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Trade or human rights? Integrity of State Department trafficking report still an open question
"The Administration appears to be resolute in forging a flawed trade agreement with countries that currently violate fundamental labor and human rights."
Approaches to international investment protection: divergent approaches between the TPPA and developing countries’ model investment treaties
A growing international community of policy makers and analysts that recognizes that major reforms in the investment treaty regime are needed.
India's narrow BIT norms holding up trade pact
The new model text on the basis of which India is negotiating its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) is making it difficult for America to hold bilateral talks on the proposed India-US BIT
Mesa Power Group LLC v. Canada
The claimant in this case was Mesa Power Group LLC, a U.S. corporation that oversees and develops renewable energy projects, notably in the wind sector.
Why mining corporations love trade deals
From the salmon-spawning waters of Alaska to the cloud forests of Ecuador, communities are standing up to mining projects that threaten their health, environment, and livelihoods.
Pebble mine: Canadian mining company threatens to stick U.S. taxpayers with costs of “potentially catastrophic” mining scheme
Northern Dynasty is prepared to file a claim for “arbitration” under NAFTA, seeking compensation for the failure of the Pebble Mine project to move forward to federal permitting.
US supports TPP bid
The United States threw its support behind Cambodia becoming a member of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership
Un traité transpacifique au seul profit des multinationales américaines
Le traité transpacifique (TPP), entre les États-Unis et l'Asie, ne contribuerait en rien au développement du commerce. Il renforcerait simplement des droits de propriété intellectuelle, au profit des grandes entreprises américaines.
China-U.S. dialogue makes progress in BIT talks, overcapacity, RMB trading
China and the United States have made incremental progress in accelerating bilateral investment treaty talks
TPP study gives one side of story
"These so-called studies are really more about trying to influence political votes for the commodity groups' members than contributing to farmer and rancher welfare or congressional understanding"