January 18, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
This is the first case that I am aware of in which a U.S. company (investor) has threatened to use the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the United States - Peru free trade agreement (or any free trade agreement...
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January 16, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
This blog posting on the ABCs of the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) can be adapted for most free trade agreement negotiations. As the 6th Round Canada-EU CETA negotiations is starting on January...
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October 02, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Bill C-300 "An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil and Gas in Developing Countries" requires a royal recommendation before it can pass third reading Canada's House of Commons. This point of...
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April 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Trade Lawyers Blog has posted a number of postings about the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Canada-EU CETA) during the last week. This posting relates to the latest EU demand that Canada must...
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August 04, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On August 1, 2009, the Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement entered into force and effect. As a result, as of August 1, 2009, two way trade between Canada and Peru becomes duty free on a significant percentage of the...
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June 29, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 26, 2009, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a joint report on trade and climate change which examines the intersections between trade and climate change from four...
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June 28, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On June 28, 2009, Canada's International Trade Minister, Stockwell Day, announced that Canada and Jordan have signed a free trade agreement. In addition, Canada and Jordan signed Labour and Environmental Cooperation Agreements...
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May 15, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On May 15, 2009, Canada's National Post newspaper ran an article entitled "U.S. Climate bill would be 'disaster'". For a copy of the well-written article, please go to the following link -...
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May 11, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Meeting will be held in Copenhagen from December 7 - 18, 2009. The goal of this meeting is to sign an ambitious and effective climate change agreement. It is expected that 192 countries will...
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May 05, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On may 5, 2009, Canada's International Trade Minister, Stockwell Day, announced that Canad and Latvia has signed an updated Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPA) (Canada's version of a bilateral investment...
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May 01, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
I was shocked to read an articles in the Toronto Star entitled "Blame NAFTA for swine flu, experts say" that NAFTA is to blame for swine flu in Mexico. To read the article, go to the following link -...
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April 28, 2009By: Andrew Hudson
On 20 April 2009, the Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) (see www.efic.gov.au) released it second Global Readiness Index Report (Index) (see www.efic.gov.au/gri/report)
The Index...
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April 01, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 31, 2009, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) transmitted to Congress the 2009 National Trade Estimate Report. The USTR plans to “aggressively defend our rights and benefits under the rules-based trading...
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January 04, 2009By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On December 9, 2008, a Canadian mining company, Pacific Rim Mining Corp., using its Nevada-based subsidiary Pac Rim Cayman LLC, filed a Notice of Intent under the investment provisions of the CAFTA-DR (that is the...
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October 16, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On October 14, 2008, the Conservative Party of Canada won 143 seats (subject to change upon a few recounts in tight ridings) and Prime Minister Harper won a stronger minority government. A minority government can be...
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September 22, 2008By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
NDP Leader, Jack Layton, has said that if the New Democratic Party win the election, they will renegotiate the labour and environmental provisions of NAFTA. This should not surprise anyone who is familiar with the...
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