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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

last update: May 2012

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Democrats urge end to trade deal investor protections as USTR denies secret talks
20-Dec-2024     Reuters
A group of 37 Democratic lawmakers urged the US Trade Representative's office to press ahead with efforts to weaken investment protections in US trade agreements.
How predatory energy developers harassed Hondurans
13-Dec-2024     Foreign Policy in Focus
Honduras's coup-era government opened the floodgates for predatory energy projects. Now that Hondurans are fighting back, the companies are trying to take them to arbitration.
Argentina’s Milei to seek free trade agreement with the US
15-Nov-2024     Buenos Aires Herald
Argentine President Javier Milei said he will seek a free trade agreement with the United States and expects the incoming Trump administration to “support” his government with the International Monetary Fund.
‘Mafia investments against Honduras’. New report exposes corporate demands after coup d'état
3-Oct-2024     bilaterals.org
A new report, 'Mafia investments against Honduras', examines the worrying situation in which the Central American country finds itself in the face of claims brought by transnational corporations before international arbitration tribunals.
APEP should be used to eliminate ISDS, say members of Congress, US and Latin American civil society
23-Jul-2024     Public Citizen
Members of Congress, grassroots activists, and civil society organizations from the US and Latin America urged the United States to use the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) to undo the damage of decades of corporate-dominated trade policy.
The corporate colonization of Latin America
11-Jun-2024     Public Citizen
How Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) harms indigenous communities.
Joint statement on the fourth meeting of the United States – Argentina council on trade and investment
11-Jun-2024     USTR
Argentina expressed its determination to join the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity, and the United States welcomed Argentina’s interest in joining.
Peoples of Mesoamerica in defence of seeds and maize
7-Jun-2024     GRAIN
This call for the defence of maize and all peasant seeds comes amid increasing pressure to impose the so-called UPOV laws through trade agreements and other neoliberal policies throughout the region.
China-Ecuador free trade agreement to take effect on May 1
30-Apr-2024     Xinhua
The free trade agreement between China and Ecuador will go into effect on May 1 as both countries have completed respective domestic approval processes.
Why people of Ecuador were right to keep the corporate courts out
29-Apr-2024     Common Dreams
In a referendum, Ecuador voted to keep its constitutional ban on using international arbitration and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.