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CETA

Canada and EU Sign 'Thoroughly Undemocratic' CETA Trade Deal

As CETA Rises from Ashes, Campaigners Vow: 'More You Insist, More We Resist'

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Campaigners protested the Canada-European Union trade agreement outside the European Commission on Thursday. (Photo via Corporate Europe/Twitter)

Belgium delegates reached 11th-hour consensus, which grants the Court of Justice of the European Union the ability to rule on final inclusion of ISDS

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Democracy Prevails as People's Revolt Leaves Corporate Trade Agenda "In Tatters"

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Rejecting the deal, Belgium residents are 'voicing the concerns of millions of...

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'Final Death Blow' to CETA as Delegates Hold Firm Against Pro-Corporate Deal

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Protesters marched against toxic trade deals CETA and TTIP in Warsaw, Poland on 15 October. (Photo: AP)

"It's time for a fundamental shift toward international agreements that put...

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'Massive Body Blow' for CETA as EU Trade Ministers Postpone Vote

Following Public Pressure, José Bové, Noted Anti-Globalization Activist, Allowed to Stay in Canada

As CETA Advances, Reports Warn Deal Will Ruin Economies, Cement Corporate Power

Hundreds of Thousands March in Germany Against TTIP, CETA

As TTIP Falters, Campaigners Warn Against Democracy-Wrecking Sister Deals

Yet Another Transatlantic Trade Deal Threatening Food Safety, Groups Warn

An anti-TTIP poster at a protest against the trade deal.

TTIP Has 'De Facto Failed'

Growing Opposition Forces EU into 'Humiliating Climbdown' on CETA

Warnings of Food Safety Threats as Canada Green Lights 'Frankenfish'

'Like Putting Lipstick on a Pig': Changes to CETA Make it a More Corporate-Friendly Deal

Leaked Doc Puts Spotlight on Corporate-Friendly Trade Deal

Forget Russian Gas, Just Frack Europe: Obama

Newswire

Center for International Environmental Law

Report: CETA Threatens European Union Pesticide Protections

Council of Canadians

CETA Just Imploded, Future of the Deal Uncertain

Global Justice Now

The Death of Canada - EU Trade Deal

Council of Canadians

CETA Summit Most Likely Cancelled, Council of Canadians Available for Comment

Global Justice Now

European Parliament Member and CETA Critic José Bové Denied Entry to Canada

Council of Canadians

Canada Will Lose 23,000 Jobs Under CETA: Study

Views

Sharon Anglin Treat

Will Trump Use NAFTA To Institutionalize The Wholesale Delay And Repeal Of Public Protections?

Nick Dearden

By Signing CETA with Justin Trudeau, the EU Isn’t Undermining Donald Trump – They’re Helping Him

Shefali Sharma

The CETA Vote: Will the European Parliament Learn From BREXIT and Trump?

John Buell

Trade, Democracy, and the Politics of Backlash

Ruchi Shroff, Manlio Masucci

Wallonia Has Shown Us the Way to Stop CETA and TTIP

Heidi Chow

CETA's Threat to Seed Freedom

Guy Taylor

TTIP May be Dead, But We’re Still Facing TTIP by the Back Door

Murray Dobbin

'The World Must Jettison Neoliberal Ideology': A Globalization Wake-Up Call

Dean Baker

Economists Keep Getting It Wrong Because the Media Coverup Their Mistakes

Nick Dearden

Opposition to the Canada-EU Trade Deal Has Reached a Tipping Point