ISDS Case Map
EU
European Union
The fate of the India-EU trade and investment agreement—which seeks to further open up bilateral markets for goods, investments
and services—may hang in balance as India and the EU lock horns over including labour standards in the pact.
Sri Lanka has reacted strongly to a European Commission (EC) probe on its human rights record, saying it is politically motivated.
Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Friday that Japan must feed political will to break the country's rigidity that has been seen in some of its talks with other economies for trade and investment liberalization.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union's trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement (EPA).
Activists from different countries with which the EU tries to sign (free) trade agreements will tel us about their campaigns.
The European Union's bilateral free trade agreements with India, Southeast Asian nations and South Korea may be a potential threat to Bangladesh, officials of the European Commission said yesterday.
Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard is keeping to the policy of liberalising agriculture, and negotiating an FTA with the European Union, despite mounting criticisms and boot lobbing by angry farmers.
The Honduran crisis is delaying trade agreement negotiations between Central America and the European Union, as diplomats wait to see how the political situation there plays out.
Whichever FTA is signed first -- Japan's or the EU's -- will put pressure on the other pair of negotiators to reach pragmatic compromises. The race for India is on.
The European Union has finally agreed to initiate talks on Free Trade Agreement with Pakistan and the first round of negotiations would be held in February 2010.
