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NZ to ban foreign buyers of existing homes
Scoop | 31-Oct-2017
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to effectively ban foreign buyers of existing residential property but says the prohibition doesn’t put New Zealand at odds with the slimmed down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , New Zealand
Top US trade official opposition to ISDS in NAFTA undermines case for ISDS in TPP-11
AFTINET | 30-Oct-2017
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that the US wants to opt out of ISDS in NAFTA, because of the risk and costs of US governments being sued by foreign corporations, and despite corporate lobby groups pushing to retain ISDS.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
La negociación sobre Reglas para la Facilitación Multilateral de las Inversiones: apuntes para la discusión
TNI | 11-Jul-2017
En lugar de abrir la discusión sobre qué inversiones y para qué, la agenda de facilitación restringiría as capacidades de los gobiernos de regular la inversión extranjera.
keywords: CPTPP , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Tratados de Libre Comercio y soberanía alimentaria
GRAIN | 9-Jun-2017
Hoy los TLCs vuelven con fuerza a abalanzarse sobre nuestros bienes comunes con mecanismos cada vez más sofisticados e ilegítimos. Por eso dedicamos este Vistazo a presentar las viejas y nuevas amenazas que representan compartiendo los contenidos del Boletín Nyéleni N.º 29 dedicado íntegramente a esta temática.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
El TLCAN 2.0 es acerca del control, no del libre comercio
El Financiero | 14-Apr-2017
Un tema que no ha sido analizado a profundidad son las nuevas disposiciones que serán agregadas al texto del tratado en materia de medio ambiente, laboral, sindical, propiedad intelectual, entre otros.
keywords: CPTPP , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
Unpacking trade and investment
Rosa Luxembourg | 2-Mar-2017
Series of 11 fact booklets about global trade policies.
keywords: bilateralism & multilateralism , CPTPP , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TiSA , TTIP
The past, present and future of international investment arbitration in Thailand
SSRN | 2-Mar-2017
This paper offers the first detailed English-language analysis of international investment arbitration law and practice in Thailand.
keywords: CPTPP , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Thailand
Australia’s march towards corporatocracy
The Conversation | 20-Feb-2017
While consultancies, political donations, secondments and staff movements magnify corporate influence over government, an equally sinister trend is playing out in the world of multinational corporations.
keywords: Australia , corporate interests , CPTPP , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Why are my highly educated friends so ignorant about trade?
Local Futures Blog | 16-Feb-2017
Local Futures’ Isabel Marlens discusses why many people know so little about trade issues, and what can be done about it.
keywords: corporate interests , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , regulation , sovereignty | democracy
Environmentalists earn TPP victory as wins will be rare under Trump
Observer | 26-Jan-2017
The TransCanada lawsuit became virtually meaningless as Trump signed an executive order to continue construction of the Keystone XL
keywords: CPTPP , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US