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Peoples of Mesoamerica in defence of seeds and maize
7-Jun-2024     GRAIN
This call for the defence of maize and all peasant seeds comes amid increasing pressure to impose the so-called UPOV laws through trade agreements and other neoliberal policies throughout the region.
China-Ecuador free trade agreement to take effect on May 1
30-Apr-2024     Xinhua
The free trade agreement between China and Ecuador will go into effect on May 1 as both countries have completed respective domestic approval processes.
Why people of Ecuador were right to keep the corporate courts out
29-Apr-2024     Common Dreams
In a referendum, Ecuador voted to keep its constitutional ban on using international arbitration and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms.
As Honduras leaves World Bank dispute forum, US tries to keep influence
26-Apr-2024     El Faro
Honduras’ withdrawal from the World Bank investor dispute forum could have a limited practical effect, but it is already read along ideological lines.
Ecuador said “no” to international arbitration: a sovereign decision with international resonance in the fight against ISDS
24-Apr-2024    
April 21st has been a historic day. The Ecuadorian people voted massively NO in the referendum question about whether Ecuador should return to arbitration.
Between sovereignty and corporate interests: what is at stake in the Ecuadorian referendum?
21-Apr-2024     Bilaterals.org
On 21 April 2024, the government of Daniel Noboa is holding a referendum in Ecuador to amend the country's constitution and, in particular, to reactivate the dangerous investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.
100 organizations from around the world call on Ecuador to defend its sovereignty against international arbitration: No to ISDS!
10-Apr-2024     International organisations
Various organisations express their support for Ecuador's rejection of international arbitration tribunals in a gesture of international solidarity.
Mexico: follow Honduras or Ecuador?
15-Mar-2024     La Jornada
The question for the next government is: will it continue the neoliberal model under the FTAs ​​and BITs that pledge our sovereignty in courts like the ICSID?
Ecuador's "shock doctrine" referendum on ISDS
12-Mar-2024     Trade and Investment Research Project
The Ecuadorian President is using the cover of internal conflict to bring investor-state dispute settlement back to Ecuador, in what a former Constitutional Court member calls a "democratic disaster."
First Quantum Seeks $20 Billion From Panama in Free Trade Case
21-Feb-2024     Yahoo Finance
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. is seeking $20 billion from Panama in a free trade arbitration case after the Central American nation shut down the company’s flagship copper mine late last year.