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25-Apr-2019 YubaNet
Over 200 organizations denounce multimillion dollar suit brought by US mining firm against Guatemala
The company filed the suit in December 2018 for alleged violations of the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
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24-Apr-2019 TVA Nouvelles
Accord USA-Canada-Mexique: le principal syndicat américain dit non
Le patron du principal syndicat américain a dit son opposition à la ratification du nouvel accord commercial AEUMC conclu l’année dernière, estimant que Mexico ne tiendra pas ses engagements en matière de réforme du travail.
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24-Apr-2019 France 24
US labor opposes USMCA in current form: official
The head of the largest US labor union said he opposes ratification of the new North American free trade pact, because he doubts Mexico will enforce labor reforms required by the deal.
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23-Apr-2019 In These Times
How trade agreements stand in the way of an international green new deal
To reduce emissions abroad, the US must renegotiate its trade agreements.
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23-Apr-2019 Counter Punch
The battle for Latin America: How the US helped destroy the “pink tide”
After sponsoring juntas until well into the 1990s, the US went after Central and South America with “free trade” deals before once again working with extremists.
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23-Apr-2019 Reporterre
Le géant pétrolier Chevron, qui a saccagé l’Amazonie, échappe à la justice
Texaco — Et pourtant nous vaincrons, une nouvelle BD, relate l’histoire du désastre environnemental en Amazonie et de la lutte en justice des affectés.
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23-Apr-2019 The Guardian
US company’s attempt to sue Australian government collapses
Florida-based APR Energy sought compensation for treatment of its gas turbines.
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22-Apr-2019 Nikkei Asian Review
US opts for quick agreement with Japan on agriculture
Latest trade figures show that the trade imbalance persists, #US had a $6.67 billion goods trade deficit with Japan. So the tariff reductions under a bilateral trade pact will be kept to levels set by the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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19-Apr-2019 L’actualité
ALÉNA: le nouvel accord n’entraînera que des gains modestes aux États-Unis
Le nouvel accord commercial nord-américain qui doit remplacer l’ALÉNA n’entraînera que des gains modestes pour l’économie américaine, révèle un nouveau rapport indépendant.
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19-Apr-2019 New York Times
Trump’s Nafta revisions offer modest economic benefits, report finds
A government report has concluded that the Trump administration’s revised North American trade agreement would offer modest benefits to the economy, challenging the president’s claims that the accord would make far-reaching changes.
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18-Apr-2019 European Council
EU-US FTA: EU negotiating mandates (Apr 2019)
As agreed by the European Council
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18-Apr-2019 New Security Beat
The “push” factor: Central American farmers, free trade, and migration
Landless, subsistence, and small-scale farmers bear the brunt of the influx of competitive crops and price shocks that came with trade liberalization through CAFTA.
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18-Apr-2019 Lexology
United States releases annual assessment of foreign trade barriers
Alleged barriers from Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico and Korea.
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17-Apr-2019 Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido to seek to annul $8.7 bln Conoco award
Guaido’s special prosecutor said has challenged the amount of the ICSID award, claiming “the methodology to determine the compensation was errant.”
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17-Apr-2019 L’Echo
La Belgique divisée sur le libre-échange avec Trump
La Belgique a été forcée de s’abstenir sur le mandat de négociation pour un accord commercial avec les États-Unis. Le gouvernement bruxellois a bloqué l’adoption d’une position belge, et le ministre wallon de l’Agriculture plaide pour que la Belgique suive la voie de la France.
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17-Apr-2019 Washington Post
Pelosi warns there will be no US-U.K. trade deal if Brexit harms the Irish peace accord
"If there were to be any weakening of the Good Friday accords, there would be no chance whatsoever, a nonstarter, for a US-U.K. trade agreement," said US House Speaker
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17-Apr-2019 Boursorama
Washington a fait part de ses inquiétudes à Tokyo
Les Etats-Unis souhaitent l’ouverture des marchés japonais aux produits industriels américains, au premier rang desquels le secteur automobile, et l’abaissement voire la suppression des droits de douane sur les produits agricoles américains.
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16-Apr-2019 Clarín
Europa da luz verde a un gran acuerdo comercial con EE.UU.
La Unión Europea lo autorizó este lunes con la oposición de Francia. Buscan contener un litigio arancelario con Washington.
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16-Apr-2019 Japan Times
Japan and US kick off first day of trade talks with focus on cutting tariffs on goods
Japan and the United States agreed to focus mainly on tariffs on goods such as agricultural and industrial products.
