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Sendero del Peje | 23-Oct-2008
Montreal, 22 Oct (Notimex).- La firma estadunidense Dow AgroSciences recurrió al Capítulo 11 del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) para pedir compensación por la prohibición en Québec del uso, “para fines cosméticos”, del herbicida 2,4-D
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agriculture | farmers | food ,
Canada ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
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| 22-Mar-2008
When agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. quietly filed court documents this month to overturn — and increase — a multi-million-dollar trade penalty it won against the Mexican government, the move shone a light on Chapter 11, perhaps the most controversial clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Prensa Latina | 16-Oct-2007
El embajador de Estados Unidos dijo que Panamá debe conservar pulcra su "marca país", y para ello requiere de voluntad política para modernizar su aparato judicial. Agregó que cuando un inversionista extranjero es víctima de un proceso judicial poco claro o arbitrario, ello se torna en la peor propaganda internacional
Daily Times | 13-Sep-2007
Pakistan and United States on Wednesday constituted sub-groups of high officials from both the countries to pave the way for early finalisation of issues regarding trade and economic cooperation
Milenio.com | 29-Aug-2007
Se trata de la primera controversia entre Guatemala y una empresa privada que deberá ser procesada y resuelta en el marco del TLC suscrito entre Estados Unidos y el bloque de Centroamérica y República Dominicana
| 5-Jul-2007
With Seoul and Washington concluding their renegotiation of the Korea-US free trade agreement (FTA), it has been confirmed there were some ‘‘unfair parts’’ added to the economic deal under which investors of both sides are not treated equally in their respective countries.
| 15-Jun-2007
A seven-year legal battle by the US postal carrier United Parcel Service of America (UPS) against Canada, brought under a controversial free trade agreement, has been dismissed, but advocacy groups say a provision that allows corporations to sue for lost profits should be permanently dropped.
| 14-Jun-2007
A landmark NAFTA decision this week dismissing allegations that Canada Post is competing unfairly has significantly restricted the rights of foreign investors to elbow their way into markets served by Crown corporations and other government enterprises.
| 12-Jun-2007
Ecuador is furiously lobbying members of Congress to extend trade preferences, set to run out at the end of the month, that are intended to counter narcotics trafficking.
FPIF | 3-May-2007
When Bolivian President Evo Morales took office in January 2006, he pledged to follow through on his campaign pledge to increase Bolivians’ share of revenues from their major source of foreign income, natural gas. International gas companies, however, threatened to sue. Previous Bolivian governments had signed a flurry of bilateral investment treaties that gave foreign investors the right to bypass domestic courts and file such lawsuits through international tribunals. Morales complained that these rules made him feel like a “prisoner” in the presidential palace.
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Argentina ,
Bolivia ,
Canada ,
corporate interests ,
Ecuador ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
US
