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Stopping the corporate power grab — it’s not all just about TTIP
25-May-2015 The Ecologist
In the rush to oppose TTIP we mustn’t lose sight of the context in which the deal is being negotiated — the hundreds of bilateral treaties that give corporations the right to sue in secret ’trade courts’.
S. Korea to announce start of FTA talks with Ecuador, Central America
29-Apr-2015 Yonhap
South Korea will soon announce the start of negotiations for free trade agreements with Ecuador and six Central American countries as part of a plan to expand its presence in the region, the government said Wednesday.
Chevron’s secret videos show company technicians finding and mocking extensive oil contamination in Ecuador rainforest
9-Apr-2015 Amazon Watch
An apparent Chevron whistleblower has sent Amazon Watch dozens of internal company videos showing Chevron employees and consultants manipulating evidence linked to the oil giant’s extensive contamination - and legal dispute - in Ecuador.
Chevron’s "fight it out on the ice" strategy for Ecuador case is slipping, fast
28-Mar-2015 Huffington Post
In Chevron’s massive international arbitration directly against the government of Ecuador, it has gotten everything it has asked for from the panel of arbitrators — until last week.
EU-Ecuador FTA (2014): annotations and commitments
20-Feb-2015 European Commission
The ’Law 42’ arbitrations against Ecuador and the importance of BIT language
9-Feb-2015 JD Supra
Three recent ICSID decisions involving Ecuador highlight the importance of language addressing the status of taxes in investment treaties.
Chevron’s battered image over Ecuador ecological disaster takes another hit in Davos
23-Jan-2015 Amazon Watch
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
Quito: FTA with the EU would take effect in 2016
16-Dec-2014 FIS
Ecuador and the European Union (EU) predict that the free trade agreement (FTA) that they have just signed in the Belgian capital, whose negotiation had ended in June, will take effect in 2016.
Ecuador in a hurry to seal trade pact with Japan - minister
6-Nov-2014 EFE
Ecuador’s Foreign Trade Minister Francisco Rivadeneira hopes to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan as soon as possible, he told Efe in an interview on Thursday.
Document reveals EU bullied Ecuador into trade agreement
10-Oct-2014 TeleSur
A ​document leaked today shows that Ecuador’s government was threatened with isolation and a devastating loss to its trade if it didn’t return to the negotiating table for the EU-Andean Trade agreement.
EU-Ecuador FTA (2014)
24-Sep-2014 DG Trade
EU and Ecuador publish text of trade agreement
24-Sep-2014 European Commission
The EU and Ecuador are publishing the documents of their new Association Agreement, which will see Ecuador joining the EU’s existing accord with Colombia and Peru.
Ecuador wants Korea to start CEPA talks immediately
11-Aug-2014 Korea Times
Ecuadorian Ambassador Nicolas Trujillo Newlin called the Korean government today, urging it begin negotiations toward signing a trade agreement with the country.
Ecuador and EU reach a long-delayed trade deal
24-Jul-2014 EU Bulletin
The European Union finally reached a trade agreement with the world’s number one banana exporter, Ecuador.
In Chevron case, Ecuador says new tests prove long-standing pollution
23-May-2014 Reuters
This week, for the first time, the Ecuadorean government disclosed the results of water and soil testing conducted in 2013 by its experts — the US environmental, engineering and infrastructure consultant Louis Berger Group — at five sites once operated by Chevron predecessor Texaco.
US judge annuls Ecuador oil ruling against Chevron
6-Mar-2014 BBC
A judge in the US has ruled that lawyers representing Amazonian villagers used bribes to secure compensation worth billions of dollars from oil company Chevron in Ecuador.
Ecuador: International support crucial in battle with Chevron
23-Jan-2014 EFE
Ecuador’s hopes of winning a legal struggle against US oil supermajor Chevron Corp. pertaining to a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment rest on the degree of "global solidarity" with the Andean nation, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Wednesday.
Correa: Ecuador will not sign a FTA with the EU
22-Jan-2014 Prensa Latina
We have resumed the negotiations, but we will not sign an FTA with the EU, but a trade agreement, Correa stressed Tuesday during a press conference in the south-western port city of Guayaquil.
Ecuador-EU to negotiate trade agreement
6-Jan-2014 Prensa Latina
Ecuador and the European Union will hold their first round of negotiations on a Multipart Trade Agreement from January 13 to 17 in Brussels, announced an official source.
A Canadian court is allowing Ecuadorians to pursue their long-running pollution suit against Chevron
4-Jan-2014 Public Radio International
Last month, a judge ruled that the Ecuadorians can pursue their case against Chevron in Canada.