Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19
By Manuel Perez Rocha - Foreign Policy in Focus
Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.
The country was in freefall. Formerly middle class families were hawking their valuables on the street. After dark, the most desperate w...
With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico
Manuel Perez Rocha - Inequality
NAFTA 2.0 cleared another hurdle on January 16 as the U.S. Senate approved the trade deal with bipartisan support.
Officially called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the pact has some improvements but remains a handout to large corporation...
US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project
by Daniela Pastrana: Pie de Pagina
Foto: Celia Guerrero /Archivo Pie de PaginaThis is not fiction: an American company dedicated to finding treasures at the bottom of the sea has partnered with Altos Hornos de México to exploit an underwater mine in Baja California Sur and extract phosphorus. Th...
Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it
Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers
(DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor protections that permits foreign firms to challenge government policies, laws a...
Corporate bias at the World Bank Group
The World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Robin Broad - Bretton Woods Project
This briefing focuses on the main venue for settlement of legal cases brought by corporations against governments: the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Invest...
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