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In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...
Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch
Investor-state dispute settlement system empowers foreign corporations to bypass domestic courts, challenge government’s public interest policies before extrajudicial ...
... the bishops’ conference of Honduras published a statement in October 2018 where they note, “The greatest responsibility for this situation lies with the economic model that privileges the excessive desire ...
... and report co-author Luis Solano.
As the report illustrates, KCA enjoyed immense privileges in Guatemala. The company managed to obtain its operating license despite a mining moratorium and a woefully ...
... we can leverage the diversity of our relationships, privileges, power and resources to great effect.
In addition, the case leaves us with two other sets of overarching lessons.
The first relates to campaigning ...
... and recently bought by OceanaGold mining, claims that El Salvador’s denial of mining rights after granting exploratory privileges breaks the country’s commitments through the Central American Free Trade ...
... the Salvadoran government, this is an extortion that demonstrates the enormous privileges that our policy makers have given to multinational corporations.
The Salvadoran state, in particular the institutions ...
Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement
By Janet M Eaton, Phd. April 12th, 2012
There appears to be a growing awareness that NAFTA-style foreign investor privileges and ...
... the bishops’ conference of Honduras published a statement in October 2018 where they note, “The greatest responsibility for this situation lies with the economic model that privileges the excessive desire ...