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Pakistan waives off over $1.26mn duty on Turkish company Karkey
Business Recorder | 30-Jan-2020
Pakistan approved waiving off all port dues/charges amounting to Rs194,951,059 on 31-1-2020 or till the vessels leave the port accruing against Karkey.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Turkey
Una trampa “especial” para las demandas sociales: la Ley de Reforma Constitucional
Periodismo Sanador | 29-Jan-2020
El artículo 135, de forma tramposa condiciona las demandas sociales al exigir el respeto a los tratados de libre comercio.
keywords: Chile , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS
ICSID’s longest running dispute: Tribunal dismisses application for annulment of resubmission award
Mondaq | 29-Jan-2020
An ad hoc committee has recently dismissed the claimants’ application to annul a resubmission award in Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v Republic of Chile.
keywords: Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS
PM Orban: We want to register Rosia Montana with UNESCO
Act Media | 29-Jan-2020
The Romanian Government wants to register the Rosia Montana site on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is to hold consultations on this topic with the representatives of the Romanian state in the litigation at ICSID.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
CETA: Rights for Canadian multinationals
SOMO | 28-Jan-2020
CETA strengthens the legal position of North American companies in the EU and exposes European governments and taxpayers to potential claims.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands
ISDS reform: Designing permanent institutions at Working Group III
IELP | 27-Jan-2020
The UNCITRAL Working Group III turned squarely to designing permanent institutions: a standing appellate mechanism and a multilateral investment court (MIC).
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , UNCITRAL
India inks first investment treaty with Brazil post-approval of new templates in 2015
Deccan Herald | 27-Jan-2020
India inked an Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty with Brazil – the first one after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government in December 2015 approved a new template for such bilateral pacts.
keywords: Brazil , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Oil major settles huge capital gains tax bill to Vietnam after Finance Uncovered investigation
Finance Uncovered | 27-Jan-2020
When Vietnam signalled it would claim the tax due, oil giant ConocoPhillips issued a pre-emptive legal strike using an arbitration process under the UK-Vietnam bilateral investment treaty.
keywords: energy , finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK , Vietnam
The US drops ISDS
The Globalist | 27-Jan-2020
The US government used to be the chief proponent of strong investor protection clauses in international trade deals. No longer. What happened?
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , reformed ISDS , UNCITRAL , US
Entrega de más de medio millón de firmas contra los tribunales de arbitraje y una ley que proteja los derechos humanos
No al TTIP | 27-Jan-2020
Coincidiendo con la celebración del Foro Económico Mundial en Davos 2020, la campaña ‘No a los Tratados de Comercio e Inversión ha entregado hoy en el Congreso de los Diputados, las más de 685.000 firmas recogidas durante 2019 por la iniciativa europea ‘Derechos para las personas, obligaciones para las multinacionales. Stop ISDS’.
keywords: actions | resistance , corporate interests , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS