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Articles by keyword
energy
oil, gas, agrofuels 
Despite lacking FTA, Japan to get US LNG
| 21-May-2013
The United States said Friday it will allow exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas to Japan and other countries to which it is not bound by free-trade agreements, authorizing a plan to deliver shale and other gases from Texas.
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.
Iceland is first in Europe to sign free trade pact with China
| 15-April-2013
Iceland became the first European country to sign a free trade agreement with China in a bid to sell its expertise in geothermal energy to the $7.3 trillion Asian economy.
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.
BRICS para mantener el sistema basado en petróleo
| 26-March-2013
"Oilwatch Internacional señala que el grupo económico y político formado por Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica -conocido como BRICS- se originó a partir la idea de Goldman Sachs de describirlos como los principales mercados emergentes. Se deduce fácilmente que la conceptualización de este grupo no tuvo en cuenta los intereses de los pueblos ni del ambiente, sino la acumulación del capital por parte del 1%".
TPP entry could pave way for US LNG deal
| 19-March-2013
Japan’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations may make it easier for it to import liquefied natural gas from the United States, a prospect that is raising the hackles of environmental groups.
Red Electrica seeks arbitration over Bolivia nationalisation
| 10-January-2013
Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica said on Tuesday it had begun to seek World Bank arbitration over Bolivia’s expropriation of its transmission business TDE.
ICSID: Ecuador Unlawfully Seized U.S. Firm’s Oil Investments
| 23-December-2012
The World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes has handed down a ruling against the Ecuadorian government, finding that it “unlawfully expropriated” U.S. firm Burlington Resources’ investments in two oil blocks.
Canada EPA could boost energy supply
| 29-November-2012
The government aims to secure a stable supply of resources such as natural gas and oil by entering negotiations Monday with Canada to conclude an economic partnership agreement. Whether Japan can overcome differences of opinion with Canada over liberalization of agricultural products will be a test for the government in promoting other trade negotiations, including those for the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral trade talks.
Gas imports: India wants US to consider free trade pact
| 29-November-2012
To enable import of gas from the US, India has asked the US Government to consider a free trade agreement (FTA).
US firm to launch NAFTA challenge to Quebec fracking ban
| 16-November-2012
A US-incorporated energy firm, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is taking on Quebec’s stand against fracking, saying it violates the North American free-trade agreement and demanding more than $250-million in compensation.
Harper, Merkel aren’t playing tit-for-tat on free trade deal, IMF bailout
| 17-August-2012
Angela Merkel gave Stephen Harper what he wanted — strong public support for a Canada-European Union trade deal — but not before she gently but firmly noted "problems" with high carbon emissions from Alberta’s oilsands.
Canadian human rights report on Colombia a ’sick joke’
| 17-May-2012
The Canadian government’s human rights report tabled in Parliament Tuesday regarding implementation of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement might as well have been a comic strip of three monkeys: "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil."
Oilsands not a sticking point in EU trade talks
| 25-April-2012
Canada’s oilsands aren’t a sticking point in trade talks with the European Union, Denmark’s trade minister said today in Ottawa.
Pakistan, GCC negotiating Free Trade Agreement: Dr Asim
| 23-February-2012
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain on Thursday said that the Pakistan-Qatar Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) would provide an excellent opportunity to enhance economic and trade relations between the two countries.
Sustainable Energy Trade Agreements: A fresh, “green” twist on free trade
| 7-November-2011
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is advocating the enactment of Sustainable Energy Trade Agreements to speed up the development and adoption of renewable energy and clean technology globally.
Legal weapon that gives corporations the edge on governments
| 5-November-2011
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall will take advantage of an "extraordinarily powerful legal tool" now available to the world’s corporations to sue the German government for phasing out nuclear power, it was confirmed this week. 
In violation of international agreements, natural gas has not flowed for months across the Sinai desert through the pipeline that connects Israel and Jordan to Egypt. Since former President Hosni Mubarak’s fall in February, political uncertainty and intermittent attacks have halted its delivery.
Ecuador prepares for new hearing in Occidental Petroleum case
| 15-June-2011
The office of Ecuador’s Attorney General will represent Ecuador in Washington at a June 30 hearing in the arbitration case filed against the Andean country by US oil company Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Colombia: Biocombustibles, mezclas problemáticas con Unión Europea
| 9-June-2011
Gobierno colombiano aún no ha definido cómo quedarán la exigencias para los motores de vehículos. |
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
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