For decades now, Mexico has faced a battery of lawsuits under trade and investment treaties that allow private foreign investors to bypass…
Like a spoiled child, Donald Trump has kicked over the sandcastle defending what is left of the rules-based international trading order. As…
In advance of the global climate negotiations taking place in Egypt, several countries announced important actions to curb the power of the…
The last decade saw democratization in El Salvador and brutal repression in Honduras. Suddenly, those trends appear to have reversed
Under U.S. trade agreements, corporations are suing developing country governments for sums that far outstrip the value of humanitarian aid
Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits
NAFTA 2.0 simply locks in existing drives toward ecological collapse and social inequality. A better deal would put people — and nature — first
There are basic calculations that indicate that the cost of one of Trump’s planned tariffs to Mexico will be paid basically by U.S. citizens. Some say that some households might end up paying as much as $600-800 in the raised costs
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