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India signs key pacts on clean and fair economies under IPEF, no progress on trade pillar yet
India is now signatory to three out of the four pillars under the IPEF, sees current terms of the trade pact as less favourable for the country.
IPEF expected to be up and running next year
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) for Prosperity is expected to be fully functional next year, with the trade component of the agreement to be substantially complete by the end of 2024.
Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process
Odyssey Marine Exploration, a deep-sea mining company based in Florida, sued Mexico after rejecting environmental permits for a phosphate mining project off the coast of the state of Baja California Sur.
Odyssey Marine Exploration reports win in NAFTA arbitration case
The award orders Mexico to pay US$37.1 million for breaching its obligations under NAFTA, plus interest.
Day of action against the WTO and FTAs: Statement of organizations in Canada and the US
Organizations of La Via Campesina in Canada and the United State recommit ourselves to the struggle for food sovereignty here in North America and globally, in solidarity with our movement allies.
Kenya, US edge closer to landmark trade deal as talks enter eighth round
As Kenya and the United States gear up for the eighth round of negotiations under the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP), the urgency to conclude a long-delayed free trade agreement has intensified.
20 years later, US-Morocco free trade pact yields mixed results
“Given the strategic sectors Morocco has chosen to develop, the agreement may never truly fulfill its potential,” a new analysis by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy finds.
US, Chile further extend Free Trade Agreement
The enhanced agreement would further protect some US cheeses from losing access once the European Union’s geographical indications commitments enter into force.
How NAFTA broke American politics
Since its passage in 1993, the trade agreement has played an outsize role in presidential elections — which now often hinge on the three Rust Belt states it helped to hollow out.
US escalates efforts to halt Ottawa's digital services tax
The Office of the United States Trade Representative has requested dispute settlement consultations with Ottawa under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement.