investment | BITs
Inter-Press Service | 29-Dec-2015
The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: “Why have we ever signed this?”
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corporate interests ,
France ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
natural resources ,
Netherlands ,
Uganda
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/12/amer... | 29-Dec-2015
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
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corporate interests ,
Indonesia ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
Netherlands ,
US
IIED | 18-Dec-2015
The vast majority of the land deals from the recent wave of agribusiness investments in low and middle-income countries are protected by at least one investment treaty.
The Economic Times | 17-Dec-2015
The Cabinet approved the revised model text for the Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Why we should all be worried about our BITs – or at least what foreign investors are doing with them
Open Democracy UK | 4-Dec-2015
Britain’s role, not just with TTIP, seems to be that of facilitating and encouraging excessive corporate power over governments all around the world.
| 3-Dec-2015
The forced re-regulation of Queensland’s $2 billion sugar industry could breach international trade agreements and threaten foreign investment, Queensland Deputy Premier Jackie Trad said.
Lexology | 27-Nov-2015
In a significant development for Indian arbitration law, the President of India has formally adopted the Arbitration and Conciliation Ordinance 2015, which will bring about major and long-awaited reforms to arbitration in India.
Lexology | 26-Nov-2015
A recent Thai Cabinet resolution relaxes the restriction on arbitration clauses in some public contracts.
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies | 25-Nov-2015
The TPP investment chapter offers few truly novel features and is instead heavily influenced by prior American treaty practice.
The National Law Review | 19-Nov-2015
The final text of the TPP’s Investment Chapter remains broadly consistent with other U.S. investment agreements and includes some important new language that is consistent with the U.S. Model BIT issued by the U.S. State Department
