ISDS Case Map
Mexico
The tribunal held that the Mexican authorities had not violated international commercial law or breached their commitments under treaties to which they were a party.
Odyssey filed the first memorial, alleging that Mexico wrongfully denied environmental approval of the ExO Phosphate project in breach of NAFTA.
The AFL-CIO is planning to file labor complaints against Mexico this month under the new US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement’s labor enforcement mechanism, the US union’s president said.
For the first time, an ISDS tribunal has qualified project finance as a foreign investment protected under an investment treaty.
Already, Mexico’s progressive reforms have made it an ISDS target. First Majestic, a Canadian silver mining company has been threatening Mexico for the last few years, under NAFTA’s Chapter 11.
For Mexican workers, farmers, and the poor, the pandemic and the new treaty replacing NAFTA are a devastating one-two punch.
The European Union mulls protecting handicrafts in the same way as gourmet food amid a push from Latin American countries.
26 years of free trade, industrial paradise for transnational corporations and
environmental hell for the peoples.
The Philippines will pursue separate discussions with Mexico and the US for potential free trade agreements with each these two countries.
To qualify for tariff-free trade, makers of heavy vehicles must meet various requirements, including a 60% regional content threshold that will increase gradually and 70% regional inputs of steel and aluminum.
