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Argentina bonds for sale to pay money owed Total
Nasdaq | 24-Jul-2017
Citigroup offered US$200m of Argentina bonds for sale as part of an arbitration agreement to help settle the sovereign’s obligations to French oil company Total.
keywords: Argentina , energy , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Argentina - Emisión de 296 millones por juicio en el Ciadi: Más bonos para Total
Página 12 | 20-Jul-2017
El Ministerio de Finanzas entregará a la petrolera francesa Total bonos por 210 millones de dólares para finalizar el juicio que la compañía mantenía contra el país en el tribunal arbitral dependiente del Banco Mundial.
keywords: Argentina , energy , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
China-related investment arbitrations: three recent developments
Lexology | 18-Jul-2017
Two recent and potentially inconsistent decisions in claims by PRC investors have raised questions as to the scope of protection under PRC bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
keywords: China , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Minera de Luksic y Barrick pedirían US$ 11.500 mills. a Pakistán por fallido proyecto
Portal Minero | 18-Jul-2017
La compañía recurrió en 2011 al Ciadi, luego que el gobierno del país islámico negara la licencia de la iniciativa, lo que acusan fue de manera ilegal.
keywords: Australia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Minera Crystallex gana orden judicial en corte EEUU contra china Haitong sobre activos de Venezuela
Reuters | 17-Jul-2017
La minera canadiense Crystallex ganó en una corte estadounidense una medida que prohíbe a la empresa china Haitong International Securities Group transfiera activos propiedad de Venezuela.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
AngloGold turns to UN arbitration as law changes threaten Geita
Miningmx | 17-Jul-2017
AngloGold Ashanti joined Acacia Mining in entering into arbitration over legislative changes in Tanzania which entitles the East African country’s government to renegotiate business agreements with mining firms.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Tanzania
Pakistan refuses $11.5 billion claim in Reko Diq case
The Nation | 17-Jul-2017
Pakistan has rejected $11.5 billion damages claim made by the Tethyan Copper Company ltd (TCC) a joint venture between Antofagasta and Canada’s Barrick Gold Corporation in the Reko Diq case.
keywords: Australia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Pakistan
Crystallex wins court order against Haitong over Venezuela assets
Reuters | 17-Jul-2017
Canadian miner Crystallex has won U.S. court approval to bar China’s Haitong International Securities Group Ltd from transferring securities owned by Venezuela, in a move to recoup damages from an expropriation by the OPEC nation.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Venezuela
Australia: Coal and wind interests power ISDS threats against Australia
Mondaq | 17-Jul-2017
APR Energy PLC and Nucoal have been making noise about bringing investor-state claims against Australia
keywords: Australia , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Uruguay estrena su Tratado de Inversiones con Estados Unidos: ITALBA Corporation inicia demanda contra Uruguay
DW | 14-Jul-2017
Bajo ese título publica REDES una nueva investigación que da cuenta de la fragilidad de los Estados frente a los mecanismos de solución de controversias, con impactos invisibilizados en las políticas públicas, los derechos y la soberanía para diseñar y ejecutar estrategias de desarrollo nacionales.
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy , telecommunications , Uruguay , US