Articles in English
SSRN | 13-Jan-2016
The beneficiaries of ISDS have overwhelmingly been companies with more than USD1 billion in annual revenue and individuals with more than USD100 million in net wealth.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS
Seeking Alpha | 12-Jan-2016
Ecuador paid $100M on Dec. 21; will pay another $100M on Jan. 15; $100M on Jan. 31; $200M on Feb. 29; $300M on March 31; and the remainder on April 29.
Bloomberg | 11-Jan-2016
Karuturi Global Ltd., one of the largest investors in Ethiopia’s farm industry, is challenging the termination of its project, claiming the government broke the terms of its agreement with the company.
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agriculture | farmers | food ,
Ethiopia ,
India ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
The Malaysian Insider | 11-Jan-2016
The Malaysian government could be sued by foreign corporations if it intervened in their business activities under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
Huffington Post | 11-Jan-2016
Canadian company TransCanada’s announcement that it will sue the American people for $15 billion perfectly illustrates how today’s corporate-empowering trade policies threaten the way democracy is supposed to work.
eNews Park Forest | 8-Jan-2016
‘The idea that some trade agreement should force us to overheat the planet’s atmosphere is, quite simply, insane.’
Eurasia Review | 8-Jan-2016
Venezuela doesn’t want investment treaties anymore if they give investors the right to drag the country before a commercial court. “The system has been set up to break down the nation-state.”
Collectif Stop Tafta | 7-Jan-2016
La cohabitation entre le régime international de commerce et d’investissement actuel et l’ambition prétendue de lutter contre le changement climatique est impossible.
CBC | 7-Jan-2016
Calgary-based company alleges U.S. president exceeded his constitutional powers
Financial Express | 6-Jan-2016
India is set to propose a non-legal and non-adversarial mechanism to resolve trade-impeding non-tariff measures among the 16 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries.
