Remember "WTO reform"? Norway Ambassador Petter Ølberg on his latest consultations. Full text ⬇️ contains details of what's been discussed, eg subsidies and voting in the absence of consensus. Short preface co-authored with @bobwolfe.bsky.social
tradebetablog.wordpress.com/text-olbergs...
'The new grouping, to be called the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership, or “FIT-P”, is expected to include about 10 countries, with New Zealand joining Singapore and the UAE as core founding members' on.ft.com/3JCgbDe via @FT
ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations | by Joshua Paine
My two cents on the ICJ’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion now published at @ejiltalk.bsky.social ‘ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: The Variable and Evolutive Nature of Due Diligence Obligations’. www.ejiltalk.org/icj-advisory... Thanks to @dchovell.bsky.social for comments on earlier drafts.
🚨 West Cumbria Mining is suing the UK under the UK–Singapore #BIT after the High Court blocked its controversial #coal mine #Whitehaven #WoodhouseColliery.
Exiting the #ECT isn’t enough, thousands of investment treaties still threaten #ClimateJustice #StopISDS
The Trump mafia and Indonesian gov have agreed to a framework for working out non-tariff trade irritants—at some point in the future.
Cost to Indonesia: 19% tariffs on exports to US.
www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
Canada agrees to resume FTA talks w/ the UK nearly 18 months after Ottawa halted negotiations. Canada also agrees to ratify the UK's #CPTPP accession during a bilateral meeting ahead of the #G7 summit
@chrishorseman.bsky.social covers everything you need to know👇
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The agenda for the next meeting of the European Parliament's trade committee on 23-34 June is out - lots of juicy nuggets to get your teeth into, whether its US trade relations, Israel, or the EU's first "CTIP" agreement with South Africa www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docume...
I have a blogpost just out with @ejiltalk.bsky.social on 'A Multilateral Instrument on ISDS Reform (MIIR): Selected Design Issues'. Thanks to Colin Brown, Taylor St John and @dchovell.bsky.social for comments on earlier drafts of the post.
Congratulations, well deserved!
Yes that's definitely right. Japan's reported idea reminded me somewhat of the investment promotion chapter in the India-EFTA TEPA, where there's a goal in terms of EFTA FDI into India specified.
Ah ok, as in they are often either recycled announcements, commitments without a clear time frame etc.
Simon, could you pls expand a little on why you say that? We have things like the FDI data regularly published by OECD, UNCTAD.
'One early proposal from Japan, according to officials, was to link levels of investment in the US by Japanese companies with percentage-point cuts to tariffs.'
Japan to hold out for better trade deal with US - on.ft.com/4dFCaUV via @FT
"Even landlocked member states are vocally supportive of the commission in pushing for a hard link” between fisheries and a veterinary deal ... a third EU diplomat said. Plans to reset UK-EU relations hit trouble over fishing rights and youth mobility - on.ft.com/4dsCQwz via @FT
USTR just posted what it described as the US-UK "Agreement in Principle" ustr.gov/sites/defaul...
'Meanwhile, financial services will be covered by talks over a bilateral investment treaty. While negotiations on that treaty were conducted in parallel with free trade talks, differences remain and so talks will continue.'
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
I don't follow the link between non-conclusion of the BIT and the services coverage of the FTA, unless the BIT is anticipated to include investment liberalisation commitments in those services sectors. /2
'Parallel talks to agree a bilateral investment treaty, which would establish legal protections for investments between the UK and India, have not yet reached resolution. As a result, the deal does not include the financial services or legal services sectors.' /1
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The EU and Côte d'Ivoire launch talks on a sustainable investment facilitation pact. The European Commission wants talks to conclude next year. All the latest by me below for @borderlex.net borderlex.net/2025/05/06/e...
Do you have a Commission or Council link for this? Read your borderlex story w interest but couldn't find anything official online about it. Thanks.
'Although talks on the investment treaty continue, there’s still no clear timeline for when — or if — a deal will ever be agreed.'
'Two EU officials said the CAI would not be revived as the situation had changed so much'. China to lift sanctions on MEPs in bid to revive trade deal with EU - on.ft.com/4iOiZsZ via @FT
What is feigned victimization and how is it used by fossil fuel companies to achieve capital accumulation and climate obstruction?
