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Ukraine, Canada agree to expand bilateral free trade deal
12-Apr-2023 Yahoo
The modernized trade deal would implement the most modern liberalization regime for service and investment markets and revamping digital goods trade rules.
Rough trade
12-Apr-2023 The Ecologist
UK accession to Pacific trade deal empowers fossil fuel firms to sue governments.
Mercosur, Canada to resume trade deal talks
11-Apr-2023 MercoPress
Negotiations for an agreement between Mercosur and Canada to eliminate tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods, services, intellectual property, and government purchases are to resume after more than three years.
UK membership in Pacific trade deal threatens Canadian climate action
7-Apr-2023 The Monitor
Canada should join Australia and New Zealand in neutralizing lopsided corporate protections in CPTPP.
Canada must cancel its free trade deal with Israel
23-Mar-2023 The Monitor
Commitments to “inclusive” trade are meaningless if they support violations of international law.
India Canada trade deal talks in early April
16-Mar-2023 The Hindu
While the early harvest trade pact being fleshed out now will focus on 10-11 areas, the more comprehensive economic partnership agreement will cover Goods, Services, Rules of Origin as well as Labour, Environment and Digital issues.
UK and Canada ‘break impasse’ on Indo-Pacific trade pact
15-Mar-2023 Politico
Britain’s trade chief Kemi Badenoch and her Canadian counterpart Mary Ng settled differences in a move that bodes well for the UK’s post-Brexit hopes of joining a key Indo-Pacific trade bloc.
Canadian and Mexican unions initiate Canadian government trade challenge to stop abuses at Mexican factory
14-Mar-2023 Yahoo
Autoworker unions in Canada and Mexico applaud the launch of a trade complaint by the Canadian government to stop labour abuses at a Mexican auto parts facility owned by global automotive supplier Fränkische.
UK-Canada trade chiefs to meet after ‘sour’ Indo-Pacific talks
14-Mar-2023 Politico
Along with Mexico, Canada is pushing for the UK to offer the same market access it granted on agriculture as it did in pacts with Australia and New Zealand.
Pipeline developers demand $20B US payout from Canada after Quebec projects rejected
13-Mar-2023 CBC
The liquified natural gas companies behind GNL Québec and Gazoduq are claiming $20 billion US in compensation from the government of Canada for pulling the plug on their natural gas liquefaction terminal and gas pipeline projects in Saguenay, Que.
Canada requests formal talks with Mexico on GMO restrictions
10-Mar-2023 Yahoo
Canada has asked for formal consultations with Mexico over its restrictions on genetically modified agricultural imports under the North American free-trade agreement, Bloomberg News reported.
Slovenian NGOs threaten to challenge CETA in court
7-Mar-2023 Euractiv
Environmental organisations are threatening to bring about a court challenge to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada, just as the ratification of the agreement is set to be on the agenda.
Ecuador-Canada Free Trade Agreement: a new attack on communities, Indigenous peoples, and the environment
2-Mar-2023 Mining Watch
A Free Trade Agreement between Ecuador and Canada is not in the interests of Indigenous peoples, territories or the environment. The FTA will only be another instrument of corporate power, wielded by the national elites to deepen the rationale for devastation.
CCAJAR calls for the elimination of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in “free trade” agreements
15-Feb-2023 Peace Brigades International - Canada
Colombia is now facing thirteen investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims in process and eight more in initial stages that total an estimated USD $2 billion.
Canada, Taiwan to begin formal talks to spur foreign investments
8-Feb-2023 Reuters
The talks about a so-called "Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Arrangement" aligns with Canada’s plan to increase trade and influence in the fast-growing Indo-Pacific region.
NAFTA’s shadow of obstruction
8-Feb-2023 Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Investor rights in the expired North American Free Trade Agreement continue to undermine democratic decision-making and climate policy in Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Cambodia aims at more FTAs to boost economic growth
6-Feb-2023 Khmer Times
The government is considering the establishment of more bilateral free trade agreements to access broader markets for Cambodia-made products.
US filing another dairy dispute with Canada under USMCA trade deal
1-Feb-2023 Global News
The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada’s failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers.
Potential Canada-Ecuador trade pact to navigate tricky investment protections field
25-Jan-2023 The Hill Times
Controversial ISDS provisions are trumpeted for protecting Canadian foreign investments, but are panned for allowing companies to sue countries.
Report: Evaluating the Proposed Joint Interpretation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
25-Jan-2023 Saskia Bricmont
This report analyzes the proposed interpretive guidance on the Investment Chapter of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union.