1-Dec-2021
National Observer
An environmental group is pleading with the Canadian government to reject a controversial trade deal it says would further fuel deforestation in the Amazon in a new letter addressed to Canada’s minister of foreign affairs.
16-Nov-2021
Business Standard
As India goes into firming up trade deals with developed nations like Australia, the UK and the regional bloc, and the EU, it will have to be well prepared to negotiate on new-generation issues, such as data protection regulation, e-commerce, and environment.
26-Aug-2021
Friends of the Earth
What precedent might be set by the new Australia trade deal and what could it tell us about the future for UK environmental standards?
9-Aug-2021
The Maritime Executive
A lawsuit filed against the Mexican government for denying a permit for seabed mining has put a spotlight on the lack of international rules for such practices.
9-Aug-2021
East Asia Forum
Human rights experts are particularly concerned about the asymmetric nature of the system and a lack of investors’ human rights obligations. Together with high ISDS costs and arbitral awards, they undermine states’ ability to realise economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.
2-Aug-2021
The Independent
‘Any policy allowing imports that do not match UK animal welfare policies simply props up an industry the public has firmly rejected,’ says critic.
28-Jul-2021
Balkan Insight
The derailment of the plans led Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources to sue the Romanian government for $5.7 billion before the Washington-based ICSID.
18-May-2021
The Ecologist
The shadowy parallel court system of major trade agreements makes it difficult for countries to ban broad-spectrum insecticides.