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Colombia to renegotiate arbitration issues of FTAs with the US and UE
25-Nov-2024 Prensa Latina
Colombia’s President said that Colombia will try to renegotiate the Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United States, concerning arbitration prerogatives based on national law.
Telefonica awarded $380 million from Colombian government in arbitration, company says
15-Nov-2024 WTVB
Spanish telecoms company Telefonica said that the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes had ordered the Colombian government to pay it $380 million as part of an arbitration process.
China invites Colombia to join Belt and Road Initiative, ‘exploring’ free-trade agreement
18-Oct-2024 South China Morning Post
China has invited Colombia to join the Belt and Road Initiative and is “exploring the possibility of a free-trade agreement” with the South American country, Beijing’s ambassador to Bogota told local media.
EU-Andean Countries: Council greenlights the conclusion of the trade agreement with Colombia, Peru and Ecuador
15-Oct-2024 European Council
The Council has adopted a decision to conclude the trade agreement between the European Union and its member states, on one hand, and Colombia and Peru, on the other, as well as a decision to conclude the protocol concerning Ecuador’s accession to this agreement.
Scrap the UK-Colombia investment treaty: how corporate courts let UK companies undermine human rights and the environment
9-Oct-2024 Global Justice Now
In October 2024, the Colombia-UK Bilateral Investment Treaty reaches the end of its initial ten-year term. The UK and Colombian governments now have the opportunity to work together to terminate the treaty.
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.