November 8, 2010 Source: Other Words By Manuel Pérez-Rocha Remember the joy shared by millions around the world as we watched as the Chilean miners were rescued one by one? Celebrating their survival made me wish that the global mining industry could find itself in the spotlight too, with lights glaring at each aspect of its destructiveness …
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November 4, 2010 Source: CCPA All levels of government, particularly in Canada, are being targeted by investors for alleged breaches of Chapter 11, NAFTA’s investment chapter, says a new report by CCPA trade analyst Scott Sinclair. The report documents all 66 known NAFTA investor-state claims (to October 2010) and analyses recent key developments, including the Canadian government’s troubling …
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Source: S2B Network S2B Press release: The Council of the European Union (Foreign Affairs) adopts Conclusions on the Communication from the Commission “Towards a comprehensive European international investment policy” COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Conclusions on a comprehensive European international investment policy 3041st FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting Luxembourg, 25 October 2010

November 15, 2010 Source: The New York Times By DUFF WILSON Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York telephoned the Uruguay’s president, José Mujica, on Monday morning to pledge his financial assistance to that nation’s fight against the world’s leading cigarette company. Mr. Bloomberg, a billionaire with a long record of antismoking activism, made the announcement after …
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November 17, 2010 Source: canadians.org Yesterday, the Trade Justice Network met again in Ottawa to discuss campaign work against the Canada-EU free trade negotiations. Several important new reports about the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement have come out over the past month, including a legal opinion we commissioned with the Indigenous Environmental Network on the likely impacts of the …
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November 23, 2010 Source: The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – Fort Worth oilman Dick Moncrief says he had a dream to bring Russian gas to the world market, and a deal with Gazprom dating back to 1997 to make it possible. What happened to destroy the dream and the deal is in dispute. Moncrief Oil International …
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Source: humanrightsimpact.org A new report setting out key issues and methodologies for conducting human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) for trade and investment agreements is now available on the Human Rights Impact Resource Centre website.   There have been widespread calls for States to undertake HRIAs ahead of concluding trade agreements, but limited international consensus on how to do so.  …
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November, 2010 Source: U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities Phase One of the Commerce Group vs. the Government of El Salvador Hearings Complete On Monday, November 15th the Milwaukee based mining company Commerce Group and San Sebastian Mines Inc squared off against the government of El Salvador in the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a part …
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November 24, 2010 Source: Financial Times By Naomi Mapstone in Lima Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, was the only major foreign oil company holding out on a new contract with Ecuador on Tuesday night, paving the way for a possible exit from the Andean nation. Repsol of Spain, Eni of Italy, Andes Petroleum and PetroOriental of …
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November 25, 2010 Source: IAReporter By Luke Eric Peterson An Italian telecoms firm, Telecom Italia, has walked away from a bitterly-fought arbitration with the Plurinational State of Bolivia with $100 Million (US) in compensation, as well as certain service-provision plans for the future. Telecom Italia had sought some $250 Million (US) following the 2007 nationalization of …
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