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Venezuela loses annulment of Tidewater expropriation ICSID award
Latin American Herald Tribune | 2-Jan-2017
The annulment committee formed by the World Bank’s ICSID has ruled that Venezuela must pay oil services company Tidewater $37 million for the expropriation of its ships and rigs in 2009.
keywords: Barbados , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , Venezuela
The German Constitutional Court judgment in the Vattenfall case: lessons for the ECT Vattenfall arbitral tribunal
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 30-Dec-2016
This dispute and final judgment provide some valuable lessons for the arbitral tribunal in the ECT Vattenfall dispute.
keywords: ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The year 2016 for India – of new beginnings and not-so-happy endings?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 29-Dec-2016
While India has been reshaping its arbitration laws and investment climate, the jury is still out on whether these measures will actually help create a more secure legal environment for investors.
keywords: Brazil , BRICS , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Uruguay vs. Philip Morris: Triunfo de David sobre Goliat
Prensa Latina | 27-Dec-2016
El triunfo del Gobierno de Uruguay ante la demanda establecida por la tabacalera transnacional Philip Morris constituyó en el año que termina un fuerte espaldarazo a las autoridades del pequeño país sudamericano en su campaña contra el tabaquismo.
keywords: health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Uruguay
Multilateral investment court would impede measures on climate change
FFII | 23-Dec-2016
Due to inherent systemic issues with specialised and supranational courts, a multilateral investment court would create a high risk on expansive interpretations of investors’ rights.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
6 ways we could improve NAFTA for working people
AFL-CIO | 21-Dec-2016
It is important that everyday working people’s perspectives lead the debate, starting with how to rewrite NAFTA.
keywords: alternatives , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Argentina is back in the BIT negotiation arena
Investment Claims | 21-Dec-2016
The recent signature of the Argentina-Qatar Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and the imminent signature of an Argentina-Japan BIT represent a shift in Argentina’s BIT policy.
keywords: Argentina , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Japan , Qatar
Chile Mejor sin TPP: Interpelación a poder judicial
Kaos en la Red | 19-Dec-2016
"Nos dirigimos a Uds. como Plataforma Chile Mejor sin TPP porque nos parece indispensable que el poder judicial de nuestro país informe a la sociedad civil sobre su posición respecto del Acuerdo Transpacífico TPP suscrito por la Presidenta Bachelet, cuyo envío al Congreso ha sido diferido a la espera de que se conozca la posición oficial de Estados Unidos y su nuevo Presidente."
keywords: Chile , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , sovereignty | democracy
When you thought trade deals could not get any worse — enter Wall Street
Sierra Club | 19-Dec-2016
What connects two proposed gold mines, one in the high-altitude wetlands of Colombia and one in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania?
keywords: Colombia , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Romania
Brexit and foreign investors’ legitimate expectations
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 19-Dec-2016
Might Brexit trigger foreign investor claims against the United Kingdom?
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK