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CETA: A bad trade for women
19-Dec-2014 CCPA
Does the federal government know how the Canada-European Union Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) will affect Canadian men and women? The answer is ‘no.’
Newfoundland threatens to pull support for Canada-EU trade deal
11-Dec-2014 Globe and Mail
Newfoundland is threatening to withdraw support for the Canada-European Union trade agreement, a move that could create havoc for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
National Assembly, Senate in France adopt resolutions opposing CETA investment rules
5-Dec-2014 rabble.ca
Both houses of the French Parliament last week adopted resolutions opposing the investment protection rules in the proposed Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), in the latest sign of growing opposition in Europe to the deal’s sweeping corporate rights provisions.
CETA’s fate may hinge on outcome of EU-Singapore trade ratification
2-Dec-2014 Globe and Mail
The fate of Canada’s landmark trade agreement with the European Union, known as CETA, may hinge on an obscure case due to come before the European Court of Justice that relates to a similar deal the EU recently struck with Singapore.
Sigmar Gabriel: ‘Germany will approve CETA’
28-Nov-2014 EurActiv
German Minister of Economic Affairs Sigmar Gabriel is clashing with his own party over the EU’s planned free trade agreement with Canada (CETA), calling on Bundestag members to approve the deal despite the controversial investor protection provision.
Canada-EU deal could unleash "corporate litigation boom’’
19-Nov-2014 CUPE
A new report warns that controversial investor protection rules in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union could expose Canada to a new wave of corporate lawsuits that restrict the powers of all levels of governments.
Malmström: Only minor adjustments to ISDS in trade deal with Canada
12-Nov-2014 EurActiv
Only small changes can be made to an investment protection clause in a trade pact between Canada and the European Union, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said on Monday (10 November).
Transatlantic free trade in the balance
12-Nov-2014
The planned EU free trade agreements with the US and Canada have been clouded by months of uncertainty. Now a compromise appears to be in the making following a visit by the EU trade commissioner to Berlin.
TDM Call for Papers: CETA special
6-Nov-2014 TDM
The editors of Transnational Dispute Management journal invite contributions to a special edition on CETA
Does CETA offer any real value to Canadian farmers?
23-Oct-2014 Manitoba Cooperator
There is, at best, no gain for Canadian farmers in CETA, explains the president of the National Farmers Union
Hormone-free beef for European markets the next big export opportunity
15-Oct-2014 Alberta Farm Express
The proposed trade deal with Europe has a simple story line for Alberta cattle producers — build the herd.
Canada braces for EU trade pact dispute with Germany
8-Oct-2014 Bloomberg
Canada is bracing for a dispute with Germany over whether its newly-agreed free trade pact with the European Union should be re-opened to erase arbitration clauses.
CETA and climate change: Why the new Euro-Canada treaty is a gift to oil firms
8-Oct-2014 Counter Punch
Short of an international treaty banning all government regulations outright, CETA gives the oil and gas industry virtually everything it has been asking for, for decades.
Free flight for EU leaders not needed, German official says
7-Oct-2014 CBC
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s offer of a free ride home for visiting European leaders — at a cost of more than $300,000 — is raising eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic.
The threat of CETA: trade, investment and workers’ rights
5-Oct-2014 Newfoundland and Labrador Independent
The CETA will give private European companies the right to bid on Canadian government tenders for goods and services — among them schools, hospitals, airports, public transit, ports, and hydro projects — down to the municipal level.
Corporations get lots, Canadians get little in CETA trade deal
3-Oct-2014 iPolitics
The Harper government’s projected economic gains from the EU-Canada trade pact were calculated by a computer model based on a series of assumptions that are "not remotely realistic."
EU/Canada agreement: Publication of the official text
30-Sep-2014 Actu-Environnement
On the occasion of the EU Canadian Summit that took place in Ottawa on 26 September, the two parties officially concluded negotiations on CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement).
US dairy industry decries market barriers raised in EU-Canada trade deal
30-Sep-2014 IDFA
The US dairy industry says the agreement violates Canadian intellctual property laws and restricts US access to the Canadian cheese market
Harper, EU leaders celebrate trade deal they haven’t sealed
26-Sep-2014 CBC
Negotiators finish 5 years of CETA talks, but uncertain ratification, political sales job lie ahead.
New German objections threaten Canada-EU trade deal
26-Sep-2014 Toronto Star
“It is utterly clear that we reject these investment protection rules,” German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel told parliament in Berlin