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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was concluded in October 2015 between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
Indonesia and Taiwan declared their intention to join in. The treaty has yet to be ratified.

The investment chapter has revealed the deal includes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Civil society groups have blasted the mechanism, as it gives a foreign investor or company disproportionate powers vis-à-vis governments or domestic companies. Foreign investors would be able to bypass national justice courts and resort to a parallel system of justice specifically made for them.

Public health, the environment and other public-interest ‘safeguards’ would be undermined under the ISDS provisions in the TPP.

(November 2015)

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.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, mining, TPP
Will the TPP set back this campaign to stop a proposed coal mine on Montana tribal land?
Yes | 6-Jan-2016
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?
energy, investor-state disputes | ISDS, land, TPP, US
Análisis desde Perú: Con el Acuerdo Transpacífico perdemos todos
Rebelión | 23-Dec-2015
El Acuerdo Transpacífico, negociado de forma ultrasecreta, blindará a los grandes inversionistas extranjeros y a los monopolios de la salud en Perú.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, Peru, TPP
Las 7 verdades espantosas del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico
RT | 23-Dec-2015
El TPP da a más de 9.000 empresas extranjeras el derecho de violar leyes que protegen el medioambiente y evitar los tribunales.
environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, labour | workers’ rights, medicines, 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.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Canadian companies behaving badly
Now | 11-Dec-2015
Mining sins in poor countries are likely to get worse under Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Canada, environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, 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.
investor-state disputes | ISDS, Malaysia, TPP
Lessons to learn from TPP: What the EU shouldn’t do in TTIP
BEUC | 3-Dec-2015
Although TPP seems a remote issue, it could have a direct impact on EU consumers.
EU, investor-state disputes | ISDS, medicines, TPP, TTIP
TPP & ISDS: new tests for India
Gateway House | 27-Nov-2015
For India, the U.S.-driven Trans Pacific Partnership will skew investment and intellectual property rights, and especially the debate over the Investor State Dispute System which allows companies to challenge soverign rights and public policy.
India, intellectual property, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP, US
The new gold standard? Empirically situating the TPP in the investment treaty universe
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | 25-Nov-2015
The TPP investment chapter offers few truly novel features and is instead heavily influenced by prior American treaty practice.
bilateralism & multilateralism, investment | BITs, investor-state disputes | ISDS, TPP

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