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

last update: May 2012

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Ecuador and the Dominican Republic will negotiate a trade agreement
17-Nov-2023     Prensa Latina
Ecuador and the Dominican Republic signed a memorandum of understanding to begin negotiations to achieve a bilateral trade agreement, government sources from the Andean nation reported.
It’s time to exit ISDS: 200+ labor, environment, and other civil society groups urge Biden to eliminate extreme corporate powers from existing trade pacts
3-Nov-2023     Public Citizen
The groups argue that removing ISDS — which has prioritized corporate rights over those of governments, people, and the planet — is needed to protect policies necessary for a clean energy transition.
To strengthen ties with countries in the Americas and deliver on climate, health, and democracy APEP goals, Pres. Biden should launch all-Americas exit of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) regime
30-Oct-2023     Rethink Trade
The Investor-State Dispute Settlement regime to date has generated $47 billion in pending corporate demands for taxpayer compensation in claims against the 12 APEP nations’ climate, health, and other public-interest policies.
How Trump and Biden killed the free-trade consensus
26-Sep-2023     The Hill
The US has turned sharply against free trade over the past two decades, shifting from an era in which members and presidents of both parties generally embraced one free-trade pact after another.
Biden is turning away from free trade – and that’s a great thing
30-Aug-2023     The Guardian
Trade deals have brought cheaper goods. They’ve also destroyed millions of US jobs and caused US wages to stagnate.
China, Nicaragua substantively complete FTA negotiations
26-Jul-2023     Xinhua
Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and Nicaragua's Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Jesus Bermudez announced that the two countries have substantively completed their free trade agreement negotiations.
Biden should use the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity to free the hemisphere from ISDS
21-Jul-2023     Common Dreams
One of the most controversial aspects of the hyperglobalization era, investor-state dispute settlement elevates multinational corporations and foreign investors to equal status with national governments.
Google, Amazon lobbyists helped US shape new Indo-Pacific Trade Framework
9-May-2023     Bloomberg
US trade officials have solicited the advice of lobbyists for Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other major technology companies to help craft the new Indo-Pacific trade framework.
Corporations dominate trade advisory panels
19-Apr-2023     The American Prospect
Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.
US trade chief Tai defends pursuit of non-traditional trade deals
6-Apr-2023     Reuters
US Trade Representative argued her approach of working to ease non-tariff barriers is better for workers, supply chains and the U.S. ability to compete with China.