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NFU President meets with EU farm leaders in Brussels, talks dairy crisis and CETA
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.
Good news for Canada’s environmental assessment law: no cash advance for Bilcon
Federal Court of Canada rejects Bilcon’s application to stay proceedings, denying the Delaware company an early pay day.
Case between Ecuadoreans, Chevron heading to Ontario court
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.
India to operationalize BIPA with Canada
On Canada's insistance, India is expected to sign a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Canada based on an old text, not its new model BIT. The old text contains contentious provisions such as the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
Unpacking CETA
For decades, labour has been fighting purely defensive battles against the neo-liberal trade and investment agenda; we lack an agenda of our own. Lost ground will not be reclaimed on what is fundamentally hostile territory, argues Peter Rossmann of the IUF.
CETA - Trading away democracy
How CETA’s investor protection rules could result in a boom of investor claims against Canada and the EU.
Bulgaria and Romania inch closer to visa-free travel with Canada
Canada and Bulgaria have come to an agreement on a roadmap towards visa liberalisation, while the Romanian government indicated that there is a good chance of the same being granted to them in the near future as well.
'A threat to democracy, courts and public budgets'
The EU-US free trade deal is controversial in Europe as it includes a mechanism that seeks to settle disputes between investors and states out of regular courts. DW examines the issue with law professor Gus Van Harten.
Thousands protest in Brussels against US, Canada trade deals
Thousands of protesters marched through Brussels to demand the European Union abandon planned transatlantic free trade deals.
Hundreds of thousands march in Germany against TTIP, CETA
These agreements, says critics, 'threaten environmental and consumer protection for millions of people in Europe and North America'