ISDS Case Map
US
The International Trade Union Confederation has just announced its annual findings regarding global anti-union violence. Again, Colombia topped this list, accounting for nearly half of all the union killings in the world.
“We believe that implementation of the US free trade agreement with Korea (KORUS) is the single most important trade issue to the US pork industry,” says Nick Giordano, vice president, international affairs for the National Pork Producers Council.
The US government is accused of having double standards in its policies with Korea ― it is trying to further open the local beef market while delaying ratification of the free trade agreement (KORUS-FTA) the two signed.
The Obama administration is pressing ahead with trade expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, even as it struggles to build consensus with labor and business groups.
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights warned in its latest meeting of the negative impact of free trade agreements on the most vulnerable part of Colombia's populace
The second round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue is being held in Beijing on May 24-25.
"My sense is that the US is just waiting for us,” says Philippine Trade and Industry senior undersecretary Thomas G. Aquino
The US and Libya signed a pact Thursday to facilitate trade and investment between the two nations, marking the latest step in the thaw of past hostilities. Corporate groups led by BP and Chevron called the deal "a milestone".
The US administration has taken the decision of the Bangladesh government rather easily despite the fact that the two countries had been engaged in negotiations on Tifa for about six years since 2003
Bangladesh has decided against signing a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with the United States after six years of negotiations, fearing the draft pact suggested by Washington might affect its business interests
