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Will Canadian companies respond to widescale public dissent by threatening to sue?
Tens of thousands of people took to the street in a nationwide strike opposing various Canadian-owned mining projects while the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement could be tabled any day now.
Clive Palmer ordered to pay $13m after claim of being ‘foreign investor’ in Australian mining project thrown out
Attorney general says mining magnate is ‘not a foreign investor’ and is ‘not entitled to any benefits under Australia’s free trade and investment agreements’
EU-Indonesia trade agreement will perpetuate social and environmental injustice
Indonesia and the EU signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, while Environment Commissioner announced that the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation will be delayed by yet another year. 
Canada’s Alamos exits Türkiye, sells 3 gold mines to Nurol for $470M
As part of the agreement, arbitration proceedings brought by Alamos’s Netherlands subsidiaries against the Republic of Türkiye under the Netherlands–Türkiye Bilateral Investment Treaty will remain suspended.
The French state before an arbitration tribunal over “Montagne d’Or”
The French state is being sued by two Russian investment companies (controlled by a sanctioned oligarch), in connection with the “Montagne d’Or” mining megaproject in French Guiana.
Record number of corporate lawsuits target climate action in controversial tribunal
Fossil fuel and mining companies are ramping up lawsuits against governments over environmental rules, using a controversial arbitration mechanism that critics say is skewed in industry’s favour and jeopardises global climate action.
Britain sued in ‘corporate court’ over quashing of coal mine in Cumbria
Lawsuit is the first known case under Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) against the UK since 2006 proceeding to arbitration, and the first ISDS case brought against it in response to a climate policy.
Indonesia finalizes first North American CEPA with Canada
The Trade Ministry announced that the Indonesia-Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (ICA-CEPA) is Indonesia's first CEPA in North America.
India, Philippines start talks for bilateral trade pact
India and the Philippines begin talks for a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to boost bilateral trade, building on AITIGA terms.
Eco Oro seeks annulment of ICSID tribunal decision on damages and announces US$4.5 million financing
Eco Oro Minerals Corp. announces it has filed an application to annul the damages award issued on July 15, 2024 awarding no monetary compensation to the company by the ICSID tribunal.