travail | droits des travailleurs
People Dispatch | 21-oct-2019
Negotiators representing 16 countries have been tasked with arriving at an agreement on the controversial Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership by October 19 but trade unions say the deal has grave consequences.
EU Observer | 25-jui-2019
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
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investissement | TBI ,
litiges investisseurs-état ,
travail | droits des travailleurs ,
UE ,
Vietnam
The American Prospect | 5-avr-2019
USMCA bears many resemblances to NAFTA, which has been cited as a driver of low-wage corporate outsourcing.
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ALÉNA ,
CNUDCI ,
environnement,
ISDS révisé ,
litiges investisseurs-état ,
travail | droits des travailleurs
Jeune Afrique | 16-jan-2019
En mai, le Cirdi a débouté Veolia mais le groupe français assure vouloir poursuivre son action au Caire afin que sa filiale puisse être dûment indemnisée.
Washington Post | 3-jan-2019
Investment treaties with ISDS provisions make it hard to tax foreign firms and worsen human rights and labor practices.
Radio Canada | 17-déc-2018
Le 16 décembre 2008, la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador exproprie la papetière AbitibiBowater qui vient de fermer son usine dans sa zone de compétence.
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ALÉNA ,
Canada ,
États-Unis d’Amérique ,
litiges investisseurs-état ,
travail | droits des travailleurs
IIED | 8-nov-2018
Many SEZs have been associated with compressions of land, labour and human rights. Investment treaties protect investments against adverse regulatory change, including in SEZs. To date, investors have brought at least 20 arbitrations to challenge diverse aspects of SEZ regimes.
Chile Mejor sin TLC | 26-oct-2018
Luciana Ghiotto expuso sobre los mitos de los Tratados de Libre Comercio modernos, destacando en su presentación los peligros de los capítulos sobre asuntos no arancelarios, es decir, los llamados temas regulatorios.
Financial Review | 12-oct-2018
Crossbenchers are ramping up pressure on Labor at the 11th hour to reject the
Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, drafting amendments that
would force opposition senators to vote against the party’s policy.
Manila Times | 3-aoû-2018
Labor unions and workers’ rights advocates fear that the secretive RCEP agreement will further erode workers’ rights in the Asian region, while strengthening the hands of investors who may be able to sue governments for changing laws such as setting minimum wages, that would erode their profitability.
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Lexology | 21-fév-2020
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Reuters | 21-fév-2020
Chinese mining consortium Ecuagoldmining has initiated a dispute with Ecuador’s government over a gold mining project that has been halted by objections from community activists.
Primicias | 21-fév-2020
El consorcio chino Ecuagoldmining notificó a Ecuador la existencia de una “disputa internacional” según un tratado de protección de inversiones suscrito con China, por falta de garantías para operar el proyecto Río Blanco.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 20-fév-2020
When it issued three interim awards for Yukos, the arbitral tribunal noted that the principle of provisional application of treaties was recognized under Russian law.
RFI | 19-fév-2020
Un tribunal holandés confirmó en apelación la condena a Rusia a pagar 50.000 millones de dólares en indemnizaciones a los accionistas del antiguo grupo petrolero ruso Yukos, hoy desmantelado.