Canada is being sued under the NAFTA investment arbitration regime (in NAFTA Chapter 11) more than Mexico and the US combined. Today, there are eight active cases underway against Canada – all by American investors. There are only two cases on the books against Mexico and only one underway against the United States. Taking into… Read More »

Last May, the WTO Appellate Body turned down Canada’s appeal from the earlier WTO panel decision that found the local content requirements of the Ontario’s Green Energy Act and the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program offended the WTO Agreement. The decision is a critical one for the WTO, the first directly dealing with a country’s green energy… Read More »