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Gabriel Resources asks USD 6.5 bln from Romania in gold mine project lawsuit
The final amount requested by Gabriel through interest recalculation has doubled, reaching USD 6.5 billion.
Fossil fuel companies have a secret weapon. Here’s how Britain can help take it away from them
Eleven countries have already pledged to exit the disastrous international charter treaty. We must join them.
Canada: NFU calls for fair and just international trade systems
On this September 10th 2023, the NFU stands united with our allies in La Via Campesina calling for fair and just international trade systems.
India may liberalize foreign investment in non-services sector through ‘pre-establishment’ protection
To boost foreign inflows into India’s manufacturing and industrial sectors, India plans to liberalize foreign investments in the ‘non-services sector’ in the ongoing Free Trade Agreement discussions.
Mexico's Azteca files arbitration claim against Peru in fibre backbone case
La compañía peruano-mexicana Azteca Comunicaciones ha presentado un arbitraje de inversiones contra Perú ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias relativas a Inversiones (CIADI), después de anunciarlo desde 2021.
Silver Bull secures US$9.5M litigation funding to pursue damages claim against the Mexican government
Silver Bull Resources Inc. has secured funding for its international arbitration proceedings against Mexico under the USMCA and NAFTA.
North Macedonia charged with expropriation by Amadeus Group
The request for arbitration charges that North Macedonia expropriated Amadeus’ investment in a hotel and commercial center in Skopje, all violations of the North Macedonia-Albania bilateral investment treaty, and seeks a damage award of at least $110 million.
Silent coup: How corporations overthrew democracy – book review
The book initially spotlights a questionable international legal system exerting influence over the policies of developing states.
S. Korea files for cancellation of int'l tribunal's compensation order in Lone Star case
The South Korean government filed an appeal seeking to cancel an international tribunal's order to pay compensation to American private equity firm Lone Star Funds with the firm's sell-off of the now-defunct Korea Exchange Bank.
Egregious corporate attacks on public interest policies
Many free trade and investment agreements allow multinational corporations to undermine democracy via a secret pseudo-court system known as Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).