders continue to be killed
20-Nov-2025     Peace Brigades International
On November 5, 2025, the Canadian government tabled a Notice of Intent to enter into free trade negotiations with the Philippines.
EU adopts Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore despite warnings: a setback for digital rights and democratic oversight
20-Nov-2025     EDRi
This decision weakens the Union’s capacity to safeguard privacy, data protection, and accountability over software systems, at a time when deregulation pressures are increasing across Europe.
UK being sued by billionaire Russian oligarch in ‘secret corporate court’
20-Nov-2025     Global Justice Now
The UK government is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret corporate court, it has been revealed.
European Parliament blocks MEPs' attempt to stall Mercosur deal
20-Nov-2025     Euronews
A draft resolution opposing the Mercosur trade agreement has been blocked on procedural grounds, sparking parliamentarians' anger and putting the deal’s ratification process off to a tense start.