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Taipei, Washington to hold latest round of TIFA meetings
The discussions are to focus on areas including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, intellectual property rights and technical trade barriers
Canada’s civil society calls for Chevron’s assets to be frozen so Ecuador judgment can be paid
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.
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.
TTIP Lite, less filling — but tastes great?
US and Italian officials are weighing a deal to lock in elements that can be finalized before Obama leaves office.
New interactive map shows TPP would expand multinational corporations’ power to attack U.S. laws
TPP would double number of corporations empowered to demand U.S. taxpayer compensation.
US pressures Australia for stronger TPP biologics monopolies
According to the Bloomberg, Senator Hatch said “They're going to have to find a way of having the countries agree to change that formality in the TPP to 12 years…If Australia wants to be part of it, they have to meet our terms,”
A homegrown disaster
A secretive global legal system gives corporations leverage over the countries where they operate. Everyone said the United States didn’t have anything to worry about, because American laws are fair to begin with. Everyone was wrong.
TPP fallout continues
The list of groups coming out against the TPP as it currently stands continues to get longer.
Congress to give AGOA some love
The short congressional session won’t be a total dead period for trade policy as the House is set to take up a bill today to enhance the African Growth and Opportunity Act.