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Chevron wins US$700m arbitration case against Ecuador
31-Mar-2010 AFP
Chevron has won a $US700 million arbitration battle against Ecuador, a case unrelated to a massive environmental damage claim Quito has filed against the US-based oil giant.
US judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case
12-Mar-2010 Reuters
Chevron Corp may pursue an international arbitration claim over environmental pollution allegations in Ecuador, a judge ruled on Thursday, part of a long-running case that carries a potential $27 billion liability for the second-largest US oil company.
Avatar downfall a blow for indigenous communities
10-Mar-2010 IPS
In 2009, Chevron’s lobby against the renewal of preferential tariffs for Ecuador was "one of the strongest and fiercest that Ecuadorean foreign policy has ever faced."
Ecuador sees ruling in Occidental case in second half of year
10-Mar-2010 Wall St Journal
The World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes may soon rule on a case brought by US oil company Occidental Petroleum Corp. against Ecuador
Consortium building new Quito Airport takes Ecuador to ICSID
16-Feb-2010 Investment Treaty News
Corporacion Quiport S.A., the company building the new Quito international airport, has initiated arbitration proceedings at ICSID against the Republic of Ecuador in connection with its concession to maintain and operate the existing Quito airport and to construct and operate the New Quito International Airport (NQIA) being built outside Ecuador’s capital.
Chevron hit with motion for preliminary injunction in Federal Court to stop arbitration
11-Feb-2010 Amazon Defense Council
In a blistering attack against Chevron, lawyers for the government of Ecuador accused the oil giant of "triple forum shopping" and reneging on legally-enforceable promises in a motion asking a federal judge to shut down an international arbitration that Chevron is using to try to escape a potential $27 billion environmental liability.
Ecuador: Oxy’s demands for compensation unfounded
6-Feb-2010 EFE
The Ecuadorian government said Occidental Petroleum deserves no compensation for the cancellation of its massive oil concession in the Amazon region, arguing that the decision was taken after the U.S. company broke the law and its contractual obligations by handing over a stake in that project to a Canadian firm.
Chevron files motion to hold government of Ecuador accountable under international law
22-Jan-2010 SR Sentinel
Chevron has submitted a legal motion and supporting authorities to dismiss a lawsuit that was filed by the government of Ecuador in an attempt to block a Chevron arbitration claim made under international treaty la
Ecuadorians want Chevron held to account
19-Jan-2010 Courthouse News
Now, Texaco is asking a panel of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, which works in cooperation with the World Trade Organization, to release it from environmental liability, the communities say.
Ecuador seeks to block Chevron
7-Dec-2009 WSJ
The government of Ecuador asked a US court on Friday to intervene in its long-running environmental battle with oil giant Chevron Corp.
Ecuador prepares for new hearings in Occidental case
31-Oct-2009 Dow Jones Newswires
Occidental is seeking $3.2 billion in damages for Ecuador’s May 2006 decision to cancel the company’s operating contract
Ecuador criticizes Chevron arbitration claim
25-Sep-2009 Reuters
Ecuador accused Chevron Corp on Thursday of filing an international arbitration claim against the country in an attempt to shield itself against losing a $27 billion environmental damage lawsuit.
Chevron takes Ecuador fight to arbitrators
24-Sep-2009 Financial Times
Chevron, the world’s third biggest oil company, said it had filed an international arbitration claim against the government of Ecuador, citing violations of the country’s obligations under the US-Ecuador bilateral investment treaty, investment agreements and international law.
Ecuador shakes up international fora
6-Aug-2009 ICTSD
Exiting ICSID and joining ALBA and UNASUR,along with the customs restrictions it applied on its CAN neighbours, are the recent measures that have been taken by the government of Ecuador to demonstrate that there is an alternative trade policy.
Correa says EU must cut banana levy for trade talks to progress
19-Jul-2009 Bloomberg
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said his country won’t keep negotiating a commercial agreement with the European Union until the trade bloc complies with World Trade orders to cut duties on Ecuadorean bananas.
The throes of the third round of negotiations of the FTA of Colombia & Peru with the EU
8-Jul-2009 Anarkismo.net
Analysis of the third round of egotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Andean countries (Ecuador, Peru and Colombia).
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Democracy Now!
30-Jun-2009 DN!
"I reiterate, we’re not negotiating a free trade agreement with the European Union."
Correa backpedals from EU trade agreement
5-Jun-2009 LatinAmerican Press
President says agreement threatens social advances
EU-Andean talks inch forward, but Ecuador threatens to pull out
27-May-2009 ICTSD
Negotiations toward a trade-opening deal between the EU and a group of Andean countries hit another snag this week when Ecuador’s president publicly denounced the talks, calling them ‘biased’.
Ecuador president nixes EU free trade deal
25-May-2009 Euronews 24
Ecuador will not sign a free trade deal with the European Union, President Rafael Correa said, criticizing the tenor of talks between the two. The European Union can give whatever pretty name it wants, but we are headed toward a free trade agreement, and we will not accept that, Correa said on Saturday.