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How NAFTA helped the Mexican billionaires' club
When the North American Free Trade Agreement was being negotiated, supporters promised it would increase the income of Mexicans. Two decades later, it's clear that Mexico's ultrarich are among its big winners.
TPP, TTIP could alter US textile & apparel trade
From the view of the textiles and apparel industries, all eyes will be on whether a yarn-forward provision has been included or not in the final documents.
A Canadian court is allowing Ecuadorians to pursue their long-running pollution suit against Chevron
Last month, a judge ruled that the Ecuadorians can pursue their case against Chevron in Canada.
Tribunal pushes back Ecuador, Chevron hearing
An international arbitration tribunal in The Hague hearing a claim from Chevron Corp. against Ecuador pushed back a scheduled hearing to Feb. 7 from Jan. 20 and called on both parties to meet in Washington on Jan. 20 instead.
NAFTA does not fulfil Mexican expectations
Although NAFTA fundamentally changed the country in some ways, it did not meet expectations of putting Mexican wages on the same level as US wages, boosting employment, reducing poverty or protecting the environment.
Investment deal? Just watch it
In the last couple of years, South Africa has become the unlikely champion of the anti-BIT movement.
Anti-TPP Twitter Storm Wednesday 1/8/14 @ 10am PST/1pm EST
The goal of this" "hashtag storm" is to get this hashtag trending on both Twitter and Facebook, so we can inform the public about the dangers of the Trans Pacific Partnership and agitate people to ACT to stop the TPP.
China hints at joining TPP talks
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, while outlining diplomatic priorities for this year, said that "China will face the member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks with an open attitude".
Free trade’s tarnished silver anniversary
On the 25th anniversary of the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, big corporations have gained at the expense of the public good.
NAFTA’s 20 years of unfulfilled promises
Twenty years after it took effect, NAFTA has failed the vast majority of Mexicans