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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)

Accords de promotion et de protection des investissements étrangers (APIE). Le Canada entend multiplier la signature d’ententes avec les pays africains.
Forum AE | 27-Mar-2020
Des traités sont en cours de négociations avec notamment le Gabon, le Ghana, le Kenya, la Mauritanie, le Mozambique, la R.D. Congo, le Rwanda et la Tunisie.
Africa, Canada, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS
2019 annual results
Gabriel Resources | 16-Mar-2020
Gabriel has provided notice to Romania of a dispute with regard to Romania’s application to UNESCO in relation to Roşia Montană and has reserved its right to commence a further arbitration.
Canada, environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Romania
Cerro Verde to open ICSID case against Peru
Mining Journal | 4-Mar-2020
Cerro Verde, a partnership between Freeport McMoran and Buenaventura, is to bring a case against Peru related to a taxation dispute at the ICSID under a US-Peru trade agreement.
finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Peru, US
US-UK trade deal: Four things you might have missed, from food standards to climate commitments
The Independent | 3-Mar-2020
The government has not ruled out imports of US agricultural products made to lower standards than in the UK.
agriculture | farmers | food, climate, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UK, US
Minera Freeport lleva a Perú a arbitraje internacional por regalías
Infobae | 2-Mar-2020
La minera Cerro Verde, controlada por la estadounidense Freeport-McMoRan, inició un procedimiento internacional de arbitraje contra Perú por una disputa sobre el pago de millonarias regalías.
finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Peru, US
Cuatro litigios de firmas de EE.UU. contra Ecuador
El Comercio | 28-Feb-2020
La Procuraduría General del Estado detalla que de seis arbitrajes en contra de Ecuador por temas de inversiones, cuatro son de firmas norteamericanas.
Ecuador, investor-state disputes | ISDS, US
Une minière canadienne poursuit la Colombie
Radio Canada | 27-Feb-2020
Cosigo Resources réclame 22 milliards de dollars, car elle ne peut pas exploiter de l’or sur un territoire autochtone.
Colombia, indigenous peoples, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, US
Cameroun/Gouvernance : Hope Services réclame un milliard de dollars à l’Etat
Al Wihda | 22-Feb-2020
Une société de services financiers, basée aux États-Unis, a saisi le CIRDI au sujet d’un différend avec le Cameroun lié à une série de plateformes numériques.
Cameroon, finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, services, US
New arbitration between Renco Group and Peru at the PCA
Ciar Global | 18-Feb-2020
The arbitration between the US mining company Renco Group and Peru in relation to the metallurgical deposit in La Oroya was reopened, at the request of the mining company.
environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Peru, US
Revive arbitraje entre Renco Group y Perú en la CPA
Ciar Global | 17-Feb-2020
El arbitraje entre la minera estadounidense Renco Group y Perú relacionado con el yacimiento metalúrgico La Oroya se abrió de nuevo, a instancias de la minera.
environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Peru, US

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