Tag: NAFTA

October 22, 2008

Why NAFTA Sucks: DOW to Sue Canada for anti-pesticide laws

Original story here from Canadian Newswire. This story is a little hard to figure out, but it seems like DOW, the company that gave us Bhopal and Napalm, is suing the government of Canada through a backdoor policy with NAFTA known as ‘Chapter 11’.  Apparently, with Chapter 11, companies that are ‘wrongfully’ affected by the legislation of any Canadian body can seek damages. I did […]