Source: Friends of the Earth

Thursday, October 13, 2011 For Immediate Release

Contact: Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722, ktrout@foe.org Nick Berning, 202-222-0748, nberning@foe.org

Friends of the Earth denounces passage of unjust trade agreements

President Obama broke his campaign promises in backing Bush-era trade pacts that repeat mistakes of NAFTA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With President Obama’s backing, Congress yesterday passed trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia

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Source: Boston.com

By Ian James

Associated Press / October 9, 2011

CARACAS, Venezuela—As President Hugo Chavez seizes ever more private property in his push to build a socialist system, foreign companies are squeezing Venezuela’s resources by filing claims for billions of dollars in compensation.

Heavyweights such as U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. as well as smaller companies from around the world are demanding

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Source: Gmfus.org

by Peter H. Chase

Summary: The economic relationship between the United States and the European Union (EU) is unique as it is based on investment rather than on trade. Yet, in a sense they have no investment relationship: while the United States has investment treaties with most of the EU’s 27 member states, it has none with the EU itself. On one

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Source: Starafrica.com

WASHINGTON, September 28, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

September 27, 2011

The United States Senate approved the United States-Rwanda Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) on September 26 by unanimous consent. The Department of State applauds the Senate’s approval of the treaty and is pleased that the Senate’s longstanding tradition of bipartisan support for these treaties

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