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Manifesto of Central American, Andean and European Organizations, networks, and Social Movements. February, 2011 Source: Alianza Social Continental Since end of 2010, more than 100 organizations from Europe and Latinamerica have promoted the signing to the statement “No more injustices and inequalities. Say no to the ratification of the Agreements negotiated by the European Union with Central America, Colombia and Peru“. This text Source: Institute For Policy Studies February 9, 2011 · By Sarah Anderson As more than 250 economists call on Obama to allow capital controls on trade agreements, the corporate lobby responds with distorted facts. Last week, I hand-delivered to U.S. trade negotiators a statement signed by more than 250 economists calling for trade reforms to allow governments to use capital controls to prevent financial Source: Institute for Policy Studies February 9, 2011 Major U.S. corporate lobby groups have issued a rebuttal to a letter sent by more than 250 economists to the Obama administration calling for a fresh approach to capital controls. The Institute for Policy Studies and the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University (GDAE) initiated the January 31 economist statement that provoked the corporate Source: reuters.com WASHINGTON | Tue Feb 8, 2011 5:18pm EST WASHINGTON Feb 8 (Reuters) – A coalition of leading business groups has urged the Obama administration to reject a call to give U.S. free trade partners more freedom to control the flow of capital in and out of their countries. Loosening rules on capital controls in future free trade agreements and bilateral investment Source: change.org by Antonio Ramirez · February 07, 2011 Since 2009, Salvadoran anti-mining activists have been threatened, robbed, kidnapped and murdered while attempting to halt Pacific Rim, a Canadian mining company, from excavating gold in the northern department of Cabañas. This week, US-El Salvador Sister Cities, an international solidarity organization, reported that a disturbing wave of new death threats has hit activists opposed to Source: newsflash.org [PHOTO - Asia faces the risk of overheating and 'devastating' food inflation, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned on Tuesday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS] MANILA, FEBRUARY 4, 2011 (STANDARD) ASIA faces the risk of overheating and “devastating” food inflation, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned Tuesday. “There are risks of overheating and even a hard landing,” Strauss-Kahn said in a public lecture in Source: Amazon Defense Coalition Oil Giant Ordered to Pay Record $9 Billion to Ecuadorian Rainforest Communities Amazon Watch 15 February 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin Koenig, +593.9.7949041 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +593.9.7949041 , kevin@amazonwatch.org Han Shan, +593.9.8991870 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +593.9.8991870 , han@amazonwatch.org Caroline Bennett, 415.487.9600 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 415.487.9600, caroline@amazonwatch.org (B-ROLL and interviews with affected communities available upon request) Quito, Ecuador (February 15, 2011) – Plaintiffs gathered in February 1, 2011 Investment Arbitration Reporter By Luke Eric Peterson Please click here to read the article Source: bilaterals.org Seattle-to-Brussels network (S2B) and partners | January 2011 Change EU investment policy – now is the time! Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) allow transnational corporations to by-pass domestic courts and sue sovereign states – costing tax payers millions in legal expenses and preventing governments from acting in the best interests of their citizens. Download EU Investment Briefing: Change EU investment policy – Januey 31, 2011 Source: The Guardian By Bibi van der Zee Protests staged in London during attempt to promote Canadian tar sands as energy source Trade talks between Europe and Canada could leave the door open to companies suing states for losses incurred by efforts to fight climate change, campaigners claimed today. The warning, backed by an MEP and a law expert, came January 31, 2011 Source: guardian.co.uk A coalition of 250 economists is urging the US to relax penalties on capital controls to ensure global financial stability • Read the economists’ statement and see the full list of signatories For better or for worse, trade policy is back in style. In its first two years, the Obama administration largely steered clear of signing trade treaties. Yet, January 31, 2011 Source: Institute for Policy Studies Click here for the full statement and list of endorsers. In a letter delivered January 31, more than 250 economists urged the Obama administration to reform U.S. trade rules that restrict the use of capital controls. The statement reflects growing consensus among economists that capital controls, while no panacea, are legitimate policy tools for preventing and |
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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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