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The Department for International Trade (DIT)
11 November 2020

Free trade agreement (FTA) arbitration panel appointments: call for expressions of interest

UK DIT is seeking suitably qualified people to appoint to rosters of arbitrators for the state-to-state dispute settlement mechanisms within several of the free trade agreements that the UK has signed or that are currently under negotiation.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) is seeking to appoint arbitrators to rosters for the following agreements, and to identify a short-list from which we can populate future rosters:

  • UK-Andean countries trade agreement

  • CARIFORUM-UK economic partnership agreement

  • UK-Central America association agreement

  • UK-Chile association agreement

  • UK-Georgia strategic partnership and cooperation agreement

  • UK-Jordan association agreement

  • UK-Kosovo? partnership, trade and cooperation? agreement

  • UK-Pacific economic partnership agreement (EPA)

  • South African Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM)-UK economic partnership agreement (EPA)

  • UK-South Korea trade agreement

  • UK-Tunisia association agreement

  • UK-Ukraine political, free trade and strategic partnership

They are seeking suitable experienced individuals to populate general dispute settlement rosters.

They also seek candidates with experience in financial services law, international environmental law and international labour law for specialist rosters within some of these agreements.

 

This campaign will close at 11.59 on 6 December 2020, kindly ensure submissions are complete before the aforementioned deadline.  

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