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Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Van Harten, Gus.     Subjects     International trade -- Canada.     Canada -- Foreign relations -- China.     China -- Foreign relations -- Canada.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Van Harten, Gus.       by title:      Sold down the Yangtz...       by call number:      327.71051 V254s     Search the Web     Van Harten, Gus.     International trade -- Canada.     Canada -- Foreign relations -- China.     China -- Foreign relations -- Canada.       MARC Display

Sold down the Yangtze : Canada's lopsided investment deal with China / Gus Van Harten. by Van Harten, Gus. IIAPP, 2015. Call #: 327.71051 V254s Subjects International trade -- Canada.   Canada -- Foreign relations -- China.   China -- Foreign relations -- Canada. ISBN:  9781459410725 (pbk.) 9780994087805 (hc.) Description:  xix, 348 p. ; 21 cm. Summary:  "The terms of the investment deal Canada has signed with China are unprecedented -- Canada has never given so much away to a trading partner. Ottawa did not allow a full public review, and ultimately ratified the deal in 2014. And the government moved forward with other trade deals that contain many of the same flaws. Investment treaty expert Gus Van Harten offers an independent take on the details of the China-Canada investment deal and what it means for Canadians. Many of the deal's provisions are so extreme that readers may find it almost impossible to believe that the Canadian government agreed to them. The author explains how this agreement, and others like it, give multinational corporations and rich investors superpowers over governments. Secretive courts staffed by private lawyers, not judges, are able to order governments to pay these investors billions for policies and decisions they object to. Van Harten offers a window into this secretive and obscure world. He documents the many ways Canadians lose out in the China-Canada deal, and how taxpayers may find themselves footing the bill for billions of dollars to Chinese investors who object to the actions of democratically-elected municipal, provincial and federal governments. This deal will be in place for a minimum of 15 years. Gus Van Harten offers practical steps for a better, more informed public debate on this vital topic. Gus Van Harten is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He was previously as a tenured faculty member in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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