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The US-Mexico wage gap is actually widening under Nafta
29-Nov-2017     Bloomberg
Trade was supposed to kickstart Mexico’s economy. It hasn’t. Stagnation fuels Trump’s anger, leaves Mexicans eyeing change
Uncertain future for 'diabolic' free trade pacts between EU and Africa
29-Nov-2017     All Africa
Almost all ACP countries fear the possible negative impact of the EPAs on their economies and therefore stall its implementation.
India, Canada look for breakthrough on free trade agreement
29-Nov-2017     Live Mint
Trade ministers of India and China met in New Delhi are looking for another round of talks at the expert level before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India visit
South Korea and China to discuss liberalizing service and investment sectors
29-Nov-2017     Hankyoreh
Two years after the South Korea-China FTA took effect, the two countries are expected to launch a second round of negotiations to further open up the service and investment sectors.
'Peru looks forward to enter into a trade arrangement with India'
29-Nov-2017     SME Times
India and Peru are negotiating a trade agreement to increase bilateral trade and investment and the second round of discussions are going to be held in Jan-Feb, 2018 in Peru.
Commission publishes report following latest negotiating round with Mercosur
28-Nov-2017     European Commission
The round report includes details on all areas of the negotiations, including trade in goods, technical barriers to trade, services, intellectual property (including geographical indications), government procurement, SPS and trade and sustainable development.
Contrasting awards around Venezuela’s ICSID denunciation
28-Nov-2017     Fietta
In a series of recent awards, ICSID tribunals have adopted contrasting (and apparently irreconcilable) approaches to Venezuela’s denunciation of the ICSID Convention.
TPP11 and RCEP compared: A side-by-side update
28-Nov-2017     Asian Trade Centre
Chart reflects the TPP11 changes and the expansion of the agenda in RCEP.
The Multilateral Investment Court locking in ISDS
28-Nov-2017     Friends of the Earth Europe
Ten reasons why the EU’s proposal for a Multilateral Investment Court doesn’t fix a fundamentally flawed system.
Is “moonlighting” a problem? The role of ICJ judges in ISDS
28-Nov-2017     IISD
At least 7 current ICJ judges and 13 former ICJ judges have worked—or are currently working—as arbitrators (or annulment committee members) in investor–state dispute settlement cases during their ICJ terms.
Adjudicator compensation systems and investor-state dispute settlement
28-Nov-2017     OECD
This paper examines compensation systems for adjudicators and dispute settlement administrators in investor-state dispute settlement.
TIFA talks unlikely this year: minister
28-Nov-2017     Taipei Times
Even if vacant posts in Washington are filled and quickly approved, it would take time to process the appointments, Minister Without Portfolio John Deng said.
S. Korea, Uruguay to push for trade agreement between Korea, Mercosur
28-Nov-2017     Yonhap
South Korea and Uruguay have agreed to jointly push for a trade agreement between South Korea and Mercosur.
Crystallex International, Venezuela settle US$1.2B mine dispute
28-Nov-2017     BNN
Crystallex International Corp. and Venezuela agreed to settle a US$1.2 billion dispute over the 2011 nationalization of a gold deposit in the South American nation.
Sudan is indispensable to China’s silk road vision for Africa
28-Nov-2017     Global Research
The news that China will build a railway from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan to the Chadian capital of N’Djamena proves just how serious Beijing is about pioneering a transcontinental Sahelian-Saharan Silk Road.