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El Salvador is defending itself against a US$301m lawsuit filed after it blocked a mining project to protect the country’s heavy-polluted water supply. The imminent verdict will set a precedent amid a growing trend of companies suing governments when they can’t exploit their natural resources.
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes
Campaigners gathered outside a secret court in central London on Friday to protest against a controversial EU-Canada trade deal that will empower corporations to sue the British government.
Canadians must now counter Chevron’s inevitable propaganda campaign as the legal battle continues.
For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 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.
Under a Trans Pacific Partnership deal, foreign investors in New Zealand could be able to take international legal action against a government decision such as that which rejected a Chinese company's bid for Lochinver Station, says an Auckland Law School senior lecturer.
Particular issues and procedures in investment treaties have proved especially contentious at both conceptual and practical levels.
Two recent proposals on settling investment disputes have begun to attract attention and consideration in national and international circles.
Examining the key points under the new ‘International Court System’ in TTIP
Sergei Pugachev, a tycoon once dubbed "Putin's banker", said on Tuesday that he had filed a $12 billion compensation claim against Russia
