Follow-up on 2015-10-16 Texas Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens’ $700-Million NAFTA Lawsuit Against Ontario Nears End, NY Times & Huffington Post By John Miner, The London Free Press (Postmedia Network file photo) A lawsuit by a Texas oil tycoon that alleged political interference at the highest levels in the awarding of Ontario wind farm […]
Please help notify friends and family about the Government’s consultations on the Trade Deal. Edmonton Jan 11th, Vancouver, Jan 12th. … I would definitely have made the trip to Vancouver to attend, had I had sufficient advance notice. In lieu of, I Posted to Facebook page for Minister for International Trade, Chrystia Freeland: The “investor-state dispute resolution” […]
It’s very easy to follow – – good English sub-titles. Just give it a minute. Europeans are seeing Canadian experience with Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDSs) through German Public TV. This is a very important and informative video. Many thanks to people in Germany. And to Janet Eaton – – her remarks below. Also, Osgoode Hall […]
The TTIP protest in Berlin this past weekend drew hundreds of thousands. PHOTO: EFE/EPA/KAY NIETFELD http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/berlin-anti-ttip-trade-deal-rally-hundreds-thousands-protesters#_=_ Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Berlin on Saturday to oppose a planned free trade deal between the European Union and the United States that is claimed to be anti-democratic and to threaten food safety and environmental standards. […]
UPDATE: see 2016-04-02 NAFTA Chapter 11: Tribunal rules against Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens in lawsuit over Ontario wind farms – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (Note: Should you wish, New York Times, October 15 – a bit more detailed version […]
Related: (2015-04-18) Hundreds of Millions of Dollars already paid out to corporations because of trade deals. It’s about to multiply many times over (TPP, CETA, etc.). (2013-11-09) Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP), also TPP vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” (2013-06-11) CETA (also about GMO’s): Canada ready to raise threshold […]
http://www.wnd.com/2014/01/kerry-signals-advance-of-north-american-union-plan/ by Jerome Corsi NEW YORK – It was in last year’s State of the Union address that President Obama announced an ambitious trade agreement negotiated behind closed doors with North American and Pacific Rim nations – the Trans-Pacific Partnership – that drew little attention. Now, ahead of Tuesday’s State of the Union address, […]
The system of closed-door trade tribunals has been around for decades now, nestled like a ticking time bomb into hundreds of smaller bilateral trade agreements between nations. (Photo: Backbone Campaign) http://fpif.org/the-case-that-blew-the-lid-off-the-world-banks-secret-courts/ How Bolivian protesters and global activists exposed the dark side of global trade pacts and paved the way for the battles to come. […]
By Sujata Dey Berlin — Yesterday (April 20, 2015), Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, challenged the Canada-European Union Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) and other trade deals in a panel discussion with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During the panel, Chancellor Merkel presented her G7 presidency priorities. “While the themes […]
Arising out of: 2015-04-15 A Trade Rule that Makes It Illegal to Favor Local Business? Newest Leak Shows TPP Would Do That And More, David Korten, Yes! Magazine I remind Canadians of how much we are already paying out to Corporations for fines under NAFTA. One example: 2015-03-06 We Canadians get to gift Exxon/Mobil […]