The Diplomat | 17-Oct-2017
The RCEP has hidden costs for people’s lives
Bloomberg | 16-Oct-2017
US Nafta negotiators are proposing to essentially do away with the independent tribunals that oversee the trading and investment relationship.
Business Recorder | 16-Oct-2017
The government of Pakistan would not be made liable for private investor disputes. Alternative dispute resolution mediation would be made compulsory, while foreign arbitrators would be decided in advance through consensus.
Renewables Now | 16-Oct-2017
US clean energy company Invenergy LLC has notified the Polish authorities it plans to turn to international arbitration over its wind investments in the country, if no settlement is reached within six months.
Radio Canada | 16-Oct-2017
Les États-Unis ont réclamé un affaiblissement important des mécanismes de règlement des différends prévus à l’Accord de libre-échange de l’Amérique du Nord (ALENA).
APWLD | 14-Oct-2017
RCEP will give multinational corporations unprecedented rights
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 13-Oct-2017
This first part begins with a review of the law governing entering and denouncing the ICSID Convention, as well as of an important debate on the effects of withdrawing from it.
Fundación Presidente Allende | 13-Oct-2017
Victims of human rights abuses by the Pinochet dictatorship have requested a committee of the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to annul an arbitral award.
No al TTIP | 12-Oct-2017
La ISDS ejerce presión sobre los gobiernos para que veten propuestas regulatorias por su impacto en los inversores extranjeros, especialmente en aquellas burocracias reacias a los riesgos.
EurActiv | 12-Oct-2017
The European Commission’s plans for a Multilateral Investment Court sanctions a biased and ineffective arbitration system, leaving people and the environment exposed to international investors’ whims.