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Colombia has made request to join Pacific trade pact: Mexico
18-Jun-2018 Reuters
Colombia has formally requested permission to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Mexico’s Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said.
Colombia looking to join new TPP
8-Jun-2018 ZDNet
TPP may get back to a dozen signatories, with Colombia declaring its interest in the agreement.
Three Canadian mining companies lodge ISDS disputes over Colombian mining ban
23-Apr-2018 AFTINET
Colombia’s decision to ban mining activities in the Páramos, a range of environmentally sensitive wetlands that provide approximately 70% of the country’s water supply, has so far led to three treaty-based arbitration cases.
Telefonica files complaint to ICSID over Colombia fine
23-Feb-2018 Telecompaper
Telefonica has filed an arbitration complaint with the World Bank’s ICSID against the Colombian arbitration fine for breaching a government contract for mobile services.
Cabinet approves Joint Interpretative Declaration between India and Colombia
13-Nov-2017 Government of India
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing the Joint Interpretative Declaration between India and Colombia regarding the existing Agreement for the Promotion and Protection of Investments.
US wants to update Latin America pacts next after NAFTA
5-Oct-2017 Just Style
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pointed to the need to modernise agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Chile, as well as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
UK to start new ‘trade dialogue’ with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
28-Sep-2017 UK Government
The UK´s trade dialogue with the Andean countries will aim to strengthen bilateral trade and prepare the ground for potential future FTAs post Brexit.
Canada’s Gran Colombia Gold files $700 million lawsuit against Colombia over Marmato project
24-Apr-2017 Financial Post
Canadian miner Gran Colombia Gold has filed a US$700 million lawsuit against Colombia under the Colombian-Canadian free trade agreement after the government ordered the company to cease operations at the El Burro site in Marmato.
Corporate sovereignty used to bully Ukraine, Colombia and Italy for protecting public health and the environment
21-Apr-2017 Tech Dirt
ISDS is an attempt to remove the risk of investment from companies, and place it squarely on the public’s shoulders, without any quid pro quo.
Compulsory licensing in Colombia: Leaked documents show aggressive lobbying by Novartis
12-Apr-2017 Public Eye
Confidential documents obtained by Public Eye show that Novartis has threatened Colombia with international investment arbitration under its BIT with Switzerland to avoid the issuance of a compulsory license
Pharmaceutical giant threatens to drag Government before corporate tribunal
1-Apr-2017 Public Citizen
Novartis battle against Colombian Government highlights the threats to public health posed by the outrageous investor-state dispute settlement regime and bad “trade” deals.
A case for trade enforcement: Colombia and intellectual property
2-Feb-2017 IP Watch
President Trump and members of his administration have talked about the need to be tougher on trade enforcement
Investigation: As Colombia pushes for cancer drug price-cut and considers compulsory licensing, Novartis responds with quiet filing of an investment treaty notice
2-Jan-2017 IA Reporter
Novartis lodged a formal notice of dispute under the Switzerland-Colombia BIT.
When you thought trade deals could not get any worse — enter Wall Street
19-Dec-2016 Sierra Club
What connects two proposed gold mines, one in the high-altitude wetlands of Colombia and one in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania?
EFTA states, Colombia to improve free trade deal
15-Dec-2016 Tax-News
Colombia and the member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) have discussed making improvements to their bilateral free trade agreement.
Eco Oro files request for arbitration against Colombia
12-Dec-2016 Investing News Network
The claim relates to Eco Oro’s dispute with Colombia in relation to State measures that have destroyed the value of its investments in the Colombian mining sector.
The impacts of FTAs on Colombian workers
23-Nov-2016 Observatorio TLC
Summary of the impacts of FTAs, analyzed by the FTA Observatory
Repercussions in Colombia of the free trade agreement with the European Union
21-Oct-2016 TNI
Various points of interest emerged during the discussions around the negotiation and ratification of this Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and after three years of its provisional implementation, it is a good time to revisit these issues.
Pacific Alliance members invite Uruguay to sign free trade agreements
11-Aug-2016 MercoPress
Uruguay, which will soon sign a free trade deal with Chile and upgrade its agreement with Mexico, has been invited by Colombia and Peru to turn its current agreements with them into an FTA as well
Free trade is killing Colombian labor activists
2-Aug-2016 The Nation
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.