Articles in English
Jacobin | 5-Mar-2021
Free-trade agreements enable companies to sue governments if they interfere with profit-making activities, no matter how destructive. These trade deals put us in an antidemocratic straitjacket — it’s time we got rid of them.
UNCTAD | 3-Mar-2021
Most international investment agreements do not exclude taxation from their scope, which means that a wide range of tax-related measures are covered by them.
Investigate Europe | 3-Mar-2021
It is highly questionable whether there will be a new or revised treaty in two years that will protect the climate instead of endangering it.
MRT | 3-Mar-2021
Canadian mining company First Majestic Silver Corp submitted a request for arbitration based on NAFTA, due to the tax debt and its differences with the Mexican government.
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Canada ,
finance | banking | taxes ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
mining ,
NAFTA | USMCA
UNCTAD | 25-Feb-2021
CNN | 24-Feb-2021
An aribtral tribunal ordered Libya to pay the Al Kharafi Group $930 million in damages. The Al Kharafi Group sued the Libyan state in France too, so when Gadhafi’s A340 landed in France, they sought to have it impounded.
Reuters | 24-Feb-2021
Kuwaiti logistics company Agility’s claim to recover more than $380 million it said it lost in Iraq has been rejected by an international tribunal.
Investigate Europe | 23-Feb-2021
Joining the Energy Charter Treaty is not in the public interest, according to South Africa’s government. It has also cancelled other agreements that allowed foreign investors to sue their state. This has not stopped investors from coming, says Mustaqeem de Gama.
CEO | 23-Feb-2021
Sign the petition to pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries!
EU Observer | 23-Feb-2021
