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Lexology | 19-Sep-2019
A federal court in Washington, DC has recognized and enforced a US$331 million arbitral award against Romania under an intra-EU BIT—notwithstanding the objection of the European Commission that the award is incompatible with EU law.
GRAIN | 2-Aug-2019
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos.
Romania Insider | 20-Jun-2019
The European Court of Justice on June 18 canceled a European Commission decision dating 2015, which established that Romania’s payment of compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors Ioan and Viorel Micula constituted illegal state aid. The European Commission also ordered the Romanian Government to recover the money already paid to the investors following an international court’s decision.
The Conversation | 6-Mar-2019
Indonesia – Australia CEPA signed without prior released text to assess its costs and benefits.
IISD | 11-Oct-2018
The number of known investment treaty claims concerning agricultural investments has grown rapidly in recent years. This new briefing note from IIED, IISD and CCSI helps policy makers navigate the challenges.
JDSupra | 30-Aug-2018
The Court of Appeal maintained the stay of enforcement of Viorel Micula and others v Romania award, but overturned his decision on security, ordering that Romania should provide £150 million as a term of the stay.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia | 30-Jan-2018
It is now time we open up the dialogue on the kind of trade agreements that we want to see in place.
IATP | 16-Jan-2018
The actions of the Trump Administration and Congress have, in one year, established a pattern of cynical disregard for rural communities, hostility toward science, and an unbridled scorn for the principles and practice of democratic governance.
The Diplomat | 17-Oct-2017
The RCEP has hidden costs for people’s lives
APWLD | 14-Oct-2017
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights
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América Latina Mejor Sin TLC | 18-Oct-2019
Según la UNCTAD, el 29% de las 983 demandas realizadas en el mundo por corporaciones contra Estados fueron para países de la región. Se trata de 281 demandas, 14 en lo que va del año.
CIAR Global | 18-Oct-2019
En esta ocasión, las demandantes encabezadas por la holandesa The Williams Companies International Holdings B.V., cambian de despacho en relación a la demanda de arbitraje que interpusieron en 2011 también ante el CIADI.
Balkan Insight | 18-Oct-2019
Montenegro claimed victory after an international arbitration court declined to rule on a reported 600-million-euro claim brought by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.
Gibson Dunn | 18-Oct-2019
Argentina introduced a number of new restrictions on foreign currency transactions, reversing its four-year-old policy that had eliminated such controls, which may give rise to investment treaty claims by foreign investors.
CIAR Global | 16-Oct-2019
El Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (MEF) peruano ha comunicado la contratación de un despacho internacional para enfrentar la defensa en el arbitraje iniciado por Latam Hydro y CH Mamacocha.
CIAR Global | 16-Oct-2019
La compañía de energías renovables VM Solar Jerez junto a otros cinco demandantes alemanes han presentado la demanda de arbitraje de inversiones número 35 por las reformas energéticas, relacionadas con las renovables.