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Over 100 Canadian and EU groups strongly oppose CETA’s corporate rights
26-Sep-2014 Trade Justice Network
Social movements deliver strong message to the Canada-European Union Summit, which starts today in Ottawa to mark the conclusion of the negotiation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union.
Making sense of the CETA
25-Sep-2014 Policy Alternatives
The first independent analysis of the completed CETA text, which was leaked in August 2014.
‘Symbolic’ summit to mark end of CETA talks
24-Sep-2014 Embassy
CETA will not be initialled or signed at the summit on 26 September. Instead, the Canadian and EU leaders are expected to sign a declaration marking the end of negotiations and the finalization of the text.
Cargill, la première multinationale agroalimentaire, dans le viseur des paysans
24-Sep-2014 Basta !
Le siège social français de la multinationale Cargill est occupé depuis 9h, ce 24 septembre, par une centaine de militants de la Confédération paysanne qui protestent contre le projet de traité économique et commercial entre l’Union européenne et le Canada (CETA)
Leaked documents reveal EU-Canada trade deal a ‘sham’
24-Sep-2014 War on Want
Trade justice campaigners today branded any suggestion of a conclusion of EU-Canada trade negotiations a ’sham’ and a ’PR stunt’, as internal documents reveal outstanding disagreements between the European Commission and EU member states over controversial new powers for foreign investors.
Call to action: 26 September 2014 in Ottawa: Together, we can stop CETA / Let’s rally and march!
24-Sep-2014 RQIC
Come to hear activists from Canada and Europe address the threat that CETA represents and how we can act to ensure that this agreement will never be ratified.
European Commission denies reports that Germany is derailing Ceta
24-Sep-2014 IBT
The European Commission has denied reports that the German government has threatened to put the brakes on the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada.
Appel à l’action : 26 sept. 2014 à Ottawa : Ensemble, on peut arrêter l’AÉCG / Rassemblement et marche !
23-Sep-2014 RQIC
Stoppons l’AÉCG et cette attaque à la démocratie, le bien commun et nos droits collectifs ! Toutes et tous à la marche et au rassemblement !!!
Germany puts CETA free trade deal with Canada on hold
23-Sep-2014 DW
The German government now wants to delay approval of CETA, reports Deutsche Welle
MEPs still divided over EU-Canada trade deal
18-Sep-2014 Xinhua
Divisions were evident in a European Parliament (EP) debate Wednesday on a proposed trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada.
EU must allay fears about free trade with Canada, Danish minister say
18-Sep-2014 Globe and Mail
Danish companies — such as pharmaceutical giant Novo-Nordisk, who will get expanded patent protection in Canada — see huge opportunities for boosting their revenues through CETA.
How Greens in one German state threaten Euro-Canada trade deal
12-Sep-2014 The Tyee
The survival of the new trade deal hammered out in secret between Canada and the European Union is threatened by opposed Green politicians in Germany’s most populated state, writes Andrea Rexer.
EU-Canada trade deal ’a threat to democracy’
11-Sep-2014 Economic Voice
Campaigners urge British government to amend ‘secret agreement’ that would allow Canadian companies new powers over government decisions
EU trade pact could weaken Ottawa’s power to regulate banks
8-Sep-2014 Toronto Star
Under CETA, the scope for foreign banks to launch investor-state challenges is much broader than in Canada’s other major pact of this type: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
US dairy groups oppose Canadian market access restrictions
4-Sep-2014 Dairy Herd Management
US dairy companies are putting up a fight against the pending Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA) which they saw would give the EU exclusive access to more than 70% of Canada’s “Most Favored Nation” cheese imports.
SIU of Canada forms coalition to fight CETA
4-Sep-2014 Seafarers Canada
The Canadian Maritime and Supply Chain Coalition says the Canadian-European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement will completely halt the Canadian maritime transport sector’s growth and destroy the communities and regions that depend on this industry
Ambassador: We can’t ratify the EU-Canada Treaty easily, Romanian businessmen must have free access like all Europeans
1-Sep-2014 Romania Insider
Romania can’t ratify the EU-Canada free trade agreement easily as long as Romanian businessmen don’t have the same free visa access to the country as other European citizens do, Romania’s Ambassador to Canada told Mediafax.
CETA leak: Crucial questions unanswered
29-Aug-2014 The Tyee
Latest version of trade deal leaves too much up to non-existent commission, lawyers say.
European lawmakers threaten to scupper Canada trade deal
28-Aug-2014 Reuters
EU lawmakers are threatening to block a multibillion-dollar trade pact between Canada and the European Union – a blueprint for a much bigger EU-US deal – because it would allow firms to sue governments if they breach the treaty.
S&D Group president Gianni Pittella: "We oppose ISDS mechanism in EU-Canada trade deal"
27-Aug-2014 S&D Group in the EP
The Socialist & Democrat Group in the European Parliament has always opposed the inclusion of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in CETA, says their president G. Pitella, and it will be up to the Parliament to decide whether or not to ratify the agreement.