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Business group blasts Mexico’s new lithium law as violating trade deal
Reuters | 28-Apr-2022
A Mexican law that nationalizes its future lithium industry violates its trade obligations under the CPTPP, the International Chamber of Commerce said.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining
Energy Charter Treaty fundamentally incompatible with EU law, study finds
Client Earth | 27-Apr-2022
Withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is the only realistic way for the European Union to fix the outdated treaty’s incompatibility with the EU’s own laws, a new in-depth legal study has found.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
A peek under the hood: Unwrapping the 2019 Moroccan model BIT
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 25-Apr-2022
The 2019 Moroccan Model BIT is a good example of the growing body of ‘new generation’ Model BITs fuelling the ISDS reform conversation.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Morocco
Kyrgyzstan ratifies ICSID Convention
Trend | 25-Apr-2022
Kyrgyzstan government deposited with the World Bank a document on the ratification of the ICSID Convention, thereby completing the process of joining the world’s leading institution for resolving international investment disputes.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kyrgyzstan
ISDS landscape in Latin America for 2022
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 21-Apr-2022
ISDS in Latin America is here to stay. While disputes in sectors such as pensions and telecoms are becoming more common in the region, we expect to see a ripening of COVID-related, tech and energy disputes.
keywords: covid , e-commerce | digital economy , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America
T-MEC, an obstacle to lithium nationalization
The Daily Guardian | 21-Apr-2022
State exclusivity in the lithium value chain can violate the treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA
Reforma minera violaría el T-MEC y reglas de la OMC: CanCham
El Economista | 20-Apr-2022
México no estableció reservas para minerales estratégicos en los tratados comerciales, afirman.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , WTO
Arbitraje de cementera Holcim con Ecuador en la Corte Permanente de Arbitraje
CIAR Global | 19-Apr-2022
El origen de la disputa: una sentencia de diciembre de 2010. La cementera denuncia la reescripción retroactivamente de una ley ecuatoriana.
keywords: Ecuador , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Portuaria Montecon a arbitraje en Uruguay por acuerdo con Katoen Natie
CIAR Global | 19-Apr-2022
La operadora portuaria chileno-canadiense Montecon, propiedad de la chilena Ultramar y de la canadiense ATCO, recurrirá a arbitraje contra Uruguay por las pérdidas que ha sufrido ante la concesión otorgada a la compañía Katoen Natie.
keywords: Canada , Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
Ousted Pakistani leader as challenging investment treaties that give corporations excessive power
Inequality.org | 15-Apr-2022
Mexico and many other countries are facing anti-democratic corporate lawsuits like the case that pushed Khan to withdraw from international investment agreements.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , Pakistan