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NAFTA lawsuits target Canada most while U.S. hasn’t lost yet
30-Jun-2017 Financial Post
When it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada can safely claim the title of biggest loser in terms of lawsuits.
Canada’s Gabriel Resources to seek $4.4 bln in damages from Romania
30-Jun-2017 Reuters
Gabriel Resources Ltd will seek $4.4 billion in damages from Romania for losses related to its long-stalled Rosia Montana gold mine project in a claim that the Canadian miner plans to file with a World Bank Tribunal.
Spain ratifies Canada-EU trade deal after opposition backs away
30-Jun-2017 Undercurrent News
The Spanish parliament has ratified the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
TiSA troubles: Services, democracy and corporate rule in the Trump era
30-Jun-2017 RLS
This study, co-published with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, examines the adverse impacts on public services and public interest regulation of the little-known Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), quietly being negotiated in Geneva by a group of 23 governments, including Canada
US junks Bilateral Investment Treaty talks
29-Jun-2017 The Hindu
Talks deadlocked on investor dispute settlement.
Mainland, Hong Kong sign new deals on investment, Ecotech
29-Jun-2017 Xinhua
According to the investment agreement, the mainland commits to providing the most favored treatment to Hong Kong. The agreement on Ecotech specially emphasizes mainland’s support to Hong Kong in participating in the Belt and Road Initiative.
U.S. grain groups testify at NAFTA hearings
29-Jun-2017 Food Business News
US Grains Council outlined improvements suggestions for the agreement, including elements drawn from the TPP text as well as updated sanitary and phytosanitary, biotechnology synchronization and energy provisions.
Churchill updates on ICSID arbitration
29-Jun-2017 Stock Market Wire
Churchill Mining has confirmed that the stay on enforcement of the East Kutai Coal Project Award will continue pending a decision on the Annulment Application.
Trade politics in flux: what social movement responses?
29-Jun-2017 bilaterals.org
Instead of settling for more “inclusive” brands of capitalism, we ought to reclaim and build a clear and radical political and economic vision.
China open to free-trade agreement with Mexico
29-Jun-2017 Reuters
China is open to negotiating a free-trade agreement with Mexico, said the Chinese ambassador to the country, a fillip for Mexico as it faces uncertainty over its trade deals with the United States.
Trump is trying to make NAFTA even worse. It’s time to throw sand in the gears
29-Jun-2017 In These Times
While the people who gathered in Mexico City have long opposed NAFTA for its pro-corporate bent, a consensus emerged that President Trump and his team are cooking up something even worse.
More trouble for Canada-EU trade deal, as drug changes delay implementation
29-Jun-2017 CBC
Goal of implementing most of CETA this summer slips farther from reach.
RCEP pact:700 officials from 16 nations to meet in Hyderabad
28-Jun-2017 PTI
Officials from RCEP negotiating nations will meet in Hyderabad
EU-Japan FTA - draft chapters (Jan 2016 - Jan 2017)
28-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
14 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
Six years after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests in Peru
28-Jun-2017 Radio Mundo Real
Criminal charges pending against 18 community leaders and a billion-dollar court case at ICSID.
Norway’s seafood council sees Japanese free trade agreement in the future
28-Jun-2017 Undercurrent News
Japan is the main market for Norwegian seafood in Asia and is a strategically important market for seafood.
Japan minister urges EU to give way on dairy sector in talks
28-Jun-2017 The Mainichi
Japanese farm minister Yuji Yamamoto urged the European Union to give way on its demand that Japan open its market to dairy products from the bloc.
China FTA talks set to resume
28-Jun-2017 Dairy News
Tariff elimination on dairy into China is one issue New Zealand will be looking to progress in the Free Trade Agreement update with China.
Taiwan’s premier reaffirms government’s commitment to joining TPP
28-Jun-2017 Taiwan News
Taiwan government is committed to seeking membership for the country in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and playing its part in bringing the trade agreement into force.
Brazil’s Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements (CFIA) and recent developments
28-Jun-2017 IISD
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI