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August 31, 2010 Source: osgoode.yorku.ca The following is a statement of concern about the international investment regime. It is supported by academics with expertise relating to investment law, arbitration, and regulation. English, French, Spanish, and Russian versions are available at this time. PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGIME August 27, 2010 By KATHRYN LEGER, Freelance Source: The Montreal Gazette It came as a surprise to many this week that the federal government -and ultimately Canadian taxpayers -will make a payment of $130 million to Montrealbased AbitibiBowater Inc. to compensate for company assets expropriated by the Newfoundland government in that province. In announcing the settlement on Tuesday, the Department of August, 2010 By Sarah Anderson Source: Institute for Policy Studies The Top 10 Changes to Build a Pro-Labor, Pro-Community and Pro-Environment Trans-Pacific Partnership The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) offers an opportunity to develop a new model that balances the interests of private foreign investors with those of labor, environment, and the general public interest. President Obama and countless members of Congress have campaigned on just such By Sarah Anderson Source: Institute for Policy Studies IPS Global Economy Director Sarah Anderson presented this slideshow at a congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Mike Michaud on July 19, 2010. An explanation of the impacts of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. To view the slideshow click here August 11, 2010 By Manuel Pérez-Rocha Source: Institute for Policy Studies An international tribunal gives the green light to a lawsuit brought by two companies attempting to overcome strong public and government resistance to their destructive gold mining. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel to Cabañas, El Salvador, to meet with some of the bravest and most successful environmental activists in the world. Ordinary villagers in |
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How they threaten communities and the environment, and how we can change them.
We provide this documentation from the ICSID web page for a critical analysis. It includes the list of cases that this tribunal has filed and managed historically and until 2009.
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