On December 28, 2015, the Government of India released the text for its revised model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). In this release, the Government of India also announced that the Department of Economic Affairs will be leading all negotiations on BITs and investment chapters of trade agreements to ensure continuity between trade and investment issues.…

On 8 July 2015, the European Parliament voted favorably on a non-binding resolution that approves of the negotiation of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), an international trade and investment agreement between the United States and the European Union. Importantly, however, the resolution also supports the removal of investor-state arbitration from the TTIP. The European Parliament instead recommends to the European Commission negotiators framing the TTIP with their U.S. counterparts that investor-state arbitration be replaced with…

Capping two weeks of debate, the Senate voted 62-37 just before Memorial Day recess to restore trade promotion authority, sending the bill to the House of Representatives. Read More: Trade Promotion Authority Debate Heads to House …

The U.S. and India have reached an agreement that promises to pave the way toward global implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The breakthrough agreement between India and the U.S. should now make it possible for member countries to begin implementing the requirements of the agreement, providing potentially significant financial benefits to businesses trading goods around the world as local customs procedures are streamlined. The target date for ratification of the agreement is…

In a major shift in policy, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is changing its practice regarding the selection of respondents in a particular type of antidumping duty proceeding known as an administrative review (i.e., annual proceedings to determine the appropriate duty rates for the previous year’s entries). This change promises to profoundly alter the administrative review process, making it less predictable for exporters and importers. The DOC’s change in the selection of respondents is…