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Canada and the United States have signed over 170 international investment agreements. The largest of these include the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Mexico and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with ten other Pacific Rim states, currently in the process of being ratified.

The US is also party to the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and is negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with the European Union.

Canada has signed the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) with China and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union, the latter one yet to be ratified.

US investors have extensively used the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions of these treaties. They have initiated around 130 disputes, over 20% of all known cases, making it the most frequent home state of the investor. The US has never lost an ISDS litigation.

On the other hand Canadian investors have initiated about 35 disputes and Canada has been the second most frequent target among developed states (5th globally).

(October 2015)

The Achmea case between international law and European Union law
European Papers | 15-Jan-2019
If the European Court of Justice applied in Opinion 1/17 the same test it used in Achmea, it would probably conclude that the CETA tribunal is not compatible with EU law.
Canada, EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, reformed ISDS
There’s a hidden cost in Trump’s new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico
Washington Post | 3-Jan-2019
Investment treaties with ISDS provisions make it hard to tax foreign firms and worsen human rights and labor practices.
finance | banking | taxes, human rights, investor-state disputes | ISDS, labour | workers’ rights, NAFTA, US
Westwater announces acceptance of its request for arbitration
Business Wire | 3-Jan-2019
At issue is Turkey’s taking of Westwater’s Temrezli and Şefaatli uranium projects in June 2018.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Turkey, US
The fossil fuel era is coming to an end, but the lawsuits are just beginning
The Conversation | 19-Dec-2018
Westmoreland Coal is suing Canada because it did not receive a transition payment following Alberta’s coal phaseout plan. For the province, coal mining companies have no role to play in the energy transition.
Canada, climate, environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, NAFTA, US
Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador c. AbitibiBowater
Radio Canada | 17-Dec-2018
Le 16 décembre 2008, la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador exproprie la papetière AbitibiBowater qui vient de fermer son usine dans sa zone de compétence.
Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, labour | workers’ rights, NAFTA, US
El arbitraje contra Guatemala por la mina Tambor ya es una realidad en Ciadi
CIAR Global | 14-Dec-2018
El conflicto está relacionado con la suspensión del proyecto de minería de oro Tambor, en San José del Golfo y San Pedro Ayampuc, y la reclamación estaría cifrada en 300 millones de dólares.
CAFTA, Guatemala, human rights, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, US
Citgo settlement falters, auction plan resurfaces
Argus | 14-Dec-2018
Former Canadian mining company Crystallex has resumed efforts to auction shares of Venezuelan-controlled US refiner Citgo and accused Caracas of breaching an earlier settlement to stave off the sale.
Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Venezuela
Westwater files international arbitration request against Republic of Turkey
AP | 14-Dec-2018
Westwater Resources, an energy materials development company, announced the filing of a request for arbitration against the Republic of Turkey for the taking of its Temrezli and Şefaatli uranium projects in June 2018.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Turkey, US
Arranca tribunal de millonario pleito internacional para Colombia
W Radio | 13-Dec-2018
Se establecieron los parámetros para que el país responda por una demanda por 40 millones de dólares que presentó una heredera de los dueños del Banco Granahorrar.
Colombia, finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, US
Venezuela pays miner $425 million in move to safeguard Citgo
Bloomberg | 27-Nov-2018
Venezuela made an partial payment of a settlement designed to resolve a $1.2 billion arbitration award to a bankrupt Canadian gold miner that’s laying claim to the assets of the parent of refiner Citgo Holding Inc. if it’s not paid in full.
Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Venezuela

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