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Free Trade or Just Green Trade?

Free Trade or Just Green Trade?

Mar 15, 2023

Corporations are using trade and investment treaties to handcuff global and national efforts to save the planet.

Ousted Pakistani Leader Was Challenging Investment Treaties That Give Corporations Excessive Power

Ousted Pakistani Leader Was Challenging Investment Treaties That Give Corporations Excessive Power

Apr 14, 2022

Mexico and many other countries are facing anti-democratic corporate lawsuits like the case that pushed Khan to withdraw from international investment agreements.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back in the Struggle Against Anti-Democratic Corporate Trade Rules

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back in the Struggle Against Anti-Democratic Corporate Trade Rules

Jul 23, 2021

Pakistan is the latest country to reject the system that allows private investors to sue governments in international tribunals. But Ecuador is back-tracking and the lawsuits continue to proliferate.

La 4T y los Derechos de los Inversionistas Extranjeros

La 4T y los Derechos de los Inversionistas Extranjeros

Apr 1, 2021

Para que México despierte de la pesadilla neoliberal y poder garantizar la soberanía nacional, es imperioso reformar sus TLC y TBI.

Mining Gold, Undermining Democracy

Mining Gold, Undermining Democracy

Jun 11, 2012

Neither foreign investors nor unelected tribunals deserve the power to trump democratically elected leaders.

The New U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty: A Public Interest Critique

The New U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty: A Public Interest Critique

May 9, 2012

The new U.S. model BIT does not go far enough to address the concerns that labor unions and environmental, development, and other nongovernmental organizations have raised consistently for many years.

How Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?

May 20, 2011

Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.

Obama’s Trip to India: Don’t Rush into a Bilateral Investment Treaty

Oct 26, 2010

The U.S. and India should not sign a treaty that will only serve the short-term interests of large corporations, and undermine the authority of governments to protect their people from financial crisis.

Report of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Regarding the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty

Oct 1, 2009

IPS participated in this Obama administration review process.

Comments on the U.S. Model Bilateral Investment Treaty

Jul 17, 2009

A report presented to the United States Department of State and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

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