ISDS Case Map
NAFTA | USMCA
TransCanada Corp has suspended a $15 billion NAFTA suit filed against the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline after U.S. President approved the project.
Donald Trump seems to think Mexicans made out like bandits from NAFTA. In reality, workers in all three NAFTA countries have suffered.
What makes ISDS divisive is it exposes governments to potentially expensive private arbitration by foreign corporations who feel that environmental protection measures impede their business.
A New York-based energy company is asking the Ontario Superior Court to enforce a $28-million award against the Canadian and Ontario governments that it received under a NAFTA arbitration.
Any talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement would involve all three member nations, a top Canadian official said
NAFTA marked a continuation of policies that began in the 1980s under pressure from Washington and the International Monetary Fund.
President Donald Trump said the United States would be "tweaking" its trade relationship with Canada.
The U.S. beef herd is expanding and the industry wants export market access to grow as well.
Trump wants even stronger, pro-U.S. business free trade deals to the benefit of U.S. multinational corporations and at the expense of the U.S. trading partners.
If governments turn out to be absolutely desperate to sign FTAs with the US they won't have much choice but to deal with an administration whose motto is “America first”, which may mean learning to love all our genetically modified produce, among other concessions.
