A series of judgments against Canada in secret corporate tribunals costing taxpayers $100s of millions show that 'free trade' agreements really do restrict governments' right to protect health, environment and endangered species, writes Nick Dearden.
… know why TTIP would be a nightmare, look to Canada Nick Dearden | 26th March 2014 Comment Politics Corporations Trade Mining Canada EU whale-watching-digbys-neck-cut.jpg A series of judgments against Canada in secret corporate tribunals costing …
Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council for Canadians, has dedicated her life to fighting injustice, and so-called 'free trade' deals in particular. In this interview with Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is every bit as dangerous as TTIP, but has somehow escaped the same level of media and campaign focus - and what we can do about it.
… Global Justice Now | 29th April 2016 Comment Canada EU Trade Corporations … Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is … CETA is a so-called 'free trade' deal between Canada and the EU, very similar to TTIP, but …
The EU Council today blocked the progress of CETA, the Canada-EU trade deal, writes Nick Dearden. It's a dramatic reversal for the transatlantic 'free trade' agenda, with the unpopular TTIP US-EU agreement already close to death. But negotiators aren't giving up on their aim to push CETA through, no matter what. Our fight goes on!
… Canada-EU 'TTIP' trade deal, CETA, down - but … | 18th October 2016 Comment Trade Politics Canada EU USA Belgium UK n-tisa-cut.jpg The EU … today blocked the progress of CETA, the Canada-EU trade deal, writes Nick Dearden. …
The successful conclusion of the TPP talks is a huge blow for social and economic justice, writes Nick Dearden in his twelve point summary. But it's not over yet: the long secret text must now be made public. And there's every chance it can be defeated in an increasingly skeptical Congress.
… | 6th October 2015 Comment Trade Finance USA Canada China Politics … the Pacific Rim, including the USA, Japan, Canada and Australia - and collectively their … to walk in order to be passed. 11. And so can Canada And in Canada, elections are coming up, …
The TTIP EU-US trade deal has finally hit the rocks with massive popular opposition on both sides of the Atlantic gaining serious political traction, write Guy Taylor & Nick Dearden. There's now a good chance that TTIP will be defeated - but first we must make sure that CETA, the equally toxic EU-Canada 'Trojan Horse' deal, bites the dust.
… Dearden | 4th May 2016 Comment Trade EU US Canada Politics Corporations … make sure that CETA, the equally toxic EU-Canada 'Trojan Horse' deal, bites the dust. … been moving rapidly last week on CETA, an EU-Canada 'free trade' deal similar to TTIP …
New book Trade Secrets is based on a thorough analysis of leaked papers from three years of secretive trade talks, as well as multiple other official documents and sources.
… renegotiated NAFTA agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico (USMCA) makes it cheaper for … China to import fossil fuels. What’s more, Canada used the negotiations for the EU‑Canada trade deal CETA to insist that the EU …
Now it's Argentina's turn to be sued in a secret 'free trade' court run by the World Bank, writes Nick Dearden. After bringing a profiteering water company that was missing all its service and quality targets back into public ownership, the country has been ordered to pay $405 million 'compensation'.
… ahead. Last time I wrote about this it was Canada in the firing line - successfully … treaty which the EU is about to ratify with Canada (known as CETA). These agreements will …
Deep space missions have previously run on nuclear power, writes Karl Grossman - and have twice showered Earth with radioactive debris. But the ESA's Rosetta probe, about to reach its destination, is 100% solar-powered - showing that space can be nuclear-free.
… of miles across the Northwest Territories of Canada. The late Dr. John Gofman, professor of … with a global increase in lung cancer. Canada demanded compensation for the …
When 97% percent of respondents to a European Commission 'consultation' on the TTIP EU-US trade deal opposed it outright the Commission accused them of 'hijacking' the process, writes Nick Dearden - and pressed ahead with negotiations. Whose Europe is it anyway?
… because the last compromise made in the Canada-EU treaty (CETA) actually risks giving …
Ecuador is the latest country to tear up 'free trade' agreements that have so far cost the country $21 billion in damages awarded to foreign companies by 'corporate courts', and yielded next to nothing in return, writes Nick Dearden. So the outgoing President Correa did the only sensible thing: in one of his final executive acts this month, he scrapped 16 toxic trade and investment treaties.
… and investment deals, including with the US, Canada, China and the UK. Importantly, they …
A Senate vote yesterday to deny President Obama 'fast track' authority in negotiating TPP and TTIP looks like the beginning of the end for these trade deals and their secret corporate courts, writes Nick Dearden. Now it's up to Europeans to make sure the EU Parliament votes against TTIP in a crucial vote next month.
… the price of water during an economic crisis Canada sued for placing a moratorium on …
Seeds are the gift of nature and past generations to us, and our gift to the future. Karl Grossman reviews 'Seedtime' - and finds that we must make that gift wholesome and fruitful - not a Pandora's box of genetically modified horrors.
… millions of acres, "concentrated in the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil and China, planted …
Sunday's SpaceX crash sends a powerful warning of the dangers of nuclear power on spacecraft, writes Karl Grossman. But will NASA listen? Despite the success of solar-powered missions, it's planning to use plutonium to power future missions and a new report asserts a continuing need for the technology - even as Russia ditches the idea.
… of miles across the Northwest Territories of Canada. Despite the study's rosy history of …