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Source: Lexology.com Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP Lawrence Herman Canada, Mexico, USA June 28 2011 Investment Disputes Roll Along Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement allows private investors from the US and Mexico to bring binding arbitration against Canada for allegations that a Canadian law – including one enacted by a Canadian province – contravenes obligations under the Agreement. These disputes Source: Americanchronicle.com By Asit Ranjan Mishra, Mint, New Delhi July 4–Despite a demand by the European Union (EU), India is unlikely to allow a clause in a proposed trade pact with the bloc that permits an overseas investor to sue a host country at an international dispute settlement agency. EU wanted the inclusion of such a clause, known as an investor to state dispute Source: Humanitariannews.org 07/05/2011 NARUC Summer 2011 Meetings Lawrence Hurley, E&E reporter Several top multinational corporations and leading industry groups have signaled support for Chevron Corp. in its fight against a court ruling in Ecuador awarding indigenous plaintiffs up to $18 billion for oil pollution. Dow Chemical Co., Shell Oil Co. and Dole Food Co. Inc. are among those backing Chevron before the New York-based Source: OXFAM International investment treaties, state-investor disputes and access to food, land and water Read full paper (PDF 439KB) Summary Today, the world’s natural resources are under increasing pressure and are often the object of important power struggles between corporations, states and communities. National governments and international institutions are responsible for shaping the environment in which these different interests operate. As foreign investments in Source: GDAE Today GDAE Senior Researcher Kevin P. Gallagher releases a new report and policy brief showing how sovereign debt restructuring could be deemed illegal under thousands of international trade and investment agreements. Given that many economists think that Greece will inevitably restructure its debt in the not too distant future, these findings may have immediate repercussions. The report has been published by International |
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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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