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Canada
Libre-échange UE-Canada : "le travail des négociateurs est achevé"
| 14-May-2013
Les questions en suspens doivent être tranchées au niveau politique, a déclaré le ministre québécois des Relations internationales, Jean-François Lisée
Libre-échange Canada-UE - La question agricole empêche la conclusion d’un accord
| 10-May-2013
Un haut responsable européen affirme que seules les questions agricoles font encore obstacle à la conclusion d’un traité de libre-échange entre le Canada et l’Union européenne (UE).
Reko Diq finally abandoned by Canadians, TCC
| 10-May-2013
Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture between Canada’s Barrick Gold and Chilean miner Antofagasta, has given up hope of eventually mining Reko Diq, a disputed but promising copper-gold project in Pakistan’s poorest region, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday.
Trade talks? Only business insiders invited
| 10-May-2013
As the future of the proposed Canada-European Union Trade Agreement becomes increasingly uncertain — the EU has been unwilling to compromise on the remaining contentious issues leaving the Canadian government with a deal that offers limited benefits and significant costs — the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is likely to emerge as the government’s new top trade priority.
Divide over beef last bridge to cross on road to EU trade pact
| 10-May-2013
The European Union’s ambassador to Canada said special access for agriculture goods is the last obstacle to a trade deal between Brussels and Ottawa, and drew a line in the sand over how much market access the EU could offer Canadian beef producers.
Canada says close to agreeing long-delayed EU free-trade deal
| 7-May-2013
Canada is close to finalizing a long-delayed free-trade deal with the European Union but will not set a timetable for reaching an agreement, even though the EU is set to start talks with the United States, a top official said on Monday.
L’accord commercial entre l’UE et le Canada menace les interdictions de la fracturation hydraulique
| 6-May-2013
L’Accord Économique et Commercial Global en cours de négociations entre l’Union Européenne et le Canada accorderait aux compagnies énergétiques des possibilités étendues pour venir défier les régulations et interdictions de développement du gaz de schiste (par la fracturation hydraulique, dommageable pour l’environnement) démontre un nouveau rapport du Corporate Europe Observatory, Conseil des Canadiens et Transnational Institute.
The looming Canada-CARICOM free trade agreement
| 3-May-2013
On April 23, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago visited Canada to deliver her pitch to make the Canada-CARICOM free trade agreement a reality.
China investment deal raises red flags in Canada
| 30-April-2013
After a vote to block it failed this week, Canada’s controversial investment treaty with China could be ratified any day now. The government says it protects Canadian investments in China. Critics call it a sell-out.
Five reasons Canada should NOT ratify a Canada-EU free trade agreement
| 26-April-2013
There are many reasons why Prime Minister Stephen Harper should walk away from the CETA negotiations. Most relate to the ways that CETA is not about trade at all but about making dubious policy reforms that constrain our economic, social and environmental policy options in the future.
Bilateral investment pacts can’t be subject to foreign jurisdictions: FM
| 18-April-2013
India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram has made it clear that any bilateral investment protection agreement has to be subject to jurisdiction of domestic legal institutions and India will not allow it to be subjected to foreign courts or tribunals.
Canadian groups tell gold company to ‘stop harassing’ Costa Ricans
| 18-April-2013
A war of words heats up between environmental groups and a gold company threatening to sue Costa Rica.
The government is planning to announce Friday...
| 11-April-2013
The Japanese government is planning to announce Friday the results of its preliminary negotiations with the United States on Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, sources said Thursday.
Canada strengthens its ties with Africa by concluding negotiations of bilateral investment treaties
| 10-April-2013
On March 4, 2013, the Minister of International Trade of Canada announced the conclusion of the negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaties with Cameroon and Zambia — home of iron ore, copper and other mineral deposits.
New round of Canada-Japan trade talks coming in April
| 10-April-2013
Canada and Japan are meeting for a second round of free-trade talks this month as Ottawa tries to stay ahead of other countries looking to cut similar deals with Tokyo.
India, Canada FTA may face delay; likely to miss December deadline
| 7-April-2013
The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Canada is likely to be delayed and may miss the December 2013 deadline, a government official has said.
Un exploitant minier canadien menace le Costa Rica
| 5-April-2013
Le compagnie minière canadienne Infinito Gold a menacé jeudi le Costa Rica d’une plainte portant sur plusieurs millions de dollars si d’ici le 4 octobre prochain aucun accord amiable n’était trouvé après l’annulation d’un projet minier dans le nord du pays, a indiqué l’entreprise à San José.
Canada-Panama : entrée en vigueur d’un accord de libre-échange
| 2-April-2013
C’est aujourd’hui qu’un accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et le Panama, pays d’Amérique Centrale, entre en vigueur. Radio-Canada rapporte que l’accord abolit les droits de douane sur 95% des produits non agricoles et 78% des produits agricoles exportés par le Canada vers le Panama.
Auto industry an unlikely roadblock in Ottawa’s ambitious free-trade talks
| 1-April-2013
Agriculture has long been the bane of Canadian trade negotiators. No trade deal gets done without crossing farmers first.
How NAFTA, FIPA and other investment deals put democracy and the environment at risk
| 27-March-2013
A US-funded energy firm, Lone Pine Resources, is using investor rights provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to challenge Quebec’s 2011 moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. |
L’accord entre l’Union Européenne et l’Inde menace l’accès aux traitements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
| 12-April-2013
Colombia: Nueve propuestas mínimas para la reafirmación de la soberanía frente al capital transnacional
| 26-March-2013
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