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EU proposes more aid, trade pact to support Tunisia
30-Sep-2016     Reuters
The European Commission proposed to increase aid to Tunisia and complete a deeper trade pact within three years.
German farmers divided over EU-Canada trade deal
30-Sep-2016     EurActiv
The German agricultural sector is divided in its opinion of the deal: large farms relish the advantages and small enterprises fear the competition.
“If beef is not included”, there won't be no Mercosur-EU trade agreement, warns Uruguay
30-Sep-2016     Merco Press
European Union and Mercosur coordinators to exchange the list of goods and services in mid October, the first formal meeting of its kind in fourteen years.
Brazil wants free trade within MERCOSUR
30-Sep-2016     Mexico Star
The Brazilian government has discussed measures to eliminate internal obstacles and make free trade possible between member countries of the Southern Common Market.
Commission boosts infringement procedures against five countries
30-Sep-2016     Politico
The European Commission today ramped up infringement procedures against Austria, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden to push them toward scraping their bilateral investment treaties with other EU nations.
Canada’s civil society calls for Chevron’s assets to be frozen so Ecuador judgment can be paid
30-Sep-2016     Friends of the Earth Canada
Some of Canada’s largest environmental, labor and civil society organizations have now joined the growing international community demanding that Chevron clean up its toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
NFU President meets with EU farm leaders in Brussels, talks dairy crisis and CETA
29-Sep-2016     National Farmers Union
NFU President encouraged Europe to solve its ongoing dairy crisis by adopting a Canadian-style supply management system instead of attempting to use the CETA trade agreement to increase dairy exports to Canada.
Case between Ecuadoreans, Chevron heading to Ontario court
29-Sep-2016     The Globe and Mail
The latest salvo in a marathon multibillion-dollar legal battle between global energy giant Chevron Corp. and a group of Ecuadorean residents over environmental damage has begun in a Toronto court.
Morocco ratifies 3 bilateral investment treaties
29-Sep-2016     I-ARB Africa
This surge in the ratification of “Intra-African” BITs is part of the Moroccan “South-South Partnership” strategy
EU wants swifter progress on economic partnership with Japan
29-Sep-2016     The Japan Times
Trade minister Hiroshige Seko has received a letter from a senior European Commission official urging prompt conclusion of an economic partnership agreement.