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Investment treaties are undermining the global energy transition
31-Jul-2024 E3G
Globally, 2 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) of potential annual greenhouse gas emissions is protected via investment treaties.
Court ruling exempts Colombia from compensating Eco Oro Minerals Corp
17-Jul-2024 Prensa Latina
A court exempts Colombia from paying the Canadian Eco Oro Minerals Corp a compensation for the banning of gold exploitation in the northern Santurban wasteland.
World Bank tribunal rules against Canadian miner in legal dispute with Colombia
10-Jun-2024 Mining.com
The World Bank’s ICSID ruled in favour of Colombia in a feud with Canada’s Montauk Metals after finding that the mining ban imposed by the Gustavo Petro administration on the Santurbán moor does not violate the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement signed in 2008.
UAE and Ecuador begin Cepa talks to bolster trade ties
25-Apr-2024 The National
The UAE has started talks for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Ecuador as the Arab world’s second-largest economy continues to focus on strengthening trade ties with different countries across the globe.
Colombia signs trade agreement with UAE
23-Apr-2024 Atlas News
The governments of Colombia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a free trade agreement, Colombia’s first ever with an Arab nation.
Their mines ruined communities. Now they want compensation
23-Jan-2024 Truthdig
In Colombia, lawsuits by foreign corporations are obstructing a fossil fuel phase-out at the expense of the indigenous Wayúu community.
UAE says it concludes free trade agreement with Colombia
4-Dec-2023 Reuters
The UAE said it had concluded the terms of a trade deal with Colombia, which it called the first such bilateral agreement between the Gulf and South America.
Colombian president wants to amend free trade accord with US
17-Aug-2023 RFI
President Gustavo Petro announced that he wants to renegotiate a free trade accord that Colombia has with the United States, the main destination for its exports.
Colombia: corporate claims vs human rights
19-Jul-2023 LAB
International Delegation stands with mining-affected people to urge administration of President Gustavo Petro to withdraw from corporate courts.
NGO’s urge Colombia to sink investor protection treaties
26-May-2023 Colombia Reports
Investment disputes led to $2.4 billion claims in Colombia.
Venezuela and Colombia sign agreement on investments protection
28-Mar-2023 teleSUR
The President of Venezuela signed with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments between both nations.
Colombia, Venezuela revive trade deal after 4-year suspension
17-Feb-2023 France 24
The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela on Thursday renewed a trade deal that had been suspended for four years, in the latest rapprochement between the neighbors.
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.
US agrees to revise “free trade” treaty with Colombia: officials
9-Jan-2023 Colombia Reports
The governments of Colombia and the United States will negotiate revisions to their controversial “free” trade agreement, the trade minister confirmed.
Colombian courts must not be undermined by shadowy international tribunals, say campaigners
20-Sep-2022 Institute for Policy Studies
International organizations appeal to Colombia’s highest court over human rights violations at one of the largest open pit coal mines in the world.
Colombia UK post-Brexit bilateral trade agreement goes into force
26-Jul-2022 Finance Colombia
After completing government protocols, Colombia and the United Kingdom put into force the trade agreement signed in May 2019.
Colombia has formalized its free trade agreement with the United Kingdom
19-May-2022 SmallCapNews
High-level sources revealed that Colombia has completed all its internal constitutional and legal procedures for the entry into force of the free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
UAE, Colombia complete phase one of economic partnership agreement
4-Apr-2022 Gulf News
The UAE and Colombia announced that they have completed phase one of their Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
The conflict between traditional miners in Marmato and Canadian transnational mining companies: Another ISDS dispute over natural resources in Colombia
31-Mar-2022 IISD
In Marmato, the foreign investment promotion and protection system facilitated the transformation of the traditional small-scale mining regime into a transnational large-scale mining regime.
Singapore, Pacific Alliance countries sign trade agreement
27-Jan-2022 Reuters
Singapore has signed a free trade agreement with the Pacific Alliance - made up of Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile - those governments said on Wednesday, in a deal they said would facilitate trade and closer ties with Asia.