The billionaire’s last three cases are part of a growing global list from fossil fuel companies against government decisions to reduce carbon emissions.
With COP30 in Brazil around the corner and with the prospect of Australia co-hosting COP31 next year, a major threat to effective climate action continues to fly under the radar: Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanisms in trade and investment agreements.
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.
WSRW can today reveal a leaked EU document showing plans to continue trading with products from occupied Western Sahara, in direct violation of earlier rulings by the EU Court of Justice. A vote will take place this Wednesday.
The US has raised a dispute about the imposition of this tax under “nondiscrimination” provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, alleging that these taxes are targeted at US companies.
South Korean companies are suffering increasing damage following the Korea-China Free Trade Agreement as low-cost Chinese products are flooding into the domestic market, an analysis showed.
Canada and the Southern Common Market further explored on Friday a possible free trade agreement during a meeting in Brasilia between chief negotiators and technical teams.
Switzerland hopes to seal an updated free trade agreement with China in early 2026, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said, following a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
The parties discussed strengthening trade and economic ties between Georgia and Gulf Cooperation Council member states, with particular attention to the possibility of launching free trade agreement negotiations.