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Foreign patent owners can challenge domestic judgments under international investment arbitration
12-Sep-2017 Forbes India
The first ever final award on patents in international investment arbitration by ICSID in the case of Eli Lilly v. Canada has effectively cleared the way for raising future disputes by foreign IPR owners against domestic institutions which can result in stronger and robust IP protection regime.
Canada introduces patent term extensions for pharmaceutical patents
12-Sep-2017 Lexology
The new regime has been implemented in order to meet Canada’s obligations under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union
Poland looks to block part of EU, Canada trade deal
7-Sep-2017 Undercurrent News
Poland is looking to block part of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) between the EU and Canada, over concerns for a planned mechanism for resolving disputes.
Belgium asks European Court on legality of investment protection in CETA
6-Sep-2017 FOEE
Belgium has requested an opinion from the European Court of Justice on the ’Investment Court System’ included in the EU-Canada trade deal, to determine if the ICS is compatible with the European Treaties
Romanian Unesco site proposal may be halted to allow gold mining
1-Sep-2017 The Guardian
Romania’s prime minister has suggested his government will withdraw an application to have the Roman gold-mining area of Roșia Montană declared a Unesco world heritage site, potentially reviving controversial plans to resume mining.
TPP free trade: Much opposition from Canadians
30-Aug-2017 RCI
A public consultation process led by the Canadian government on the Trans-Pacific Partnership yields near total opposition to the deal
Canada says ’hard no’ on changing NAFTA dispute resolution
30-Aug-2017 Washington Examiner
Canada will oppose any effort to change the investor-state dispute resolution system in the North American Free Trade Agreement, sources tell the Washington Examiner
CETA: Canada’s cheese quota settlement upsets EU dairy farmers
24-Aug-2017 EurActiv
Canada’s federal government has finalised the details of an additional import quota that will allow 18,500 tonnes of European cheese to enter Canada — 50% by manufacturers and 50% by distributors and retailers — but EU dairy producers say cheese makers in Canada have no interest to allow European cheese through
NAFTA chapter on Indigenous rights crucial, AFN national chief says
22-Aug-2017 Canadian Press
The push for an Indigenous chapter in a renegotiated NAFTA could require support from Indigenous Peoples south of the border as well as in Canada, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, a main advocate for its creation.
India, Canada free trade agreement: After 2-year gap, both nations set to talk; here are the key challenges
21-Aug-2017 Financial Express
After a gap of more than two years, India and Canada will resume formal negotiations this week for a free trade agreement (FTA) in goods and services, while talks on a bilateral investment agreement are being handled separately
NAFTA negotiations: energy clause unites Canadian critics across the political spectrum
17-Aug-2017 Global News
As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch.
NAFTA renegotiation talks arrive amid diverging interests, neoliberal goals
16-Aug-2017 Tele Sur
As Mexico, Canada and the U.S. head into potentially thorny talks, critics say that banks and multinationals will be first to reap the benefits.
NAFTA 2.0: Will our feminist government walk the equality talk?
15-Aug-2017 The Globe and Mail
Renegotiating the agreement is an opportunity for Canada’s self-proclaimed feminist government to put words into action by tackling gender inequality and the structural barriers that female workers and business owners face across all three countries.
Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism
15-Aug-2017 Reuters
Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.
Freeland to press for new labour, environmental sections within NAFTA
14-Aug-2017 Ottawa Citizen
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes of Canada’s goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
«Le moratoire de Québec était légitime», dit le Centre québécois en droit de l’environnement
12-Aug-2017 Le Devoir
Québec était en droit d’instituer un moratoire sur la fracturation hydraulique et Ottawa ne devrait pas compenser Lone Pine.
Canada v Mexico: Trump seeks to divide and conquer in Nafta negotiations
8-Aug-2017 The Guardian
Both countries are scrambling to best handle a president who ranks among the more unpredictable elements of the upcoming negotiations.
NAFTA’s ’broken promises’: these farmers say they got the raw end of trade deal
7-Aug-2017 NPR
The net effect of trade agreements like NAFTA is to put more power, more authority with the large multinational companies and by extension, take that power away from family farmers.
NAFTA schedule: A cabinet dinner to launch seven rounds of trade talks
4-Aug-2017 National Post
A high-level dinner of cabinet members from Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will mark the start of NAFTA negotiations, followed by a seven-course diet of negotiating rounds crammed in rapid succession.
India may deviate from model BIT to meet Canada’s demands
4-Aug-2017 The Hindu
As talks with Canada began before model text was approved by Cabinet, deviations may be allowed.