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on January 14, 2015 in World News

Canada being sued for billions under NAFTA investor protections

Canada being sued for billions under NAFTA investor protections Study charts foreign corporations’ growing use of NAFTA’s investor protections to sue governments over environmental and economic regulations. The private owner of the Detroit-Windsor bridge is suing Canada for billions under NAFTA, one of many legal cases cited in a new study on corporations’ growing use of investor protection measures to challenge the Canadian, U.S. and Mexican governments. Michigan billionaire Matty Moroun, owner of the existing bridge connecting Windsor to Detroit, is claiming damages from Ottawa in connection with Canada’s plan to help build a second bridge linking Ontario to Michigan… View Article

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