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21. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... CEO — a letter that is also a wake-up call for President Trump's trade agenda. The letter highlights the problems with the so-called "investor-state" provision in trade deals, first created through the ...; Created on 03 March 2017
22. Solidarity rally in Toronto as decision released in OceanaGold v. El Salvador case: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... stated that "mining companies take advantage of investor-state dispute clauses to force governments to make decisions that put corporate interests ahead of the welfare of their citizens." Connie Sorio ...; Created on 10 November 2016
23. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that allow these “investor-state” lawsuits. The executives of a global mining corporation assumed it would be easy to get their way in Cabañas, a rural region of northern El Salvador. They were wrong. ...; Created on 10 November 2016
24. PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners”: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); After Seven Years and Millions of Dollars, Decision Announced in Pac Rim Mining Company vs. El Salvador: Coalition of Groups States “There are No Winners” Investor-State Arbitration Subverts Democracy ...; Created on 14 October 2016
25. Across the Pacific: building a global struggle against the free-trade agenda of OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the lowest regulatory standards, and investor-state dispute systems undermining the sovereignty of nations are just among its alarming features. The growing international people’s struggle against the ...; Created on 26 September 2016
26. NEW BOOK: Rethinking Bilateral Trade Agreements: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... by legal experts, researchers and economists, think tanks and NGOs. The book covers a wide range of topics – from current trends in investor-state arbitration to the wider ramifications of investment treaties ...; Created on 11 May 2016
27. A Losing Proposition: The Failure of Canadian ISDS Policy at Home and Abroad: (General mining reports ); Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood There has been a debate over Investor-State Dispute Systems (ISDS), a process for resolving settlement disputes between foreign investors and national governments. Many people ...; Created on 30 April 2016
28. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to protect its investments and potential future profits from mining. Apparently democracy had an asterisk: “free trade.” Corporate Privilege A provision in CAFTA known as an “investor-state dispute ...; Created on 02 February 2016
29. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... investor-state tribunal with proven tendency to favor corporate interests over arguments for protecting national sovereignty, the environment, and human rights. The pending case in El Salvador gives ...; Created on 11 July 2015
30. 5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) supports the position of the El Salvadoran government in respect to the investor-state arbitration suit with OceanaGold. The CLC is against investor-state arbitration ...; Created on 11 July 2015
31. Amid TPP Fight, El Salvador Mining Case Shows Danger of Corporate Tribunals: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Suits organizers point out, "the number of investor-state suits has ballooned in recent years." As of 2013, there were 169 investor-state suits being heard at the ICSID, up from only 3 in 2000. About ...; Created on 18 May 2015
32. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the Association for the Development of El Salvador are calling on Canadians to help solve the water crisis by challenging investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms that have enabled corporations ...; Created on 18 May 2015
33. Salvadorans Warn Canadians About World Bank's Kangaroo Cour: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... World Bank’s little known investor-state arbitration tribunal that could force El Salvador to pay Canadian mining firm OceanaGold US$301 million, a Salvadoran delegation is in Canada to discuss how this ...; Created on 18 May 2015
34. Stop the Suits Tour: (Stop the Suits: 2015 Canada Tour); ... to discuss how investor-state arbitration threatens democratic decision-making, public health and the environment here and beyond our borders. OceanaGold is suing El Salvador for an amount equivalent ...; Created on 07 May 2015
35. NEWS RELEASE: El Salvador Facing $300m Claim from Mining Multinational under ‘ISDS’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the worst excess of corporate greed. The claim is being decided in a tribunal under the tainted “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” (ISDS) procedure which corporations and some governments want to see ...; Created on 17 April 2015
36. International community responds massively in support of El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... with investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in trade agreements… Let’s put an end to these egregious/capricious lawsuits that are increasingly biased in favor of corporate investors and against ...; Created on 29 September 2014
37. Quick study guide: (RESOURCES); ... related topics. On the right corner of the page you will find a more extensive list of resources related to the specific. Bringing community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: ...; Created on 08 September 2014
38. Protest: World Bank’s ICSID Hearing Lawsuit Against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and Oceania. and what is wrong with “investor-state dispute settlement” mechanisms in such agreements. Let’s put an end to these egregious/capricious lawsuits that are increasingly biased in favor of corporate ...; Created on 04 September 2014
39. Facing Goliath: CIEL lends David a (legal) hand: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... the Pac Rim Mining Corporation’s (Pac Rim) most recent attempt to bypass El Salvador’s environmental protection laws using investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). ISDS has a history of allowing corporations ...; Created on 06 August 2014
40. ABOUT MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (2014 International Delegation); ... continued to sign trade agreements that contain investor-state clauses that give corporations the right to profit over public interest, and to sue in foreign courts if their rights to profit are interfered ...; Created on 06 August 2014

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