ISDS Case Map
mining
The Canadian government must not remain indifferent to the bloodshed and the incontrovertible reality of a grave human rights crisis in Ecuador.
Disagreements between governments and investors over resources are at a 10-year high, law firm DLA Piper said, driven by resource nationalism and growing competition between the US and China for critical minerals.
In August, a Singapore-based investor filed a case against the UK government after the High Court in London quashed a proposal for a new coal mine on climate grounds.
These fast track trade deals risk serving the business interests of transnational corporations instead of contributing to more sustainable trading relationships.
Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development.
The billionaire’s last three cases are part of a growing global list from fossil fuel companies against government decisions to reduce carbon emissions.
Tens of thousands of people took to the street in a nationwide strike opposing various Canadian-owned mining projects while the Canada-Ecuador Free Trade Agreement could be tabled any day now.
Attorney general says mining magnate is ‘not a foreign investor’ and is ‘not entitled to any benefits under Australia’s free trade and investment agreements’
Indonesia and the EU signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, while Environment Commissioner announced that the implementation of the European Union Deforestation Regulation will be delayed by yet another year.
As part of the agreement, arbitration proceedings brought by Alamos’s Netherlands subsidiaries against the Republic of Türkiye under the Netherlands–Türkiye Bilateral Investment Treaty will remain suspended.
