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Source: Peruthisweek.com March 27, 2012 By Manuel Vigo On Tuesday Prime Minister Oscar Valdes said the Peruvian government would pay close attention to details of the restructuring process of Doe Run Peru, in order to safeguard the environment. “The issue of Doe Run is a very complicated issue. It is a company that has sued Peru before the ICSID [International Center for Settlement of Source: Reuters.com By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON | Mon Mar 26, 2012 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday he was suspending trade benefits for Argentina because of the South American country’s failure to pay more than $300 million in compensation awards in two disputes involving American investors. Obama suspended Argentina, effective in 60 days, from the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, Source: Thespec.com March 14 2012 TORONTO Canada’s largest generic drug company, Apotex Inc., is seeking at least $520 million in damages from the U.S. government for alleged violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The company says in its claim that its U.S. subsidiary was devastated after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued alerts in 2009 that blocked imports of products made Source: Thestar.com March 14, 2012 Dana Flavelle, Business Reporter Canada’s largest generic drug maker is seeking $520 million U.S. in damages from the U.S. government, saying an “import alert” that prevented it from shipping to the U.S. for nearly two years violated the North American Free Trade Agreement. Apotex Holdings said the alert was issued by the US Food and Drug Administration in August Source: Insidetrade.com March, 2012 In comments to the Australian Senate this week, a senior Australian government official ruled out the possibility that Australia will back down from its opposition to including investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. “In the . . . Source: News.smh.com.au Adam Gartrell, AAP Diplomatic Correspondent March 5, 2012 AAP The federal government is standing firm against Australian and US business demands that it allow controversial dispute settlement clauses into an ambitious new Pacific free trade deal. Australia is one of nine nations seeking to reach final agreement on a deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the end of 2012. The [SOURCE: COMMON DREAMS. By Sarah Anderson] The Australian government doesn’t like it when global tobacco giants can sue them over public health laws. They have refused to accept trade rules that allow foreign investors to sue governments in international tribunals. Known as “investor-state” dispute settlement, these rules are in every U.S. trade agreement negotiated in the past 20 years – except the 2005 U.S.-Australia pact. Corporate America finds this utterly unreasonable, , but Australia is holding strong – so far. Source: Friends of the Earth Posted Feb. 29, 2012 / Posted by: Bill waren Who should pay to clean up what has been called the “Rainforest Chernobyl” in the Ecuadorian Amazon? Why are the people of the rainforest who suffered the most not represented directly before the international investment tribunal that may decide the question? Is it U.S. policy to favor the financial interests Source: Thestar.com February 24, 2012 By Linda Diebel National Affairs Writer An impending trade deal with Europe is ringing alarm bells across the country. Under the deal, Canada has agreed to European demands to prohibit municipalities and provinces from offering incentives or otherwise favouring local bidders on procurement contracts. The effects on Toronto could be serious: Could the TTC still impose Canadian content rules |
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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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