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Taxpayers face potential £300m bill over scrapped West Cumbria mine
British taxpayers could be forced to pay up to £300 million in compensation to the backers of a cancelled West Cumbrian coal mine.
Textile companies look to tap into prospects offered by FTAs
Free trade agreements offer the Indian textile industry a significant opportunity to expand its share in the EU, UK, and other markets, as they boost competitiveness.
UK trade deal with Gulf turns a blind eye to human rights abuses, say campaigners
The deal locks the UK into deeper commercial ties with some of the most repressive governments in the world, for economic gains so marginal they barely register.
UK strikes £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states
The UK has struck a trade deal with six Gulf states in what he described as a huge win for British business, ending four years of talks led by four different prime ministers.
UK fancies copying EU's Mercosur trade deal
British trade minister hinted at a copycat Mercosur deal – but stopped short of confirming plans.
India's free trade deal with Britain hits steel hurdle before rollout
India's free trade deal with Britain, initially expected to be implemented ​by May, has hit an expected hurdle ‌over the UK’s new steel import curbs, India's trade secretary Rajesh Agrawal said.
UK nearing free trade deal with Gulf Council states, FT says
The United Kingdom and the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are reportedly on the verge of finalizing a long-negotiated free trade agreement, with an agreement-in-principle expected within days.
Geopolitics, the UK and investor-state arbitration: a ‘new normal’ in an uncertain world?
Governments need to be able to regulate to meet their domestic policy goals or internationally recognised sustainable development goals. That necessarily means that sometimes hard decisions will need to be taken which will affect foreign investments on their soil.
GCC, UK near free trade deal after ‘significant progress’ in talks
The Gulf Cooperation Council and the UK are aiming to conclude negotiations on a free trade agreement in the “near future” after commerce ministers from both sides made “significant progress” in talks aimed at deepening trade and investment ties.
ICSID registers Lansdowne Oil & Gas Ireland arbitration request
Lansdowne Oil & Gas PLC said the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has registered the company's request for arbitration against Ireland, in a dispute over the Barryroe oil and gas field.