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The Argentina Independent | 29-Sep-2015
El Salvador is defending itself against a US$301m lawsuit filed after it blocked a mining project to protect the country’s heavy-polluted water supply. The imminent verdict will set a precedent amid a growing trend of companies suing governments when they can’t exploit their natural resources.
OMAL | 28-Sep-2015
La comisaria de Comercio de la Comisión Europea presentó la semana pasada una propuesta para la modificación del mecanismo de solución de controversias entre inversores y Estados que está contemplado en el TTIP.
Scoop | 28-Sep-2015
Gordon Campbell on New Zealand’s TPP done deal on dairy, and on investor-state disputes
RT | 26-Sep-2015
Campaigners gathered outside a secret court in central London on Friday to protest against a controversial EU-Canada trade deal that will empower corporations to sue the British government.
Tele Sur | 25-Sep-2015
Canadians must now counter Chevron’s inevitable propaganda campaign as the legal battle continues.
rabble.ca | 23-Sep-2015
For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to address some of the deal’s most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor-state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent-wide strategy for auto investment and production.
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| 23-Sep-2015
Under a Trans Pacific Partnership deal, foreign investors in New Zealand could be able to take international legal action against a government decision such as that which rejected a Chinese company’s bid for Lochinver Station, says an Auckland Law School senior lecturer.
SUNS | 23-Sep-2015
Particular issues and procedures in investment treaties have proved especially contentious at both conceptual and practical levels.
SUNS | 23-Sep-2015
Two recent proposals on settling investment disputes have begun to attract attention and consideration in national and international circles.
TTIP2015 Blog | 23-Sep-2015
Examining the key points under the new ‘International Court System’ in TTIP
