Sentences with phrase «chapter of the trade agreement»

It's believed that only one chapter of the trade agreement dealing with small and medium - sized enterprises has been closed.

Not exact matches

Both men can vividly recall how hard they worked to make sure Chapter 19 was part of the original Free Trade Agreement.

Zoellick recalled how hard Canada fought for the inclusion of that chapter in the original Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA's precursor.

The state visit to Canada by President Park Guen - hye on Sept. 20 - 22 inaugurates a major new chapter in Canada's 50 year relationship with South Korea, headlined by the signature of the Canada - Korea free - trade agreement completed earlier this year.

The ISDS chapter in a trade agreement of a country where you are considering doing business or investing could act as a shield against any arbitrary foreign government measures that would negatively impact your business.

There is only one bilateral agreement (the revised Canada - Chile agreement) that contains a specific gender chapter, but even here there are no concrete commitments, other than an annual meeting of a trade and gender committee, nor are the provisions of the gender chapter subject to dispute settlement.

«The next chapter of trade between China and Australia will require closer cooperation and this agreement provides a new framework to ensure more businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, can benefit through the partnership between Austrade and Alibaba,» said Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma in a statement.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the conctrade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concTrade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the conctrade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

Negotiators from the two countries agreed to accelerate a review of the services and investment chapters of the China - Australia Free Trade Agreement.

The leaked draft of the regulatory coherence chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement encourages countries joining the pact to conduct regulatory impact assessments or RIAs when developing regulations, including environmental measures, which have more than a minimal cost burden on business and the economy.

«Finally, the link which the provisions of Chapter 13 of the envisaged agreement display with trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore is also specific in nature because a breach of the provisions concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection, set out in that chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade.Chapter 13 of the envisaged agreement display with trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore is also specific in nature because a breach of the provisions concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection, set out in that chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade.chapter, authorises the other Party — in accordance with the rule of customary international law codified in Article 60 (1) of the Convention on the law of treaties, -LSB-...]-- to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade.»

Another thing worth thinking about is whether the Court's pronouncement applies only to the environmental and social standards included in TSD Chapters, where they exist in EU agreements or whether it can be extended to any other modern trade agreements that the EU concludes that feature some sort of environmental and social standards.

Following invalidation of Eli Lilly's patents for the Zyprexa and Strattera drugs, Lilly launched a chapter 11 North American Free Trade Agreement challenge against the government of Canada.

Indeed, the Court considers that the sustainable development chapter «plays an essential role in the agreement» (para. 162) and that the agreement operates under a form of conditionality «by making liberalisation of that trade subject to the condition that the Parties comply with their international obligations concerning social protection of workers and environmental protection» (para. 166).

In relation to trade union funding of cases the inadequacy of the Scottish regime is highlighted in chapter 14 of the Scottish Courts Review at para 97 «it is understood that some trade unions have special arrangements that do not fit the normal model for speculative fee agreements, in that success fees are not charged where the claim is successful and neither the defenders nor the pursuer's legal costs are charged to the pursuer if he is unsuccessful, these being met either by the union itself or the solicitors».

A significant deficiency of environmental chapters in EU trade agreements is that they generally do not provide for binding dispute settlement if one of the Parties violates its commitments in that chapter.

Leading up to the conclusion of the first new generation of trade agreements, the Commission decided it did not get enough with its extensive foot in the door in international investment policy and claimed the entirety of these investment chapters as EU - only in its request for an Opinion.

Mélida then joined the Office of the United States Trade Representative as an associate general counsel; where she litigated international trade disputes before the WTO; provided counsel in NAFTA Chapter 11 investor - State arbitrations involving the United States, Canada, and México; and defended the United States in Ad Hoc arbitrations under the 1996 Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and CaTrade Representative as an associate general counsel; where she litigated international trade disputes before the WTO; provided counsel in NAFTA Chapter 11 investor - State arbitrations involving the United States, Canada, and México; and defended the United States in Ad Hoc arbitrations under the 1996 Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Catrade disputes before the WTO; provided counsel in NAFTA Chapter 11 investor - State arbitrations involving the United States, Canada, and México; and defended the United States in Ad Hoc arbitrations under the 1996 Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Canada.

On March 16, 2017, a three - member panel of arbitrators (the Tribunal) unanimously dismissed Eli Lilly & Company's (Eli Lilly's) claim that the invalidation of its patents fails to satisfy Canada's obligations under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

A termination of additional BITs by Indonesia would ironically come at a time when many of Indonesia's neighbours such as Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand are negotiating the Trans - Pacific Partnership Agreement, a 12 - country multilateral trade and investment treaty which it is understood will likely include an Investment Chapter providing for recourse to arbitration.

A decision by the Federal Court of Canada should spell the end of the NAFTA renegotiation on the investment Chapter of NAFTA, and ignite a renegotiation of the investment chapters of the Canada - EU trade agreement and the CPATPP.