NAFTA
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19-Aug-2017 Reuters
NAFTA negotiators hone in on origin rules, dispute settlement
U.S., Canadian and Mexican negotiators began digging into some of the thorniest issues in modernizing NAFTA, including rules of origin for goods produced in the region, services trade and a controversial dispute settlement system.
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19-Aug-2017 Politico
NAFTA could replay TPP biologics debate
A battle over the length of data protection for biologic medicine appears to be shaping up in the NAFTA negotiations in a replay of an issue that helped block the Trans-Pacific Partnership from becoming law.
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18-Aug-2017 Radio Canada
L’automobile au cœur des négociations de l’ALENA
L’industrie canadienne de l’automobile et le million d’emplois qui y sont associés pourraient se retrouver au cœur des négociations de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain.
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18-Aug-2017 Reuters
Thousands of Mexicans march to scrap NAFTA, as government fights to save it
While Mexican government negotiators fought tooth and nail to save the North American Free Trade Agreement during talks in Washington, thousands of Mexican farmers and workers took to the streets demanding the deal be scrapped.
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18-Aug-2017 La Jornada
Privatización de tierra y agua, riesgos al campo en la renegociación del TLCAN
Imposición de aranceles o cupos para la exportación de productos nacionales a Estados Unidos, son algunos de los riesgos que puede enfrentar el campo mexicano en la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio para América del Norte (TLCAN).
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17-Aug-2017 Global News
NAFTA negotiations: energy clause unites Canadian critics across the political spectrum
As NAFTA 2.0 negotiations begin, an old trade issue with a strange name has emerged to create unlikely allies across the political spectrum and staunch defenders in the oilpatch.
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16-Aug-2017 El País
Canadá rechaza negociar el TLC si EE UU insiste en cambiar el mecanismo de resolución de disputas
La ministra de Exteriores, Chrystia Freeland, quiere que el nuevo tratado sea "más progresivo" y busca inspiración en su pacto comercial con Europa.
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16-Aug-2017 Forber
¿Qué sigue para México si Estados Unidos abandona el TLCAN?
La Secretaría de Economía y los empresarios exportadores preparan un plan B ante la posible salida del vecino del norte del acuerdo comercial.
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16-Aug-2017 IPS Noticias
Nuevo tratado de libre comercio con EEUU agita aguas en México
México reedita un cuarto de siglo después los broncos debates y conflictos internos alrededor de la renegociación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN), compartido con Canadá y Estados Unidos y vigente desde 1994.
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16-Aug-2017 El Financiero
Temas arancelarios, laborales son prioridades en la renegociación del TLCAN
Parte de las prioridades es profundizar en la integración económica de América del Nort, que incluya movilidad de capital humano, así como la incorporación de mercados laborales. Así como, la negociación trilateral, recíproca y equitativa.
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16-Aug-2017 Tele Sur
NAFTA renegotiation talks arrive amid diverging interests, neoliberal goals
As Mexico, Canada and the U.S. head into potentially thorny talks, critics say that banks and multinationals will be first to reap the benefits.
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16-Aug-2017 La Libre
Aléna: le règlement des litiges commerciaux au coeur des discussions
Ce mécanisme, que Washington souhaiterait supprimer le jugeant inéquitable pour les industries et travailleurs américains, permet actuellement d’arbitrer les différends en matière de droits compensateurs et de dumping.
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16-Aug-2017 Reuters
"L’America First" pèse sur le début des discussions sur l’Aléna
Les discussions de renégociation de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain qui s’ouvrent entre les Etats-Unis, le Canada et le Mexique s’annoncent ardues, Donald Trump souhaitant que le nouveau traité mette en oeuvre sa politique de l’"America First".
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16-Aug-2017 Politico
US to keep negotiating texts ‘classified’
The first USTR official said the negotiating texts will not be released to the public because they are “classified” documents. That’s consistent with past negotiations, but will give critics ammunition to complain the deal is being negotiated in secret.
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15-Aug-2017 Electronic Frontier Foundation
Rising demands for data localization a response to weak data protection mechanisms
Don’t trust data localization exceptions in trade agreements to guarantee protection of personal data.
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15-Aug-2017 The Globe and Mail
NAFTA 2.0: Will our feminist government walk the equality talk?
Renegotiating the agreement is an opportunity for Canada’s self-proclaimed feminist government to put words into action by tackling gender inequality and the structural barriers that female workers and business owners face across all three countries.
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15-Aug-2017 Radio Canada
ALENA : le Québec a beaucoup à perdre
Difficile de croire que le Québec va sortir gagnant de la nouvelle négociation de libre-échange qui s’amorce.
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15-Aug-2017 IATP
Trump’s racist agenda is not fair trade
This system of dominance, already codified in NAFTA, is the system the Trump administration intends to preserve and strengthen in a new NAFTA. That new NAFTA will guarantee a strong foothold for structural racism.
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15-Aug-2017 Reuters
Canada suggests it could quit NAFTA talks over dispute mechanism
Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.
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14-Aug-2017 Ottawa Citizen
Freeland to press for new labour, environmental sections within NAFTA
Chrystia Freeland will push for additional labour and environmental sections when she shares broad strokes of Canada’s goals for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
News from the movements
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21-Aug-2017 News Hub
NZ: National’s TPPA11 leaves key questions unanswered
A prominent law professor has called on the New Zealand Government to release its modelling on trade deal TPP11 to allow the public and opposition parties to make informed decisions in the lead-up to the election. -
18-Aug-2017 Reuters
Thousands of Mexicans march to scrap NAFTA, as government fights to save it
While Mexican government negotiators fought tooth and nail to save the North American Free Trade Agreement during talks in Washington, thousands of Mexican farmers and workers took to the streets demanding the deal be scrapped. -
16-Aug-2017 CLATE
Seminario a distancia - América Latina recibe a la OMC: debates sobre el libre comercio en la era Trump
Esta iniciativa está dirigida a dirigentes sindicales y sociales, estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad académica de toda América Latina y el Caribe, así como también a toda persona interesada en temas de economía y política de alta incidencia en la vida social. -
15-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Entrevista con Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte es un activista de la India que vive con VIH y hepatitis C. Es el fundador del Delhi Network of Positive People [una red de personas seropositivas en Dehli].
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15-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
Interview de Loon Gangte
Loon Gangte est un militant indien atteint du VIH et de l’hépatite C. Il est le fondateur du Delhi Network of Positive People (un réseau de personnes séropositives à Delhi).
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10-Aug-2017 Chile Mejor Sin TLC
Chile Mejor sin TLC pide que el Parlamento revise consecuencias de los tratados de libre comercio en el país
La Plataforma de organizaciones sociales presentó además su propuesta de Moratoria a los TLC en Chile, mientras no se realicen estudios serios sobre las consecuencias de los ya implementados. -
10-Aug-2017 La Presse
Mexique: 5000 agriculteurs manifestent contre l’ALENA
Quelque 5000 agriculteurs mexicains ont manifesté à Mexico contre le traité de libre-échange Mexique, États-Unis et Canada (ALENA). -
8-Aug-2017 bilaterals.org
India: Hawkers will fight RCEP until the end
RCEP would destroy a whole part of the Indian economy and livelihoods, in favour of international markets.
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