Ya son muchas las voces soliviantadas y muchas las conciencias despiertas que actúan contra el Tratado ultrasecreto que los USA y la UE tratan de poner en marcha al margen de la opinión de los europeos (y algunos americanos) contradiciendo el espíritu de la noción de Europa y de la legislación comercial vigente hasta la fecha.
Los presidentes de Chile, México y Perú recibieron una carta pública por las negociaciones secretas en torno al Tratado de Asociación Transpacífica (TPP) y sus implicancias para el futuro de los consumidores.
While RCEP was initially framed as an agreement that would be more flexible for low and middle income countries, there is evidence that some governments from industrialised countries are seeking to pursue aspects which would be very damaging for developing countries.
There has been an explosive increase of cases of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Modern investor-state disputes often revolve around public policy measures and implicate sensitive issues such as health and environmental protection
The European Commission will not ask EU judges to decide on the legality of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism in free trade agreements.
A U.S. Federal Court has upheld U.S. enforcement of an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration agreeing that U.S. oil giant ConocoPhillips has the right to take Venezuela state oil company PDVSA’s 50% stake.
The Board of Investment (BoI) has given final touches to a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation would be made compulsory.
The excitement over the mad dash to finish TPP — and the failure to do so — has rather obscured the other so-called trade deals currently being negotiated, such as TAFTA/TTIP and the one between the EU and Canada, CETA.