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Canadian corporation uses NAFTA to threaten proposed protection for Puget Sound
23-Feb-2018     Sierra Club
The proposed policy follows the escape of over 200,000 Atlantic salmon from the company’s fish farms, sparking outcry from Indigenous groups, environmentalists, and fishing communities.
Red tape in the meat industry? It's the difference between life and death
23-Feb-2018     The Guardian
Without regulations that scrutinise food standards and trade deals, we cannot trust the safety of the food on our plates.
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.
Cooke Aquaculture Pacific urges lawmakers to consider jobs, science-based policy, fair and equitable treatment
23-Feb-2018     Cooke Aquaculture
Will seek NAFTA arbitration if ban on Atlantic salmon farming is approved.
Kant bats for early ratification of India-EU FTA
23-Feb-2018     Outlook India
NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of India's CEO Amitabh Kant today said it is "extremely important" for the India-EU free trade pact to be ratified at the earliest as countries like Bangladesh and Vietnam already enjoy preferential access to European markets.
'Dirty meat': Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants
22-Feb-2018     The Guardian
Previously unseen government records detail ‘deeply worrying’ incidents in pork and poultry plants, raising fears of ‘dirty meat’ entering the UK under a post-Brexit trade deal.
API supports NAFTA modernization that retains strong protections for US investors
22-Feb-2018     Oil and Gas Online
Ongoing negotiations to modernize NAFTA must advance our role as a global energy leader by retaining US access to Mexico’s newly-opened oil and natural gas market and providing strong protections, including Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
Georgia and Turkey boost trade by widening free trade agreement
22-Feb-2018     Trend
Georgian producers will soon be able to increase export volume to Turkey by 20 percent as Georgia and Turkey have agreed to widen an existing free trade agreement
Switzerland ratifies EFTA-Georgia free trade deal
22-Feb-2018     Georgia Today
The new Georgia-Swiss trade relations will come into effect on May 1st 2018.
Argentina: Japan wants to invest in energy and mining sector, says secretary
22-Feb-2018     Interactive Investor
Argentina and Japan are moving ahead with a bilateral investment treaty.