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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

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A Belt and Road for the Americas?
24-Nov-2017     Project Syndicate
As Canada, Mexico, and the United States focus on the next round of negotiations on NAFTA, governments in the rest of the Americas are grappling with a more fundamental question about trade. Who will be their dominant trade partner in the future: the US, Europe, or China?
Canada set to open Mercosur trade talks in December: sources
17-Oct-2017     Reuters
Canada and the South American trade bloc Mercosur will announce in December the opening of negotiations for a free-trade deal during the World Trade Organization’s annual meeting in Argentina.
US wants to update Latin America pacts next after NAFTA
5-Oct-2017     Just Style
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer pointed to the need to modernise agreements with Peru, Colombia, Panama and Chile, as well as the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
Costa Rica looking to UAE investments for the logistics sector
26-Sep-2017     Q Costa Rica
Costa Rica is trying to sign a bilateral investment treaty with the UAE.
Six years after the ‘Aymarazo’ protests in Peru
28-Jun-2017     Radio Mundo Real
Criminal charges pending against 18 community leaders and a billion-dollar court case at ICSID.
Costa Rica seeks FTA with Japan
23-Jun-2017     Japan News
Costa Rica is aiming to reach a free trade agreement and an investment pact with Japan as part of the Central American country’s strategy to diversify its economy based on business-friendly but environmentally conscious development platforms.
Canada and Chile push gender equality through trade
6-Jun-2017     MENAFN
Canada and Chile updated a 20-year-old free trade agreement by adding a groundbreaking clause on gender equality to encourage women's entrepreneurship and employment.
Ecuador withdraws from its remaining investment treaties
24-May-2017     South Centre
The withdrawal of Ecuador from these BITs responds to the final stage of a review process that started in 2008, and which had led to the establishment of a joint government-civil society audit commission.
US to ask Argentina to expedite approval for patenting of seeds
22-May-2017     Revista Chacra
The opening of the US market to Argentine beef exports and its continued openness to biodiesel from this country will be made conditional on a demand that Argentina change its legislation to expedite the approval of patents on seeds waiting in the pipeline.
Auditing Commission to release report as Ecuador moves to terminate investment agreements
4-May-2017     TNI
Ecuador’s review of its investment agreements may be unique in terms of scope, depth and citizen participation, however it is a part of an international trend towards increased scepticism towards the international arbitration system.