About the Project

The Network for Justice in Global Investment is a joint effort by citizens and organizations in a variety of countries to challenge one of the most anti-democratic aspects of the global economic order – the rules governing international investment. Read More.

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Gold Rushes, Trade Agreements, and How Companies Sue Countries

Source: Forbes

8/17/2011

By Amy Westervelt

A year or so ago I met an attorney on a plane who explained to me that his was a very niche practice. He explained what he did as “defending companies whose operations were being threatened by governments,” and cited examples of oil companies that had been drilling in Venezuela when Chavez came

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Social movements present demands to UNASUR Council of Economy and Finance

Source: Jubileesouth

Buenos Aires, June 10, 2011. Representatives of various organizations in the region and nationally agreed to submit a series of observations and demands to the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents of the Union of Nations of South America, UNASUR, during the first meeting of the South American Council of Economy and Finance. The meeting, due to be held today in Buenos

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Some impacts of a TPPA investment chapter

Source: Australia Fair Trade and Investment Network-Third World Network

This analysis focuses on how the TPP investment provisions would constrain the ability of governments, both developed and developing, to regulate. By Harvey Purse, Australian Fair Trade & Investment Network, Australia Sanya Reid Smith, Third World Network, Malaysia

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