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Unpacking CETA
Global Labour Column | 28-Sep-2016
For decades, labour has been fighting purely defensive battles against the neo-liberal trade and investment agenda; we lack an agenda of our own. Lost ground will not be reclaimed on what is fundamentally hostile territory, argues Peter Rossmann of the IUF.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
The men behind ISDS
Oneworld | 27-Sep-2016
The so-called “ISDS” has been existing for years already. A revealing look in the hidden world of investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: Ecuador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , natural resources , Netherlands , Venezuela
CETA - Trading away democracy
TNI | 23-Sep-2016
How CETA’s investor protection rules could result in a boom of investor claims against Canada and the EU.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
CETA - La democracia en venta
TNI | 23-Sep-2016
Cómo las normas de protección de las inversiones en el ceta podrían generar un auge de demandas de inversores contra Canadá y la UE.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
CETA - Marchander la démocratie
CEO | 23-Sep-2016
Les règles de protection des investisseurs de l’AECG pourraient mener à l’explosion des poursuites d’investisseurs contre le Canada et l’Union européenne.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
The new rules of the road: a progressive approach to globalization
American Prospect | 22-Sep-2016
The new president needs a fresh approach to trade.
keywords: alternatives , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights
How to fix the most controversial element of trade deals
Politico | 22-Sep-2016
Critics of the TPP rage against the Investor State Dispute Settlement system. Here’s how to fix it.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
An international investment court: panacea or purgatory?
Columbia FDI Perspectives | 21-Sep-2016
An Investment Court would become a device for neoliberal rules of investment protection with even greater authority.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
’A threat to democracy, courts and public budgets’
Deutsche Welle | 21-Sep-2016
The EU-US free trade deal is controversial in Europe as it includes a mechanism that seeks to settle disputes between investors and states out of regular courts. DW examines the issue with law professor Gus Van Harten.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , TTIP
El TPP y las luchas sociales en Chile
La Diaria | 21-Sep-2016
Michelle Bachelet, mantiene el secretismo sobre el TPP, impulsado por Barack Obama, ya que ni los ciudadanos ni los parlamentarios chilenos saben la fecha exacta en que llegará al Congreso el tratado, ni qué urgencia tendrá su tramitación.
keywords: Chile , corporate interests , CPTPP , intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS