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MPs try to block corporations using new trade deals for lawsuits
Independent | 21-Jul-2020
MPs are set to try to force the government to block corporate lawsuits relating to future trade deals, in a bid to safeguard human rights.
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
T-MEC: un tratado de libre comercio hecho a la medida de Trump
Página/12 | 20-Jul-2020
La firma del T-MEC evidenció como Trump busca conciliar la reproducción del neoliberalismo y el cuidado de la economía estadounidense. México y Canadá, los convidados de piedra.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , NAFTA | USMCA
La UE debe poner fin a los acuerdos de protección de inversiones en el sector de los combustibles fósiles
El Diario | 17-Jul-2020
Las empresas y los proveedores de energía reclaman miles de millones en compensaciones basándose en el oscuro acuerdo del Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía. Quieren que lo público pague para que ellos dejen de destruir el clima
keywords: ECT , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Por qué los países africanos no deben ratificar el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía
No a los TCI | 15-Jul-2020
El Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía (TCE) es un tratado multilateral para la protección de las inversiones en el sector energético.
keywords: Africa , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Crear una alianza feminista por la justicia comercial
Open Global Rights | 14-Jul-2020
La liberalización comercial es incompatible con los derechos humanos de las mujeres y la igualdad de género cuando las empresas explotan el trabajo de las mujeres como una fuente de ventaja comparativa.
keywords: human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , women
Green NGOs demand EU dumps controversial energy treaty
EU Observer | 14-Jul-2020
Green groups have renewed their demand for the EU and member states to jointly withdraw from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
A Canadian mining company is threatening to sue Mexico to avoid paying taxes... and is asking Canada to help them do it
Council of Canadians | 13-Jul-2020
Already, Mexico’s progressive reforms have made it an ISDS target. First Majestic, a Canadian silver mining company has been threatening Mexico for the last few years, under NAFTA’s Chapter 11.
keywords: Canada , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA
Barrick Gold sends dispute notice to Papua New Guinea over Porgera mine
Reuters | 10-Jul-2020
Canadian miner Barrick Gold Corp said it served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea government over the country’s refusal to extend a mining lease in the Porgera valley.
keywords: Australia , Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Papua New Guinea
The obscure treaty that could kill a global green recovery
The New Republic | 9-Jul-2020
The Energy Charter Treaty, with 53 signatories, allows energy companies to sue states that make their business unprofitable.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Corporations to sue states for pandemic billions
The Ecologist | 9-Jul-2020
Corporations are busy weaponising obscure legal instruments to sue government for their actions to save lives and jobs during the coronavirus crisis.
keywords: climate , covid , EU , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mercosur