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Free trade’s chilling effects
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
ConocoPhillips sues Venezuela's PDVSA, calls bond swap 'fraudulent'
ConocoPhillips has for nearly a decade been pursuing a case against Venezuela in a World Bank tribunal to obtain billions of dollars in compensation for the 2007 takeover of its Venezuela assets.
EU, US negotiators officially drop aim of concluding TTIP in 2016
Negotiators on both sides of the Atlantic have clearly given up on the idea of concluding TTIP talks this year, despite progress achieved on the technical aspects of the negotiations.
US complains of disadvantage as EU-SADC trade deal kicks in
As the EU-SADC's economic partnership agreement takes effect, the Obama administration has raised concerns that US companies have been left at a competitive disadvantage.
US unhappy over lack of progress on pork imports
The US has expressed disappointment with a lack of progress on issues related to US pork imports to Taiwan in the latest round of talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement.
In boon for Big Pharma, TTIP would lock in high drug prices: report
'Unfortunately, trade agreements have become one more mechanism for drug corporations to expand their monopoly power'
US FTA claim could cost taxpayers $260 million
Australian taxpayers are facing a $260 million legal claim under the US-Australia free-trade agreement over the alleged expropriation of four gas turbines.
TTIP’s changing focus in NYC
It may not be “TTIP lite” that the U.S. and EU are negotiating, but officials expect to focus on less contentious topics and “lock in as much progress as possible” at a week-long round of talks
Is toxic trade in your backyard?
Looming trade deals threaten efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground