Articles in English
Reuters | 9-mar-2019
Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the country’s late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled.
South Centre | 7-mar-2019
The broad language in investment agreements has allowed investor-state dispute settlement tribunals to scrutinize tax measures adopted by States, and determine that such measures resulted in a breach of State’s obligations under the agreement.
Palabras clave:
finanzas | bancos | impuestos ,
inversión | TBI ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
The Conversation | 6-mar-2019
Indonesia – Australia CEPA signed without prior released text to assess its costs and benefits.
Palabras clave:
agricultura | campesinos | alimentación ,
Australia ,
Indonesia ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
Pulse | 5-mar-2019
The Korea government may face another investor-state dispute case from the Chinese capital if the license is called off.
SOMO | 1ro-mar-2019
Shell used the investment agreement between the Netherlands and Nigeria to obtain a lucrative oil field at remarkably good conditions.
Buenos Aires Times | 27-feb-2019
French waste and water group Suez SA has contacted "specialised funds" about possibly selling its debt claims to Argentina, the group announced.
Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity | 27-feb-2019
In February of 2011 the Ecuadorian Courts delivered an historic verdict, sentencing the Big Oil Corporation Chevron to pay US$9,500 million dollars for its contamination of the Ecuadorian Amazon (1964-1992). However, Chevron hit back via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system and sued Ecuador.
Palabras clave:
Ecuador ,
energía ,
Estados Unidos ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medio ambiente ,
vídeo
Yellowhead Institute | 26-feb-2019
Exception clauses amount to little more than tokenism, and short-change our full rights to determine trade relationships on our land and oceanic territories.
Palabras clave:
CPTPP ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
Nueva Zelandia ,
pueblos indígenas ,
tierra
CBC | 26-feb-2019
Long-running case began after New Jersey company’s bid to open a quarry in Nova Scotia rejected in 2007
Palabras clave:
Canadá ,
Estados Unidos ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medio ambiente ,
minería ,
TLCAN | T-MEC
The East African | 25-feb-2019
Seatini said East African countries should find alternative ways to finance development projects rather than depend on public-private partnerships and bilateral investment treaties, which have cost the region dearly.
