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A look into China’s slowly increasing appearance in ISDS cases
IISD | 27-Sep-2017
Recent decades have been marked by China’s economic, military and diplomatic rise, and its increasing integration into the international order.
keywords: China , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Traités d’investissement et évaluation interne des propositions de réglementation : Étude de cas du Canada
IISD | 27-Sep-2017
La perspective de demandes formulées par des investisseurs étrangers à l’encontre des États dans le cadre du règlement des différends­ investisseur-État (RDIE) conduit-elle à un gel réglementaire ?
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , regulation
Investment treaties and the internal vetting of regulatory proposals: A case study from Canada
IISD | 27-Sep-2017
Does the prospect of foreign investor claims against countries in investor­–state dispute settlement (ISDS) lead to regulatory chill?
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , regulation
La CJUE interrogée sur la validité de la clause d’arbitrage prévue par un TBI conclu entre États membres
Dalloz | 27-Sep-2017
L’avocat général, M. Wathelet, prend position sur la clause d’arbitrage du traité bilatéral conclu entre les Pays-Bas et la Slovaquie et estime que celle-ci est compatible avec le principe de non-discrimination, avec le mécanisme de renvoi préjudiciel et avec le principe d’autonomie du système juridique de l’Union européenne.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Slovakia
Brexit bonanza: Lawyers encouraging corporations to sue UK & EU member states
Corporate Europe Observatory | 25-Sep-2017
Brexit could become a money-making machine for law firms that make millions when corporations sue nation states via trade and investment agreements.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
The disaster of international arbitration of RPPs
The Express Tribune | 23-Sep-2017
The arbitral tribunal of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has rendered an arbitral award of $700 million against Pakistan.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Turkey
Farmland investments are finding their way to international arbitration
IISD | 22-Sep-2017
Swedish investor EcoDevelopment registered a claim at the ICSID against the Tanzanian government for revoking a land title amid concerns over the impact on local communities and a wildlife sanctuary.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , Sweden , Tanzania
Cuando el capitalismo se comió a los Estados
Kaos en la Red | 22-Sep-2017
Este jueves entró en vigor el Acuerdo Económico y Comercial Global (CETA), que supone la apertura de puertas a un nuevo modelo político en el que las corporaciones alcanzan cotas de poder que pueden llegar a anular a los Estados.
keywords: Canada , corporate interests , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
Karkey Karadeniz case: In interest alone, govt owes $5.6m a month
The Express Tribune | 22-Sep-2017
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has not only imposed a hefty fine on Pakistan but also declared that the country will be paying $5.6 million as interest per month.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Pakistan , Turkey
El CETA entra en vigor sin zanjar sus partes más polémicas
La Vanguardia | 21-Sep-2017
El CETA ya se aplica este jueves de forma provisional, a la espera de que todos los países del bloque ratifiquen las disposiciones que afectan a las competencias nacionales, como la más polémica, que prevé la creación de un tribunal de inversiones.
keywords: Canada , environment , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS