ISDS Case Map
RCEP
Going forward has become extremely difficult for India as most RCEP members want zero duties on almost all products
RCEP should make sure it promotes and protects the legal trade of forest products.
China could set a goal of reaching an RCEP deal without India.
Week of action and resistance
Civil society groups say no to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
ISDS is increasingly being used by global corporations to challenge health, environment and other public interest laws.
Eleven countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact will hold a chief negotiators meeting in Toronto to kick-start full-scale discussions toward implementation of the pact by the 11 countries, without the United States.
Leaders from the ASEAN have said that the RCEP will boost global trade
Asean is keen to conclude a region-wide trade agreement with its key partners, but the pact must have substance to be worthwhile, said Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Among recurring public concerns in almost all modern trade deals include the patent rights for medicine, the import of agricultural products, and the ISDS provision where companies can sue a state for alleged discrimination.
