Canada
Market Watch | 29-Sep-2010
Gold Reserve’s claim alleges violations of three provisions of the Canada-Venezuela BIT culminating in the effective expropriation of Gold Reserve’s investments in the Brisas gold/copper project and the Choco 5 gold property.
AFP | 29-Sep-2010
Le groupe minier américano-canadien Gold Reserve Inc a annoncé mardi qu’il cherchait à obtenir plus de 1,9 milliard de dollars de compensations du Venezuela pour l’expropriation de ses mines dans ce pays.
| 25-Aug-2010
Premier Danny Williams says the Newfoundland and Labrador government will not share the $130-million settlement the federal government made with AbitibiBowater.
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Canada ,
corporate interests ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
| 11-Aug-2010
In a decision with implications for the national sovereignty of member states under US trade pacts, a World Bank tribunal has approved a Canadian mining company’s controversial lawsuit against the government of El Salvador.
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CAFTA ,
Canada ,
corporate interests ,
El Salvador ,
environment ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
US
Investment Treaty News | 16-Feb-2010
Corporacion Quiport S.A., the company building the new Quito international airport, has initiated arbitration proceedings at ICSID against the Republic of Ecuador in connection with its concession to maintain and operate the existing Quito airport and to construct and operate the New Quito International Airport (NQIA) being built outside Ecuador’s capital.
| 3-Apr-2009
Dow AgroSciences is mulling over a NAFTA challenge to Quebec’s law banning the cosmetic use of pesticides, setting a spotlight on one of the most controversial clauses of the trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.
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agriculture | farmers | food ,
Canada ,
corporate interests ,
environment ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
US
| 29-Jan-2009
The federal government has confirmed it is now playing a part to help resolve a dispute between AbitibiBowater and the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
Upside Down World | 22-Dec-2008
A Canadian mining company intends to sue El Salvador’s government for several hundred million dollars if it is not granted permission to open a widely unpopular gold and silver mine that scientists warn would have devastating effects on local water supplies.
| 13-Dec-2008
A Canadian mining company and its American subsidiary have threatened the government of El Salvador with a lawsuit after it failed to receive regulatory approval to begin digging for gold and silver in an area some 65 km from San Salvador. The proposed mine has drawn intense opposition from civil society and church-based groups, although the mining company maintains that it enjoys broad public support in El Salvador.
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CAFTA ,
Canada ,
El Salvador ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining
Sendero del Peje | 23-Oct-2008
Montreal, 22 Oct (Notimex).- La firma estadunidense Dow AgroSciences recurrió al Capítulo 11 del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) para pedir compensación por la prohibición en Québec del uso, “para fines cosméticos”, del herbicida 2,4-D
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agriculture | farmers | food ,
Canada ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
