El gobierno canadiense no debería implementar el acuerdo de libre comercio recientemente firmado con Ecuador debido a su potencial de facilitar abusos ambientales y de los derechos humanos.
Le gouvernement canadien ne devrait pas mettre en œuvre l’accord de libre-échange récemment signé avec l’Équateur, car cet accord risque de faciliter les atteintes à l’environnement et aux droits humains.
The Canadian government should not implement the recently-signed free trade agreement with Ecuador because the agreement’s potential to facilitate environmental and human rights abuses.
El mes pasado, el presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa anunció la finalización de un tratado de libre comercio (TLC) con Canadá, en lo que representó la culminación de casi un año de negociaciones.
Ecuador’s free trade agreement with Canada presents a glaring conflict of interest for President Noboa, whose family, one of Ecuador’s wealthiest, has a sizable financial stake in a Canada-based mining company.
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
Amidst all the chaos brought on by Trump’s tariff threats, Canada’s federal trade minister celebrated a minor win this month: the finalization of a trade agreement with Ecuador.
Ecuador’s largest Indigenous organization is vowing to fight a now-concluded free trade agreement with Canada, warning it could encourage human rights abuses in the ecologically and culturally diverse South American country.