EU, Japan to Aim for 2016 "Agreement in Principle" on FTA

June 2, 2016

An investor-state arbitration tribunal under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) recently released its decisions in a dispute brought by a US corporation, Mesa Power Group LLC. At issue in the case, which dates back to 2011, was the awarding of power purchase agreements under the Canadian province of Ontario’s feed-in-tariff programme (FIT programme) for renewable energy.

 

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Topics: REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (RTAS)

Regions: JAPAN EUROPEAN UNION (EU)

Authors: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ICTSD)

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