Canada
El Diario | 12-Sep-2016
Los gobiernos y los lobistas de las grandes corporaciones buscan nuevas formas de blindar la privatización y esquivar el proceso democrático.
AITEC | 10-Sep-2016
Alors que la France tente de sauver le CETA en torpillant momentanément le TAFTA/TTIP, 17 organisations européennes rappellent les dangers de l’arbitrage d’investissement tel qu’il est proposé dans les deux traités.
BuzzFeed | 9-Sep-2016
A secretive global legal system gives corporations leverage over the countries where they operate. Everyone said the United States didn’t have anything to worry about, because American laws are fair to begin with. Everyone was wrong.
Client Earth | 7-Sep-2016
Highly controversial investor rules in the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) led the EU Parliament to ask its legal service whether they were compatible with EU law, and the analysis has just been published.
Toronto Star | 29-Aug-2016
An international arbitration tribunal has ordered Venezuela to pay a Vancouver-based mining company more than $1.2 billion for expropriating its gold mines.
CBC | 20-Aug-2016
Leaked meeting notes posted earlier this month by ’Politico Europe’ suggest that as recently as July 15, countries couldn’t agree on what parts of the agreement should apply when.
Common Dreams | 16-Aug-2016
A major topic of discussion at the World Social Forum in Montreal was the problems with TTIP-style free trade agreements and how we can stop them, writes Nick Dearden
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ICSID | 15-Aug-2016
A hearing on jurisdiction and the merits in the case will be transmitted live via internet feed from 7-14 September 2016.
New Internationalist | 9-Aug-2016
As thousands discuss free trade at the World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada’s experience with NAFTA may offer lessons for the Netherlands, writes Niels Jongerius
Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (ISDS Blog) | 4-Aug-2016
Peter Allard, a Canadian investor who owns a nature sanctuary in Barbados, has brought an ISDS claim against Barbados. He grounds his claim on the failure of the government to enforce its own environmental law.
