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HARP-569 |
Title: |
Environmental Laws as Expropriation under NAFTA |
Source: |
Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, 1999, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p209, 6p |
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Year: |
1999 |
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Keywords: |
Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, environmental protection, government, human rights, Mexico, NAFTA, United States, US, standard of living |
Abstract: |
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force five years ago, environmental critiques of the NAFTA focused on the presumed competitive pressures to lower environmental standards in Canada and the United States, and the expansion of heavy polluting maquiladora regions in Mexico. Little attention was paid to the investor rights chapter in NAFTA (Chapter 11). Although on its face, Chapter 11 appears to be aimed only at eliminating Canadian, American and Mexican foreign investment restrictions, four American corporations have recently sought to utilize the provisions of Chapter 11 to seek compensation from the Canadian Government (in three cases) and the Mexican Government (in the other case) for taking measures to protect the environment that have affected the corporations’ profits. |
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Keywords: Canada, cultural rights, economic, environmental protection, government, human rights, Mexico, NAFTA, social, standard of living, United States/USA