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PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGIME

leny — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:28:41 +0000

August 31, 2010

Source: osgoode.yorku.ca

The following is a statement of concern about the international investment regime. It is supported by academics with expertise relating to investment law, arbitration, and regulation. English, French, Spanish, and Russian versions are available at this time.

PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGIME DÉCLARATION PUBLIQUE SUR LE RÉGIME D’INVESTISSEMENT INTERNATIONAL DECLARACIÓN PÚBLICA SOBRE

AbitibiBowater wins NAFTA case vs. Ottawa

leny — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:50:14 +0000

August 27, 2010

By KATHRYN LEGER, Freelance

Source: The Montreal Gazette

It came as a surprise to many this week that the federal government -and ultimately Canadian taxpayers -will make a payment of $130 million to Montrealbased AbitibiBowater Inc. to compensate for company assets expropriated by the Newfoundland government in that province.

In announcing the settlement on Tuesday, the Department of

Investment Rules in Trade Agreements

leny — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:28:37 +0000

August, 2010

By Sarah Anderson

Source: Institute for Policy Studies

The Top 10 Changes to Build a Pro-Labor, Pro-Community and Pro-Environment Trans-Pacific Partnership

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) offers an opportunity to develop a new model that balances the interests of private foreign investors with those of labor, environment, and the general public interest. President Obama and countless members of Congress have campaigned on just such

Investment Rules in Trade Agreements: Korea-U.S. and Beyond

leny — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:23:58 +0000

By Sarah Anderson

Source: Institute for Policy Studies

IPS Global Economy Director Sarah Anderson presented this slideshow at a congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Mike Michaud on July 19, 2010.

An explanation of the impacts of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.

To view the slideshow click here

Mining for El Salvador’s Gold — In Washington

leny — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:12:05 +0000

August 11, 2010

By Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Source: Institute for Policy Studies

An international tribunal gives the green light to a lawsuit brought by two companies attempting to overcome strong public and government resistance to their destructive gold mining.

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to travel to Cabañas, El Salvador, to meet with some of the bravest and most successful environmental activists in the world. Ordinary villagers in