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AECG: l’Union européenne et le Canada s’entendent sur une nouvelle approche en matière d’investissements dans l’accord commercial

Commission européenne | 29-Feb-2016

La Commission européenne et le gouvernement canadien sont convenus d’inscrire une nouvelle approche concernant la protection des investissements et le règlement des différends en matière d’investissements dans le CETA.

keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform

Venezuela está cerca de un acuerdo con minera Gold Reserve tras años de arbitraje

Reuters | 25-Feb-2016

Venezuela llegó a un acuerdo para buscar una solución a un prolongado conflicto por arbitraje con la minera canadiense Gold Reserve, que reclama una indemnización de 750 millones de dólares tras el abrupto fin de una concesión que mantuvo en el país sudamericano hasta 2009.

keywords: Canada , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela

Venezuela, Gold Reserve to settle arbitration dispute with joint venture

Reuters | 25-Feb-2016

Venezuela and Canadian mining company Gold Reserve signed a memorandum of understanding to settle a protracted arbitration dispute over a gold concession.

keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , natural resources , Venezuela

Canada and Hong Kong FIPA signed: A boost to the bilateral business relation

Lexology | 24-Feb-2016

FIPA sets out respective rights and reciprocal binding obligations for Canada and Hong Kong, including non-discriminatory treatment, minimum standard of treatment and dispute resolutions rules.

keywords: Canada , Hong Kong , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

NAFTA wind energy dispute ramps up

ICTSD | 23-Feb-2016

The case concerns a moratorium imposed in 2011 by the Canadian province of Ontario on offshore wind energy generation projects, citing public concerns and scientific uncertainties about the health, safety, and environmental effects.

keywords: Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA

Parts of Canada-EU trade deal still being revised: chief negotiator

CTV | 17-Feb-2016

Canada is working with the European Union to revise controversial investor protection provisions in their landmark free trade deal at the direction of the new Liberal government.

keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Canada re-opens investment talks with India

Embassy | 17-Feb-2016

Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.

keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform

For Canadian innovators, will TPP mean protection – or colonialism?

The Globe and Mail | 1-Feb-2016

Despite Canada’s 14 new free-trade deals, Canada posted record trade deficits and shrinking exports throughout 2015 as prices for tangible commodities fell.

keywords: Canada , CPTPP , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Canadian miners can take Kazakhstan to court for seized assets, rules tribunal

Mining | 1-Feb-2016

Eligible Canadian investors with property confiscated by the government of Kazakhstan are now legally entitled to international arbitration under the Canada/USSR BIT.

keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kazakhstan , mining