Negotiations
Japanese and US food and farm organizations urge halt to trade talks that undermine rural livelihoods and food sovereignty
25-May-2019IATP We urge the complete halt of US-Japan trade negotiations that undermine the livelihoods of family farmers and the sovereignty of rural communities in our two countries.
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25-May-2019 IATP
Climate change, CAFTA and forced migration
Climate change and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have destabilized the economies and lives of many in Central America and are driving migration. -
24-May-2019 Foreign Brief
US trade representative heads to Japan for free trade deal discussions
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will hold talks with Japanese Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Tokyo today that will focus on a future bilateral free trade deal. -
24-May-2019 Finance Post
’Beef and pork for cheese deal’ sours as strict EU health rules hinder Canadian exports under CETA
But as exports to the EU lag, shipments of pork and beef to Japan have spiked under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. -
24-May-2019 Sputnik
Chile experimenta por primera vez una resistencia importante a los TLC
El actual debate en el Senado chileno sobre el Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico es el primero en la historia de este país sudamericano que se realiza con una gran resistencia hacia los acuerdos de libre comercio, dijo a Sputnik el integrante de la no gubernamental Plataforma Chile, Patricio López. -
24-May-2019 Ámbito
Temor en productores franceses por carne, pollo y maíz del Mercosur
El principal sindicato agrícola francés advirtió en un comunicado sobre las "consecuencias catastróficas" que tendría un acuerdo de libre comercio en la agricultura europea y francesa. -
24-May-2019 Ecns
Latin American countries envision BRI teamwork
Latin American countries want to build even closer ties with China to strengthen their cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, a senior Mercosur official said -
24-May-2019 Clarín
Francia se opone al acuerdo Mercosur-Unión Europea
El gobierno argentino piensa que es inminente la firma del acuerdo Mercosur-Unión Europea. Pero tiene un problema: Francia está dispuesta a votar en contra. -
23-May-2019 El Desconcierto
Tratados, las nuevas luchas pro soberanía
8.000 millones de euros es lo que España podría estar pagando si pierde —como ha empezado a hacerlo— las 43 demandas interpuestas por multinacionales de la energía, entidades financieras y fondos privados de inversión en las instancias de solución de controversias de estados e inversores, ISDS, por su sigla inglesa. -
23-May-2019 Ámbito
Avances técnicos en las negociaciones entre el Mercosur y la UE
Durante la semana hubo rondas de negociaciones en el Palacio San Martín. Hubo progresos en todas las áreas se informó oficialmente. "Todavía quedan temas por acordar", dijo Horacio Reyser jefe negociador por Argentina. -
23-May-2019 No al TTIP
Lobby Planet, una guía por el mundo del lobby en Bruselas y Madrid
Ecologistas en Acción, CEO (Corporate Europe Observatory) y OMAL-Paz con Dignidad han presentado una guía para conocer cómo funcionan los lobbies (grupos de cabildeo) en la UE y en España, que intentan influir en el proceso de elaboración de nomativas y leyes.more
Key issues
New report: Secret regulatory talks threaten public protections
22-May-2019 IATPRegulatory cooperation has provided a forum for multinational business interests to influence government regulators in secretive committees that largely exclude consumer, environmental and other civil society representatives.
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22-May-2019 Politis
Réponse massive de la société civile internationale à la Journée mondiale d’action #AntiChevron
Plus de 260 organisations, réseaux, syndicats et mouvements sociaux au niveau mondial, représentant plus de 280 millions de personnes, se sont mobilisés pour dénoncer l’impunité de Chevron en Équateur. -
22-May-2019 Tele Sur
Global anti-Chevron day objects corporate crimes and impunity
Thousands of demonstrators across all five continents have joined the International Anti-Chevron day to peacefully protest and display global crimes committed by the transnational company against human rights and the environment. -
14-May-2019 ISDS América Latina
ISDS en números: Impactos de las demandas de arbitraje de inversores contra Estados de América Latina y el Caribe
22 de los 42 países en la región ya han sido demandados a través del sistema de arbitraje de inversores (ISDS). El 73,8% de las demandas fueron hacia Argentina, Venezuela, México, Ecuador, Bolivia y Perú. -
2-May-2019 Mining Watch
New report exposes mining companies suing Latin American countries where communities defend land and environment
We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, and more. -
2-May-2019 Behind the Numbers
Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
Canadian investors have frequently used the ISDS system to pursue their commercial interests abroad—too often to challenge responsible government policies taken in the public interest in developing countries. -
2-May-2019
The Ins and Outs Of Online Laser Cutting
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Texts of agreements
29-Apr-2019
| Belgium and Luxembourg model BIT text (2019)
18-Apr-2019
| EU-US FTA: EU negotiating mandates (Apr 2019)
As agreed by the European Council
31-Mar-2019
| Australia - Hong Kong investment agreement
As released by the Australian Government
7-Mar-2019
| Indonesia-Australia FTA text
As released by Government of Australia
Comments
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Christophe Duplay: J’ai acheté aujourd’hui la BD "TEXACO et pourtant nous vaincrons" . Je croyais que les Equatoriens avaient gagné, mais je vois que la cour18-Mar-2019 Why free trade is bad for you (or most of you at any rate)
fernando de mateo: Surely countries that restrict trade like Brazil (yeah, the most closed country in the world just after North Korea), South Africa (not as