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In reply to the discussion: Trans Canada to file $15 Billion NAFTA claim against US for Keystone XL rejection. [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)9. Good luck with that TransCanada. Unless the US treated you differently because of your nationality
you've got no leg to stand on.
... each NAFTA Party must accord investors from the other NAFTA Parties national (i.e. non-discriminatory) treatment and may not expropriate investments of those investors except in accordance with international law.
http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3439.htm
http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3439.htm
TransCanada says it has also filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court in Texas asserting that President Barack Obama's decision to deny construction of Keystone XL exceeded his power under the U.S. Constitution.
"The denial reflected an unprecedented exercise of presidential power and intruded on Congress's power under the Constitution to regulate interstate and international commerce," TransCanada said.
See the lawsuit documents that TransCanada filed here
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/transcanada-lawsuit-keystone-xl-pipeline-1.3392446
It is noteworthy that TransCanada chose to file a separate federal lawsuit in US Federal Court in Texas. Texas, huh? Looks like their lawyers are going to be quite busy.
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Trans Canada to file $15 Billion NAFTA claim against US for Keystone XL rejection. [View all]
pa28
Jan 2016
OP
That is why they have Investor Dispute Resolution pannels. Judged by Corporate lawyers
Vincardog
Jan 2016
#8
Thank HRC's staff for that -- they put out the study with the guideline that the actual carbon of
karynnj
Jan 2016
#13
True -- however, if you considered that MORE of the tar sands oil would be extracted
karynnj
Jan 2016
#16
Because the report was rigged from the beginning by that assumption that no one who ever
karynnj
Jan 2016
#22
I assume that Obama might have approved it had the Secretary of Stare recommended
karynnj
Jan 2016
#24
Good luck with that TransCanada. Unless the US treated you differently because of your nationality
pampango
Jan 2016
#9
1) This is happening with or without the TPP passing; 2) "arbitrary and unjustified"
geek tragedy
Jan 2016
#14
Your first point is true, however the idea behind my OP was TPP will open the door wider.
pa28
Jan 2016
#19
Exactly. They ram TPP and NAFTA through, and thereafter pretend they are victims of it. It's all
GoneFishin
Jan 2016
#37
My opinion was always that rejecting Keystone XL was just play acting because a complaint would
GoneFishin
Jan 2016
#34