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How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them
Globe and Mail | 28-Oct-2018
Unverified rumours circulated in early 2018 that Canada was willing to abandon NAFTA’s provisions entitling foreign investors to sue for damages under what is called investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS.
keywords: Canada, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, NAFTA | USMCA
Liberals should consistently fight trade deals that let corporations sue Canada
Huffington Post | 21-Oct-2018
Investor-state dispute settlement was tempered in the USMCA, but the government needs to justify why it persists asking for it in other agreements.
keywords: actions | resistance, Canada, corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS, Mexico, NAFTA | USMCA, US
’New’ CETA tribunals - old undemocratic system
Friends of the Earth Europe | 24-Sep-2018
Our analysis of the leaked draft code of conduct of CETA tribunals reveals that the same people known as ISDS arbitrators and counsellors will now take over CETA tribunals.
keywords: Canada, EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, reformed ISDS
Gold Reserve provides Venezuela update
Financial Post | 16-Aug-2018
Gold Reserve Inc. received Venezuelan government bonds with an estimated current market value of approximately US$88.5 million.
keywords: Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Venezuela
EU-Canada (CETA) - Revised draft decisions on the appellate tribunal, the code of conduct and the rules for mediation for the implementation of the Investment Court System (EU proposal, July 2018)
| 10-Aug-2018
keywords: Canada, EU, FTAs (texts of), investor-state disputes | ISDS, reformed ISDS
Arbitraje de Gran Colombia Gold contra Colombia, amenazas medioambientales y Derechos Humanos
CIAR Global | 6-Jul-2018
El 2 de julio de 2018, el Ciadi, registró la demanda de arbitraje de la minera canadiense Gran Colombia Gold contra Colombia en la que reclama 700 millones de dólares relacionada con la cesión de un título minero a las comunidades locales para explotar la minería a cielo abierto, tras una pugna de más de una década con la denuncia medioambiental y de Derechos Humanos como protagonistas.
keywords: Canada, Colombia, environment, ICSID, investor-state disputes | ISDS
L’inscription de Rosia Montana au Patrimoine mondial UNESCO, reportée
Le Petit Journal | 4-Jul-2018
Le Comité du patrimoine mondiale de l’UNESCO a décidé de reporter l’inclusion du site minier de Rosia Montana sur la liste du Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.
keywords: Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Romania
It’s official: Romania’s government backs move to delay Rosia Montana inclusion in UNESCO World Heritage network
Business Review | 29-Jun-2018
The minister of culture says that the government has proposed the delay of the inclusion of Rosia Montana in the UNESCO World Heritage list until there is a final ruling in the case opened by Gabriel Resources against Romania.
keywords: Canada, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Romania
Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
Toronto Star | 24-Jun-2018
NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense.
keywords: Canada, energy, investor-state disputes | ISDS, NAFTA | USMCA
Results of Gabriel’s lawsuit against Romania may be known late 2019
Mining.com | 7-Jun-2018
Gabriel Resources will have to wait until late 2019 to find out whether Romania will have to pay it $4.4 billion in alleged losses related to the company’s Rosia Montana gold and silver project.
keywords: Canada, environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, Romania

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