KXL Pipeline Company Exploits NAFTA Provision to File $15 Billion Claim Against US

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Andrea Germanos is a senior editor and staff writer at Common Dreams.

The Canadian company behind the canceled Keystone XL pipeline filed a formal request for arbitration this week under the North American Free Trade Agreement to seek over $15 billion in economic damages over the Biden administration's revocation of the cross-border oil project's permit. In its Monday filing, TC Energy criticizes the permit's cancellation as 'unfair and inequitable' and argues the U.S.

' Related Content After 'Incredible First Steps' on KXL and Paris, Biden Urged to 'Go Further' on Climate Jessica Corbett In July, a month after it declared the project dead, TC Energy filed its intent to use the NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state dispute settlement provisions to recoup perceived economic losses. As such, the new filing is not surprising, author and water rights expert Maude Barlow noted in a Tuesday tweet.

 

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