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Indigenous diversities in international investment and trade / John Borrows -- Indigenous historic trade in the western hemisphere / Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was'teWinyan) -- Indigenous peoples of Mexico at the crossroads : the human cost of continental trade / James Hopkins -- Neocolonialism and the tension between international investment law and indigenous peoples : the Latin American experience / Enrique Prieto-Ríos and Daniel Rivas-Ramírez -- How the WTO constructed inuit and indigenous identity in the EC-seals products / Michael Fakhri and Madeleine Redfern -- Environment chapter : recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples in international trade and environment / William David -- Intellectual property chapter : trade-related aspects of traditional knowledge protection / Oluwatobiloba Moody -- Investment chapter : international investment agreements and indigenous peoples' rights / Brenda L. Gunn -- Government procurement chapter : the complex landscape of indigenous procurement / Maria Panezi -- Trade and indigenous peoples chapter : developing a trade and indigenous peoples chapter for international trade agreements / Risa Schwartz -- General exceptions : the Treaty of Waitangi exception in New Zealand's free trade agreements / Amokura Kawharu -- Human rights impact assessment : assessing impacts of trade agreements, human rights, and Indigenous rights / Caroline Dommen.
"The creation of rules by governments in international trade and investment agreements are heavily swayed by the interests 'elite' economic actors, such as "multinational corporations, industry associations, banks, hedge funds, and billionaires who can effectively influence the negotiating position of the most powerful governments." These alliances often generate business practices and policy preferences which disadvantage Indigenous and other economically marginalized people. International investment and its investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism has had a "differentiated and disproportional negative impact...on women as well as on Indigenous peoples, particularly in relation to resource extraction in or near Indigenous peoples' territories.""