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A new NAFTA, but not necessarily a better one
Open Canada | 3-Mar-2017
NAFTA has its fair share of critics who want to see it updated. But if Trump has his way, a re-negotiated agreement may prove disappointing.
keywords: environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , NAFTA | USMCA
Why are my highly educated friends so ignorant about trade?
Local Futures Blog | 16-Feb-2017
Local Futures’ Isabel Marlens discusses why many people know so little about trade issues, and what can be done about it.
keywords: corporate interests , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , regulation , sovereignty | democracy
El CETA: mucha prisa por aprobar un tratado de dudosos contenidos y legalidad
Nueva Tribuna | 13-Feb-2017
El Parlamento Europeo podría estar en vías de ratificar un acuerdo que es ilegal, además de faltar a su deber de asegurar que los tratados europeos respetan los principios fundamentales y leyes de la UE.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , services
La campaña No al TTIP convoca movilizaciones en más de 20 ciudades para frenar al CETA
No al TTIP | 17-Jan-2017
La campaña No al TTIP convoca movilizaciones en más de 20 ciudades para frenar al CETA
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
6 ways we could improve NAFTA for working people
AFL-CIO | 21-Dec-2016
It is important that everyday working people’s perspectives lead the debate, starting with how to rewrite NAFTA.
keywords: alternatives , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Mediadores del CAFTA en controversia de EE.UU. y Guatemala entregan informe
El País | 30-Sep-2016
El grupo arbitral que dirime la controversia entre EE.UU. y Guatemala por supuestas violaciones de los derechos laborales en el país centroamericano, entregó el informe inicial a las partes, informó hoy una fuente oficial.
keywords: Guatemala , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , US
Unpacking CETA
Global Labour Column | 28-Sep-2016
For decades, labour has been fighting purely defensive battles against the neo-liberal trade and investment agenda; we lack an agenda of our own. Lost ground will not be reclaimed on what is fundamentally hostile territory, argues Peter Rossmann of the IUF.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
The new rules of the road: a progressive approach to globalization
American Prospect | 22-Sep-2016
The new president needs a fresh approach to trade.
keywords: alternatives , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
Las 7 verdades espantosas del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico
RT | 23-Dec-2015
El TPP da a más de 9.000 empresas extranjeras el derecho de violar leyes que protegen el medioambiente y evitar los tribunales.
keywords: CPTPP , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , medicines
What a new NAFTA complaint can tell us about the TPP
AFL-CIO | 16-Nov-2015
A coalition of U.S. and Mexican labor and civil society groups are taking an unprecedented legal approach to protect workers’ rights that will test the strength of labor protections in international trade agreements.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , NAFTA | USMCA