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Towards a peoples charter on international trade agreements
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.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, alternatives, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, medicines, sovereignty | democracy
Bauxite mining moratorium could land Malaysia in trouble under TPP, says law professor
The Malaysian Insider | 11-Jan-2016
The Malaysian government could be sued by foreign corporations if it intervened in their business activities under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, mining, TPP
TWN: Common claims about TPPA investment chapter, ISDS – a rebuttal
Aliran | 22-Dec-2015
Claims of the much-touted supposed ‘benefits’ of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism are not really what they seem.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Pakatan Harapan MPs seek AG’s advice on constitutionality of TPPA agreement
The Malaysian Insider | 4-Dec-2015
Four lawmakers today wrote a letter to the Attorney-General seeking clarification whether the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is in line with the spirit of the Federal Constitution.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Could haze in Asia give rise to treaty claims?
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 24-Nov-2015
The smoke haze that has engulfed Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia for two months could violate international law and be the subject of an investment treaty claim against Indonesia.
keywords: Asia, environment, Indonesia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, Singapore
Don’t sign agreements that erode workers’ rights
Malaysia Kini | 10-Apr-2015
The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is most concerned about the serious implications of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clauses and provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and other such agreements and treaties that Malaysia signs.
keywords: actions | resistance, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Leaked Pacific trade pact draft shows investment carve-outs sought
Reuters | 27-Mar-2015
Australia’s medicine subsidies, Canadian films and culture, and capital controls in Chile would be carved out from investment protection rules being negotiated in a Pacific trade pact, according to a draft text released by Wikileaks on Wednesday.
keywords: Australia, Canada, Chile, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
FTAs actually restrict free trade
| 3-Aug-2013
We are told that when trade is free, there will be more trade and nations will prosper. To achieve even freer trade the nations of the world must enter into free trade agreements.
keywords: investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Nurul Izzah: Don’t bow down to pressure on TPP
| 31-Jul-2013
Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat VP Nurul Izzah Anwar has accused the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of bowing down to pressure when it agreed to clauses on investor-state dispute settlement in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
keywords: investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Malaysia headquartered Axiata Group threatens Indian government with international arbitration
Economic Times | 26-Jul-2012
Malaysia headquartered Axiata Group, which holds about 20% stake in Idea Cellular has threatened claim damages and drag the Indian government to international arbitration under bilateral investment protection pacts (BIPA), making it the sixth international investor in the telecoms space to serve notice under bilateral trade agreements.
keywords: India, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, telecommunications

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