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Lighthouse looks to use NAFTA talks to greenlight Millennium coal terminal
26-Jun-2018 TDN
Millennium Bulk Terminals’ parent company is ramping up lobbying spending related to trade talks with Canada and Mexico as part of a bold effort to get its blocked coal terminal in Longview approved.
Should Canada reject NAFTA? Yes
24-Jun-2018 Toronto Star
NAFTA is a corporate rights agreement, not a free-trade agreement in the original sense.
In a trade war, Canada’s energy not on the table
15-Jun-2018 Council of Canadians
Canada is hamstrung by a little-known NAFTA clause that packs a huge climate punch and gives the US first access to most of Canada’s oil and natural gas.
One Treaty to rule them all
13-Jun-2018 TNI
The ever-expanding Energy Charter Treaty and the power it gives corporations to halt the energy transition.
Did Canada buy an oil pipeline in fear of being sued by China?
1-Jun-2018 The Guardian
The logic to Trudeau’s action may lie in an obscure and overlooked 2014 agreement to ensure China got a pipeline built
Spain loses its third millionaire arbitration award for the reduction of renewables
18-May-2018 Turkey Telegraph
ICSID imposes a fine of 64.5 million euros for a claim by a fund of the state of Abu Dhabi.
Germany says Vattenfall has no grounds to seek arbitration over nuclear phase-out
9-May-2018 Reuters
Swedish utility Vattenfall has no legal grounds to ask a US arbitration court if it can claim 4.7 billion euros from Berlin for forcing it to halt nuclear production, the German government has said.
Invenergy files international arbitration suit against Poland over wind projects
25-Apr-2018 Wind Power
The Invenergy group has submitted a notice of arbitration against Poland citing violations of Invenergy’s rights as a foreign investor and clear breaches of Poland’s obligations under the United States-Poland bilateral investment treaty.
Petroleum ISDS cases pose major threat to climate action
23-Apr-2018 AFTINET
Research shows that mining and energy industries are the most frequent users of Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms.
Lee-Chin seeks US$300m in arbitration fight over Dom Rep investment
20-Apr-2018 The Gleaner
A Jamaican investor served the government of the Dominican Republic with a notice of arbitration surrounding the state takeover of a recycling facility and waste-to-energy plant.
Progress made on biotech during seventh NAFTA round
3-Apr-2018 Iowa Farmer Today
Negotiators closed the chapter on good regulatory practices, the sixth chapter to be completed. They have also finished on the sanitary-phytosanitary measures chapter. All three countries also agreed to establish a formal energy chapter.
Al Amoudi lodges a complaint against Morocco in Washington, D.C.
19-Mar-2018 Morocco World News
Al Amoudi recently filed a complaint against Morocco at the World-bank affiliated ICSID thus ending a series verbal threats the Saudi investor has been brandishing since 2015 against Moroccan investment authorities.
Oil and gas leaders warn Trump he risks harming their industry
16-Mar-2018 Bloomberg
Trump disagrees with executives on Nafta arbitration language. Industry leaders say it provides an essential safety net.
Letter: Gambia is about to pay half a million dollars at the International Settlement Investment Dispute Court
13-Mar-2018 Freedom Newspaper
Shocking information from insiders tells us that the authorities are about to make a payment to the International Settlement of Investment Disputes of nearly US dollars 500,000 as a prepay for the three litigations.
Canada didn’t violate trade agreement in B.C. pulp mill case, NAFTA tribunal rules
7-Mar-2018 The Globe and Mail
A NAFTA tribunal rejects $250-million claim by Mercer International Inc. against the Canadian government.
Spain to pay compensation to renewables investors
26-Feb-2018 Wind Power
In a second international ruling against retroactive cuts in renewables support introduced by the Spanish government in 2013, a Swedish arbitration panel has awarded a Luxembourg-based investment firm €53 million compensation.
API supports NAFTA modernization that retains strong protections for US investors
22-Feb-2018 Oil and Gas Online
Ongoing negotiations to modernize NAFTA must advance our role as a global energy leader by retaining US access to Mexico’s newly-opened oil and natural gas market and providing strong protections, including Investor-State Dispute Settlement.
Argentina: Japan wants to invest in energy and mining sector, says secretary
22-Feb-2018 Interactive Investor
Argentina and Japan are moving ahead with a bilateral investment treaty.
Kazakhstan’s frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds
21-Feb-2018 Reuters
The case is one of several brought to courts in Europe by Moldovan businessman Anatolie Stati who is attempting to force the Kazakh government to pay up in a dispute about his energy investments in the oil-rich country.
Gambia gov’t spends two billion dalasis on arbitration cases!
19-Feb-2018 Freedom Newspaper
How can the Goverment risk billions of dalasis in arbitration costs, once more, with Africa Petroleum? What money will pay for this trial?