Maude Barlow explains things so well: http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/the-next-ontario/maude-barlow-brexit-ceta-and-the-right-way-to-create-trade-agreements by Daniel Kitts One would expect anti-free-trade activists to cheer the decision of British voters to leave the world’s largest trading bloc. But how do those activists, often on the progressive end of the political spectrum, feel about how the victorious Leave campaign gained support by stoking anti-immigrant […]
[ http://canadians.org/blog/ceta-appears-be-hold-council-canadians-calls-new-study-deal ] Will Harper’s free trade deal with the European Union survive Brexit? With the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, the Council of Canadians is calling on the Trudeau government to support our call for the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) to conduct an independent analysis of a Canada-EU Comprehensive […]
Follow-up on 2015-10-16 Texas Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens’ $700-Million NAFTA Lawsuit Against Ontario Nears End, NY Times & Huffington Post By John Miner, The London Free Press (Postmedia Network file photo) A lawsuit by a Texas oil tycoon that alleged political interference at the highest levels in the awarding of Ontario wind farm […]
Please help notify friends and family about the Government’s consultations on the Trade Deal. Edmonton Jan 11th, Vancouver, Jan 12th. … I would definitely have made the trip to Vancouver to attend, had I had sufficient advance notice. In lieu of, I Posted to Facebook page for Minister for International Trade, Chrystia Freeland: The “investor-state dispute resolution” […]
It’s very easy to follow – – good English sub-titles. Just give it a minute. Europeans are seeing Canadian experience with Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDSs) through German Public TV. This is a very important and informative video. Many thanks to people in Germany. And to Janet Eaton – – her remarks below. Also, Osgoode Hall […]
The TTIP protest in Berlin this past weekend drew hundreds of thousands. PHOTO: EFE/EPA/KAY NIETFELD http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/berlin-anti-ttip-trade-deal-rally-hundreds-thousands-protesters#_=_ Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday to oppose a planned free trade deal between the European Union and the United States that is claimed to be anti-democratic and to threaten food safety and environmental standards. […]
UPDATE: see 2016-04-02 NAFTA Chapter 11: Tribunal rules against Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens in lawsuit over Ontario wind farms – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (Note: Should you wish, New York Times, October 15 – a bit more detailed version […]
Related: (2015-04-18) Hundreds of Millions of Dollars already paid out to corporations because of trade deals. It’s about to multiply many times over (TPP, CETA, etc.). (2013-11-09) Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP), also TPP vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” (2013-06-11) CETA (also about GMO’s): Canada ready to raise threshold […]
http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/kerry-signals-advance-of-north-american-union-plan/ by Jerome Corsi NEW YORK – It was in last year’s State of the Union address that President Obama announced an ambitious trade agreement negotiated behind closed doors with North American and Pacific Rim nations – the Trans-Pacific Partnership – that drew little attention. Now, ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, […]
The system of closed-door trade tribunals has been around for decades now, nestled like a ticking time bomb into hundreds of smaller bilateral trade agreements between nations. (Photo: Backbone Campaign) http://fpif.org/the-case-that-blew-the-lid-off-the-world-banks-secret-courts/ How Bolivian protesters and global activists exposed the dark side of global trade pacts and paved the way for the battles to come. […]