Articles in English
Huffington Post | 11-Jan-2016
Canadian company TransCanada’s announcement that it will sue the American people for $15 billion perfectly illustrates how today’s corporate-empowering trade policies threaten the way democracy is supposed to work.
eNews Park Forest | 8-Jan-2016
‘The idea that some trade agreement should force us to overheat the planet’s atmosphere is, quite simply, insane.’
Eurasia Review | 8-Jan-2016
Venezuela doesn’t want investment treaties anymore if they give investors the right to drag the country before a commercial court. “The system has been set up to break down the nation-state.”
Collectif Stop Tafta | 7-Jan-2016
La cohabitation entre le régime international de commerce et d’investissement actuel et l’ambition prétendue de lutter contre le changement climatique est impossible.
CBC | 7-Jan-2016
Calgary-based company alleges U.S. president exceeded his constitutional powers
Financial Express | 6-Jan-2016
India is set to propose a non-legal and non-adversarial mechanism to resolve trade-impeding non-tariff measures among the 16 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries.
Yes | 6-Jan-2016
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?
IA Reporter | 6-Jan-2016
Following the release in April of 2015 of a draft model investment treaty, the government of India unveiled a final version of its proposed negotiating text.
Politico | 4-Jan-2016
The inclusion of an ISDS in an EU agreement could raise the likelihood of such cases being brought against all kinds of public interest and health protecting policies in the future.
CBC | 31-Dec-2015
NAFTA action comes after closure of Laurentide mill blamed on Nova Scotian mill.
