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EU-LatAm trade deal good for agribusiness; bad for Amazon, climate
19-Dec-2017 Mongabay
The emphasis on production and international consumption could greatly increase the need for agricultural land in Latin America, and result in a major increase in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and Cerrado, and Argentine Chaco.
EU-Mercosur FTA: draft chapters (July 2017)
7-Dec-2017 Greenpeace
8 draft chapters, as leaked by Greenpeace
EU-Mercosur FTA: An assessment of the trade and sustainable development chapter
6-Dec-2017
Many serious environmental concerns are not addressed at all.
When climate leaders protect dirty investments
9-Nov-2017 Project Syndicate
Much of the problem can be traced to bilateral investment treaties and investment rules embedded within broader trade pacts.
France to ratify CETA next year, seeks ‘green veto’
26-Oct-2017 EurActiv
France’s parliament is expected to ratify the CETA trade deal with Canada around the second half of 2018, French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot told reporters. But he made it clear that this will include “climate veto” powers.
Unfair trade: US beef has a climate problem
19-Oct-2017 Mongabay
TPP, like other global trade treaties, fails to acknowledge climate change or include mechanisms to curb it.
Opportunities and benefits of CETA for Canada’s oil and gas exporters
3-Oct-2017 Government of Canada
How will CETA benefit Canadian oil and gas product exporters?
Replacing NAFTA: Eight essential changes to an environmentally destructive deal
20-Aug-2017 Sierra Club
To transform NAFTA from a polluter-friendly deal into one that supports environmental protection, any renegotiation must include, at a minimum, these eight changes.
New trade deals jeopardise EU green transport goals, NGO warns
7-Jul-2017 EurActiv
Upcoming free trade deals with biofuel-producing countries in Asia and South America will undermine the European Union’s goals to decarbonise the transport sector.
Ten principles for trade
12-Jun-2017 Greenpeace
The current global trade and investment regime imposes high social and environmental costs on people and planet.
NAFTA’s dirty secret: it lets U.S. control our oil: McQuaig
9-Jun-2017 Toronto Star
Mexico’s fierce defence of its sovereignty stands in sharp contrast to the easy submission to Washington’s energy demands by Canadian politicians, led by then Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Romanian MEP points out ‘green contradiction’ of organic trade deal
15-May-2017 EurActiv
A recent trade deal on organic products between the EU and Chile has sparked a discussion regarding the carbon footprint of organic products transportation.
EU opens door to Canada’s dirty oil
12-May-2017 EurActiv
The decision bears the hallmark of the CETA free trade deal between Canada and the EU. Dirty oil has been given a clean label.
Trading with Trump – What we can expect from a UK-US trade deal
24-Apr-2017 Global Justice Now
A new briefing has outlined the likely elements of a UK-US trade deal and argues that it would contain more extreme forms of all the controversial elements of the deal that was being negotiated between the EU and the USA.
Four ways our trade vision beats Trump’s
10-Apr-2017 Huffington Post
Progressives and Trump form two opposing sides in a battle that’s currently underway for the future of U.S. trade policy.
TransCanada Keystone XL rejection lawsuit dropped - arbitrator
24-Mar-2017 Reuters
Transcanada Corp’s legal challenge against the United States over its past rejection of Keystone XL pipeline has been dropped.
TransCanada’s $15 billion U.S. Keystone XL NAFTA suit suspended
28-Feb-2017 Reuters
TransCanada Corp has suspended a $15 billion NAFTA suit filed against the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President approved the project.
Europe pushes ahead with controversial Canadian trade deal, opens door for tar sands
27-Feb-2017 Desmog
The trade deal could facilitate energy companies suing Member State governments when environmental policies threaten their profits.
A vote against CETA would reset Europe’s trade agenda
15-Feb-2017 EurActiv
With global inequalities spiralling and the climate crisis on our doorstep, the last thing we need is a trade deal that would worsen both.
Intensifying global crisis and conflict
20-Jan-2017 E-Pao
On behalf of monopoly firms and local elites, imperialist states have been competing to rewrite international and national legal systems and regulations through trade and investment agreements