ISDS Case Map
US
US chicken imports offend British sanitary sensibilities. Not just for the safety of people who ingest it, but mainly because the process compensates for less stringent health standards.
Pakistan has asked a US federal court to pause an Australian copper company’s bid to enforce a $6 billion arbitral award while it looks to have the award nixed.
Protectionism and import substitutions are not the best ways to ensure the prosperity of all, especially the poorest of the poor, but keeping the economy open to the world is, senior Singaporean minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said.
The Phase 1 deal reached last month is expected to cut tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of US goods but Chinese officials have yet to publicly commit to key points.
China will not raise its quotas for the import of grains, according to vice agriculture and rural affairs minister Han Jun, raising the prospect of a stand-off with the US.
After walking out of negotiations on the 16-nation RCEP free trade agreement, the government said it would renegotiate its existing FTA and redouble its efforts to conclude other trade negotiations.
China’s trade delegation tentatively plans to travel to Washington for four days from January 13 for the signing of the phase one deal.
The agreement will not only increase Chinese purchases of US agricultural products but pave the way for long-term structural reforms.
Understanding power is more important to predicting the winners and losers of neoliberal economic policies than knowing the economics.
Navarro also hinted at future trade deals with the post-Brexit United Kingdom, other European countries and Vietnam.
