<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Melanie Foley</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:mfoley@citizen.org" class="">mfoley@citizen.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 2:51 PM<br class="">Subject: FW: U.S. seeks to dismiss Keystone ISDS case, has spent $250k already<br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="msg616119646129512240"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="m_616119646129512240WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0px;" class="">Hi all, please <a href="https://www.citizen.org/news/u-s-government-seeks-to-dismiss-keystone-xl-pipeline-case-while-taxpayers-have-already-spent-250000-to-nafta-arbitration-tribunal/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/news/u-s-government-seeks-to-dismiss-keystone-xl-pipeline-case-while-taxpayers-have-already-spent-250000-to-nafta-arbitration-tribunal/&source=gmail&ust=1674247953343000&usg=AOvVaw2rr1jQg7gwYB-CIw2UfzGE" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">read</a> and share the statement below with the latest news on the Keystone XL ISDS case.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GlobalTradeWatch/posts/pfbid02iqdD5K9FmqvDfQdVspSSyuWygtvqUqgMQEvECw9e9JLhhyV2RVG36EuWfrR2gbK7l" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.facebook.com/GlobalTradeWatch/posts/pfbid02iqdD5K9FmqvDfQdVspSSyuWygtvqUqgMQEvECw9e9JLhhyV2RVG36EuWfrR2gbK7l&source=gmail&ust=1674247953343000&usg=AOvVaw2J-CFFIcX4ajyGjVm_OW9m" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">Share on Facebook</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/PCGTW/status/1616157710122385411" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/PCGTW/status/1616157710122385411&source=gmail&ust=1674247953343000&usg=AOvVaw3FUEIi51rGTMpm24dtkD42" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">retweet here.</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div style="margin: 0px;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 937px; 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border: 1pt inset rgb(38, 92, 184); padding: 0in;" class=""><h2 align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" class="">U.S. Government Seeks to Dismiss Keystone XL Pipeline Case, While Taxpayers Have Already Spent $250,000 to NAFTA Arbitration Tribunal</span></strong><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></h2><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">For Immediate Release: Jan 19, 2023</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Contact: Patrick Davis, <a href="mailto:pdavis@citizen.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">pdavis@citizen.org</a></span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">WASHINGTON, D.C. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">–</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> The U.S. State Department revealed its initial defense yesterday in the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) case brought by TC Energy, a Canadian company that is attacking the Biden administration’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline. The <a href="https://assets.law360news.com/1566000/1566809/ds18303_en.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://assets.law360news.com/1566000/1566809/ds18303_en.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw0ewS1EqzStzRTDmpJZvvQN" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">State Department requested</a> the <a href="https://www.citizen.org/news/u-s-may-face-15-billion-penalty-for-rejection-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-2/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/news/u-s-may-face-15-billion-penalty-for-rejection-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-2/&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw1krODQqk2snkOySQRpkw_6" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">$15 billion case</a> be thrown out on jurisdictional grounds, as President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline on his first day in office, long after the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) was in effect and had replaced the more extreme ISDS rules in the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">According to <a href="http://icsidfiles.worldbank.org/icsid/ICSIDBLOBS/OnlineAwards/C10297/DS18235_En.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://icsidfiles.worldbank.org/icsid/ICSIDBLOBS/OnlineAwards/C10297/DS18235_En.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw1EI-ZpTX3QNj_1msSbWGtB" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">documents</a> released by the arbitration tribunal, the U.S. government has already paid out $250,000 in taxpayer money to cover the initial tribunal members’ fees and expenses and will be expected to advance additional funds to the tribunal as the arbitration progresses. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Melinda St. Louis, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch,</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> issued the following statement: </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">“The historic victory by environmental and indigenous activists who mobilized to stop the highly polluting and controversial Keystone XL pipeline should not be undermined by an undemocratic arbitration tribunal built exclusively for multinational corporations. It’s outrageous that U.S. taxpayers have already spent at least $250,000 to cover the initial fees of the tribunal as our government is forced to defend its decision to cancel the pipeline. These fees may grow as the case continues, as will the taxpayer money paid to the State Department lawyers defending the case, who additionally pay the opportunity cost of not being able to work on other matters. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">“This goes to show that attempts to create a kinder, gentler form of ISDS will not be sufficient. Even with the significant ISDS <a href="https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/nafta-2.0-and-isds-analysis_2.pdf" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/nafta-2.0-and-isds-analysis_2.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw0phr-FeFV3WPwbk15sCnAf" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">improvements</a> in the USMCA, the U.S. is still wasting taxpayer money over a case that should not be happening at all – to say nothing of the unfair attacks Mexico will continue to face once NAFTA ISDS finally ends for the U.S. and Canada. Hopefully U.S. negotiators keep this in mind as they consider updating free trade agreements and pursuing new economic arrangements like the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP), which could be an opportunity to remove ISDS completely from existing trade and investment agreements with countries in the region.”</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" class="">###</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt inset rgb(38, 92, 184); background-color: rgb(214, 217, 219); padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><h4 align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;" class=""><em class="">View our <a href="https://www.citizen.org/news/type/press/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/news/type/press/&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw0PUx6GwfVrlpLgTmh2eFKP" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">press releases</a>, <a href="https://www.citizen.org/about/press-contact/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/about/press-contact/&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw2BRRmB0r4YDFnkBBOMdxKC" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">press contacts</a>, and <a href="https://www.citizen.org/experts/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.citizen.org/experts/&source=gmail&ust=1674247953344000&usg=AOvVaw0kkkI7Fzf9jwk47Oz1pkkl" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">experts</a>.</em><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></h4><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 92, 184);" class="">PUBLIC CITIZEN</span></strong><br class="">1600 20th Street NW<br class=""> Washington, DC 20009<br class="">(202) 588-1000<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div><div style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;" class=""> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px 0px 12pt;"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div><div class="">
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