This case in detail the experience Metalclad, a small California company with investments in and disposal of hazardous waste in Mexico. Under the leadership of its new president and CEO, Grant Kessler, Metalclad shifted from its core business and is trying to become a major player in the emerging markets for the disposal of hazardous waste in Mexico. Despite the support for the project at the highest level of the Mexican government, the project because of local opposition. It ends Metalclad charging illegal expropriation and supply the first ever lawsuit against the private company NAFTA governments.
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by Patrick Cronin Source: Thunderbird School of Global Management 17 pages. Publication Date: March 26, 2002. Prod. #: TB0163-PDF-ENG
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