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Hong Kong FTA would still allow foreign investors to sue our government, says AFTINET
AFTINET | 27-Mar-2019
The Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement and separate Investment Agreement signed still give special rights to foreign investors to bypass national courts and sue governments for millions of dollars in international tribunals
keywords: actions | resistance , Australia , Hong Kong , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Egypt - British Petroceltic files arbitration case against EGPC
MENAFN | 26-Mar-2019
British Petroceltic announced filing an arbitration case against the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) at the World Bank Group’s ICSID.
keywords: Egypt , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
L’arbitrage international, témoignage de la puissance géopolitique des entreprises
Les Yeux du Monde | 26-Mar-2019
Pensés au départ pour pallier le manque de stabilité des investissements dans des pays réputés instables, les mécanismes d’arbitrage international se sont peu à peu érigés en véritables vecteurs d’influence pour les entreprises.
keywords: Germany , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Why NZ must get rid of ISDS now
Scoop | 25-Mar-2019
Australia’s costs for tobacco case it won show why NZ must get rid of ISDS now.
keywords: Australia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , New Zealand
End of Tanzania, Netherlands pact nears
The Citizen | 25-Mar-2019
The preferential protection of bilateral investments between Tanzania and the Netherlands is likely to cease next month but the protection for investments made before the date of termination continues to apply for a period of 15 years (until 1 April 2034).
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Tanzania
Enquête – Une nouvelle procédure arbitrale contre l’Algérie
TV Maghreb | 22-Mar-2019
Le groupe SAUR et sa filiale STEREAU ont fait appel au CIRDI contre l’Algérie concernant un litige sur une station d’épuration des eaux, en vertu de l’accord d’investissement avec la France.
keywords: Algeria , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , water
Media release: Philip Morris paying only half of Australia’s costs in ISDS case is outrageous, says AFTINET
AFTINET | 22-Mar-2019
It has taken a second FOI case and another two years to reveal that Australian taxpayers were only awarded half of the costs of defending Australia’s tobacco plain packaging laws against tobacco giant Philip Morris in March 2017.
keywords: Australia , health , Hong Kong , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Chile: Los argumentos falaces del gobierno para empujar al Congreso a aprobar el TPP-11
El Desconcierto | 21-Mar-2019
La Cancillería y su Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (DIRECON), se están defendiendo del mar de críticas contra el Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico (CPTPP), conocido como TPP-11, a punta de argumentos engañosos y derechamente falsos.
keywords: Chile , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines
España afronta laudos inminentes por las renovables que alcanzan los 4.300 millones
Cinco Días | 21-Mar-2019
De los 44 arbitrajes registrados, 17 encaran su fase final este año. El Ciadi acaba de dar la razón a Demeter y Cube, en un octavo laudo
keywords: energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Spain
Multinationales : en finir avec « une justice d’exception »
Alternatives Economiques | 21-Mar-2019
De nombreuses menaces qui pèse sur les populations locales – les populations autochtones, de petits fermiers – sont le fait d’entreprises.
keywords: EU , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS