Articles in English
The Nation | 25-Jan-2014
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments, write Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
WSJ | 24-Jan-2014
The chief trade negotiators of the US and the European Union admitted obstacles to a trans-Atlantic free trade agreement, but said a European decision to open public consultations over proposed procedures to settle investment disputes wouldn’t delay the accord.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
TDM | 24-Jan-2014
Transnational Dispute Management examines various proposals for the reform of ISDS.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS
EFE | 23-Jan-2014
Ecuador’s hopes of winning a legal struggle against US oil supermajor Chevron Corp. pertaining to a multi-billion-dollar pollution judgment rest on the degree of "global solidarity" with the Andean nation, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said Wednesday.
Indian Express | 22-Jan-2014
India’s bilateral investment treaty arbitration must be made more transparent.
FT | 22-Jan-2014
EU trade commissioner Karel de Gucht pledged to release a proposed negotiating text of the investment chapter of any deal in March.
Reuters | 21-Jan-2014
La Comisión Europea suspendió hoy en parte las negociaciones de libre comercio con Estados Unidos, según anunció el comisario de Comercio, Karel de Gucht, que explicó que en los próximos tres meses habrá que realizar una consulta sobre unas polémicas cláusulas para proteger las inversiones de las empresas.
ITN | 21-Jan-2014
Perhaps because so many countries in the region have faced multiple international investment arbitrations based on multi-million dollar claims for compensations, a number of alternatives to the current system of investment dispute resolution have been drawn up.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
UNASUR
CILJ | 21-Jan-2014
Given the substantial problems with the current ICSID framework and the large number of cases currently pending against Argentina, denouncing the SID Convention and leaving the ICSID is the best course for the country.
S2B | 21-Jan-2014
Seattle to Brussels Network analysis of the European Commission’s note on “Investment Provisions in the EU-Canada free trade agreement”
