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South Centre | 27-Sep-2006
One of the issues that has recently started
to influence the negotiations for new investment agreements involves the question of the status of IP
rights and the impact of investment agreements on the rights, obligations and regulatory discretions of
countries under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the
World Trade Organization (WTO).
| 21-Sep-2006
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favor of the State of Hungary in a case brought against it by Norwegian telco Telenor, business daily Világgazdaság reported on Monday.
keywords:
Hungary ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Norway ,
telecommunications
| 15-Sep-2006
Mining company Oxus Gold PLC said it is seeking an arbitration order to protect its investments in Kyrgyzstan, following the government-sponsored seizure of premises owned by Talas Gold Mining Co, Oxus’ joint venture company at Jerooy. Oxus said that representatives of Jerooyaltyn, a recently created joint venture between Kyrgyzaltyn and Global G.o.l.d, and local police forcibly took possession of the building on Thursday in direct contravention of the UK-Kyrgyz Bilateral Investment Treaty and Kyrgyz law.
| 11-Sep-2006
Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio has rejected arbitration against his nation for annulling in May the contract with US Oxy oil company that operated there.
Movimiento Boliviano por la Soberanía y la Integración solidaria de los pueblos: Contra el TLC y el ALCA | 8-Sep-2006
Para proteger sus intereses, el capital transnacional impone un sistema de resolución de conflictos hecho a medida, reemplazando la tradicional justicia democrática y constitucional con una más favorable a sus intereses. Lo llama arbitraje. Antecedentes, actualidad, y portentos
| 3-Sep-2006
Proposals tabled by the Vienna-based UNCITRAL Secretariat could make it more difficult for observers to discover and monitor international arbitrations taking place under the UNCITRAL rules.
| 30-Aug-2006
The Philippines and Japan have agreed to settle all disputes domestically under the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement unless the Secretaries of Trade of both countries agree to bring the dispute to an international arbitration court.
| 24-Aug-2006
An international arbitration court has rejected a request by Occidental Petroleum Corp. to stop Ecuador from seizing its assets in the Andean country, a government official said on Tuesday.
keywords:
corporate interests ,
Ecuador ,
ICSID ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
| 15-Aug-2006
Former Enron Corp. (ENE) water unit Azurix Corp. has been awarded $165 million against Argentina in the latest ruling on dozens of international arbitration claims brought against the country by foreign companies.
A person familiar with the situation confirmed Tuesday that both parties were informed Monday of the decision by a tribunal at the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, or the ICSID.
| 9-Aug-2006
"We are learning new things while we’re negotiating with the American representatives," said a Korean official who was part of the labor section negotiation team during the first round of the Korea-U.S. FTA talks, held in Washington last June. "The U.S. is demanding the introduction of a so-called ’public communication system,’ which was a term that we heard for the first time," the negotiator told Hankyoreh.
keywords:
finance | banking | taxes ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Korea ,
US
