ISDS Case Map
Canada
Gina Rinehart’s Northback demands feds pay for finding the Grassy Mountain project too toxic to proceed.
Arbitration claims are costly to defend, politically sensitive, and, regardless of outcome, signal uncertainty to global investors.
The proceeds of the Private Placement will be principally used to support the Company’s application to annul the damages award issued on July 15, 2024 awarding no monetary compensation to the Company in its arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Colombia.
A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.
The North American economies could agree to renew USMCA as it is for another 16 years— a prospect that appears unlikely. Or they could keep working on ways to improve it; under a convoluted renewal process, they have until 2036 to reach an agreement -- or the pact expires.
The Canada-Indonesia trade deal’s “women-inclusive” label masks a neoliberal agenda that benefits Canadian corporations more than Indonesian women. It exploits feminist language to legitimize market expansion, while reinforcing structural inequalities—especially the burden of unpaid care work on women—and enabling corporate power through costly investor rights (ISDS). True gender justice requires systemic change, not just market inclusion.
Leaders of the South American bloc hope the recent EU trade deal will provide the political will for other pacts with the United Arab Emirates and Canada.
The Philippines is aiming to conclude free trade agreement (FTA) talks this year with the European Union, Chile and Canada, Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque said.
Mexico plans to initiate discussions with Canada in early May about reviewing the USMCA trade pact, according to Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard.
Canada and the US held a "constructive" discussion on the review of the North American free trade pact, the office of the minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade said.
