NAFTA
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14-Jan-2019 Chicago Tribune
We can’t afford to let the new NAFTA drive up drug prices
NAFTA 2.0 would effectively tie the US Congress’ hands in the struggle against rising drug prices.
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11-Jan-2019 Lexology
The IP implications of the USMCA: Who needs to do what
The USMCA most closely reflects US IP laws, subjecting the US to almost no revisions of its current domestic intellectual property laws.
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10-Jan-2019 Nation of Change
An historic opportunity to transform trade when we stop NAFTA II
We can stop NAFTA II and replace corporate trade with a new model that raises working conditions and protects the environment.
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9-Jan-2019 IQS Directory
A no-go for the US: What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership and why did it fail?
With the US as the centerpiece, the TPP would have given the country a more significant stake in Asia and the Pacific in much the same way as NAFTA did in America.
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8-Jan-2019 CIAR Global
Arbitraje contra México: Legacy Vulcan reclama 500M$ en Ciadi
El pasado 3 de enero, la compañía estadounidense Legacy Vulcan presentó una demanda de arbitraje de inversiones contra México en relación con sus inversiones en yacimientos de piedra caliza en el país centroamericano.
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8-Jan-2019 Canadian Dimension
NAFTA renewed. Now what?
The outcome of the “Trump moment” is likely, for all its protectionist rhetoric, to end up further legitimating free trade.
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7-Jan-2019 El Economista
El CPTPP fortalece tribunales; el T-MEC los debilita
El nuevo acuerdo que sustituirá al TLCAN eliminará la solución de controversias entre inversores y estados para Canadá.
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3-Jan-2019 Razón
A 26 años del TLC, pendiente inserción de más industrias
A 26 años de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) aún persiste el reto de incluir en el marco de su desarrollo a más sectores productivos y regiones del país.
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3-Jan-2019 Washington Post
There’s a hidden cost in Trump’s new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
Investment treaties with ISDS provisions make it hard to tax foreign firms and worsen human rights and labor practices.
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19-Dec-2018 The Conversation
The fossil fuel era is coming to an end, but the lawsuits are just beginning
Westmoreland Coal is suing Canada because it did not receive a transition payment following Alberta’s coal phaseout plan. For the province, coal mining companies have no role to play in the energy transition.
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12-Dec-2018 Public Citizen
TLCAN 2.0: Acuerdo Estados Unidos-México-Canadá. Capítulo 20: disposiciones de patentes relacionadas con productos farmacéuticos
El capítulo de propiedad intelectual del TLCAN 2.0 incluye disposiciones que amenazan y debilitan laposibilidad de conseguir una adecuada atención en salud y medicamentos asequibles.
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10-Dec-2018 Huffington Post
Ce qu’on ne vous a pas dit sur le nouvel ALÉNA
Il est essentiel de jeter un regard attentif sur les soi-disant bonnes pratiques règlementaires avant que le Canada ne se lance dans la ratification de l’Accord.
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7-Dec-2018 NUPGE
The new NAFTA: A license to discriminate on the basis of sex
Final text weakens and nullifies protections against work discrimination.
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5-Dec-2018 iPolitics
Canada looks to sidestep USMCA tripwire in trade talks with China
Sector agreements signed between China and Canada could be rolled into a broader free trade agreement down the road — meaning that sectoral negotiations could lay the groundwork for comprehensive talks.
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5-Dec-2018 Public Citizen
NAFTA 2.0: US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Chapter 20: pharmaceutical related patent provisions
The Intellectual Property Chapter of the revised NAFTA, rebranded by the Trump Administration USMCA, includes provisions that threaten to undermine critical efforts towards affordable health care and medicine.
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3-Dec-2018 La Presse
ACEUM: deux changements au texte définitif
Le premier pourrait être avantageux pour le secteur automobile; le second pourrait causer des problèmes en regard au droit du travail.
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2-Dec-2018 Reuters
Trump to notify Congress in ’near future’ he will terminate NAFTA
US President said on he will give formal notice to the US Congress in the near future to terminate NAFTA, giving six months for lawmakers to approve the revamped trade deal.
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2-Dec-2018 La Libre
Trump veut que l’accord de libre-échange Aléna disparaisse rapidement
Cette démarche déclencherait un délai de six mois avant que les Etats-Unis quittent cet accord, durant lequel le Congrès se verrait demander d’approuver le nouvel ALENA.
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1-Dec-2018 Behind the Numbers
Future of USMCA could turn on labour rights
It is unrealistic to expect even the most gold-plated labour provisions in FTAs to redress the vast power imbalance between workers and gigantic, internationally mobile corporations.
