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Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
The Globe and Mail | 14-Oct-2016
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
keywords: Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Commission faces EU court battle over secret TTIP documents
EurActiv | 14-Oct-2016
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
La Commission poursuivie en justice sur la légalité des tribunaux d’arbitrage
EurActiv | 14-Oct-2016
La Commission européenne devra justifier devant la justice le secret entourant son analyse de la légalité du système de règlement des différends entre investisseurs et États du TTIP et du CETA.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
La nouvelle proposition de l’UE sur l’investissement perpétuera les attaques des entreprises contre la santé et l’environnement
CEO | 13-Oct-2016
Les attaques dangereuses contre les réglementations protégeant l’intérêt public et l’environnement ne prendront pas fin suite aux nouvelles propositions européennes sur l’investissement dans les traités de commerce, selon un nouveau rapport.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Vietnam
Joint Interpretative Declaration on CETA: unpacking the “clarifications” on investment protection
S2B | 12-Oct-2016
The Joint Interpretative Declaration on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) reaffirms that investors can bypass the domestic court systems and will enjoy ample rights without any obligations.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
India trade talks heating up, but ex-envoy cautions: ‘we’ve been to the altar before’
The Hill Times | 12-Oct-2016
The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.
keywords: Canada , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Romania’s government agrees to a complete lack of transparency in the Rosia Montana arbitration case
Save Roșia Montană | 7-Oct-2016
In disregard with official requests, Romania’s government and Gabriel Resources decided to play out their dispute behind closed doors.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Gabriel Resources - Romania reverses prior VAT assessment / arbitration progress
Junior Mining | 30-Sep-2016
Gabriel Resources announces an update in relation to its ongoing bilateral investment treaty arbitration against Romania proceeding under the auspices of the World Bank’s ICSID.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Canada’s civil society calls for Chevron’s assets to be frozen so Ecuador judgment can be paid
Friends of the Earth Canada | 30-Sep-2016
Some of Canada’s largest environmental, labor and civil society organizations have now joined the growing international community demanding that Chevron clean up its toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
keywords: Canada , Ecuador , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
UE-Canada - Le Ceta, un accord commercial au détriment des paysans
Inf’OGM | 30-Sep-2016
S’il est adopté, le Ceta aboutira à une consolidation des droits de propriété industrielle dont le Certificat d’obtention végétale et le brevet qui concernent directement les semences.
keywords: biodiversity | biopiracy , Canada , EU , France , GMOs , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , regulation