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Armenia ‘under pressure’ from UK and US over mining dispute, says EU report
Open Democracy | 6-May-2020
An internal EU report claims that the UK government has pressured the Armenian government in a two-year standoff between protesters, an international mining company and the authorities.
keywords: Armenia, investor-state disputes | ISDS, mining, UK, US
Hungría declarada responsable por expropiar inversión de inversor británico y se le ordena el pago de EUR 7 millones en compensación por daños
IISD | 27-Mar-2020
Magyar e Inicia afirmaron que Hungría había expropiado sus derechos de arrendamiento a las tierras tras una reforma del sector agrícola destinada a promover las explotaciones agrícolas familiares a expensas de las empresas agrícolas.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, Hungary, investor-state disputes | ISDS, land, UK
Reconnue coupable d’expropriation de l’investissement d’un investisseur britannique, la Hongrie doit payer 7 millions EUR à titre de dommages
IISD | 27-Mar-2020
Magyar et Inicia ont affirmé que la Hongrie avait exproprié leurs droits de bail sur la terre, suite à une réforme du secteur agricole visant à promouvoir les exploitations familiales au détriment des entreprises agricoles.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, Hungary, investor-state disputes | ISDS, land, UK
Hungary held liable for expropriating the investment of a British investor and ordered to pay EUR 7 million in compensation for damages
IISD | 27-Mar-2020
Magyar and Inicia filed for arbitration against Hungary claiming expropriation of their leasehold rights to the land, following an agricultural sector reform to promote family farms over farming companies.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, Hungary, investor-state disputes | ISDS, land, UK
’Corporate courts’ and post-Brexit trade deals
The Ecologist | 11-Mar-2020
An alliance of civil society groups has delivered nearly 70,000 signatures calling on the UK government to commit to keeping controversial ‘corporate courts’ out of post-Brexit trade deals.
keywords: actions | resistance, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UK
US-UK trade deal: Four things you might have missed, from food standards to climate commitments
The Independent | 3-Mar-2020
The government has not ruled out imports of US agricultural products made to lower standards than in the UK.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, climate, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UK, US
Arbitration case law update: Supreme Court lifts stay on enforcement of ICSID award: the Micula saga continues
Lexology | 21-Feb-2020
This is far from the end of the Micula story. Enforcement proceedings continue in the United States, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden, and there are questions before the CJEU.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food, finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, Romania, UK
Oil major settles huge capital gains tax bill to Vietnam after Finance Uncovered investigation
Finance Uncovered | 27-Jan-2020
When Vietnam signalled it would claim the tax due, oil giant ConocoPhillips issued a pre-emptive legal strike using an arbitration process under the UK-Vietnam bilateral investment treaty.
keywords: energy, finance | banking | taxes, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UK, Vietnam
How a trade deal with the US could destroy the UK’s climate change goals
NewStatesman | 24-Jan-2020
Boris Johnson’s plan to diverge from EU rules threatens crucial environmental regulations.
keywords: climate, environment, investor-state disputes | ISDS, UK, US
Why don’t we just… wake up to the threat of ISDS?
Big Issue North | 2-Jan-2020
Commercial ISDS adjudications trump democratically established laws and controls.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS, sovereignty | democracy, UK, US

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