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Environnement : 2017, une année décisive pour Veolia en Afrique
Jeune Afrique | 10-Mar-2017
L’année 2017 devrait solder l’épisode de conflit avec l’Égypte, qui confère à Veolia l’image négative d’une entreprise procédurière.
keywords: Egypt , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
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