ISDS Case Map
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At issue is so-called “data localization,” which would allow the government to protect the sensitive personal information of Canadians from unwanted American intrusion, by storing it in Canada.
The United States is using the TPP as a template for the draft IP chapter that it is presenting to its negotiating partners in this round. Canada, however, isn't down with that.
A coalition of more than 20 music groups are urging U.S. trade negotiators to look beyond U.S. law to forge stronger copyright protections in a new NAFTA.
The new warehouse will be constructed about 7 miles from the existing facilities. All are located along the so-called “NAFTA” highway, an industrial belt that runs through Mexico’s factory regions to the U.S. border.
Lighthizer stressed the need to address longstanding trade barriers, including on U.S. meat and other agriculture exports.
“I’d be concerned that USTR is pressuring Thailand to take pro-pharma positions on the RCEP and TPP,” Knowledge Ecology International Executive Director James Love said.
Canada is prepared to pursue a permanent settlement in softwood lumber within the North American Free Trade Agreement if the U.S. lumber industry keeps blocking a deal.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is considering a so-called sunset proposal, or a provision that would effectively implement an automatic termination of the deal after five years unless all three parties agree before then to renew it
We propose a vision for trade that serves working people and protects the planet. That is why we have to say #NoNAFTA2, and make a radical refusal of any new or re-worked corporate trade deals.
Additional steps for liberalizing and deepening commercial relations between the two countries in the long term will be reviewed.
