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Juncker quiere un nuevo “TTIP” con Australia y Nueva Zelanda
No al TTIP | 18-Sep-2017
La Comisión Europea no quiere frenar su agenda liberal de apertura comercial mediante nuevos tratados comerciales. Oceanía es la próxima meta de Juncker.
keywords: Australia , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , New Zealand
Russian energy firm Inter RAO demands $175m from Government of Georgia
Agenda | 18-Sep-2017
Inter RAO structures claim $175 million loss was due to a refusal to raise energy tariffs when the Georgian national currency Lari was devaluated.
keywords: energy , Georgia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Russia
The future of intra-EU ECT claims in the face of EC opposition: boom or bust?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 18-Sep-2017
Will the EC be successful at shutting off the flow of intra-EU ECT claims, or will the boom continue?
keywords: ECT , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Sanofi Aventis Ukraine seeks to file claim to international court to protect investment in Ukraine
Interfax | 18-Sep-2017
Sanofi Aventis Ukraine LLC, part of Sanofi global pharmaceutical company, seeks to file a claim against Ukraine to the International Investment Arbitration.
keywords: France , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines , Ukraine
Assessing the impacts of investment treaties: Overview of the evidence
IISD | 16-Sep-2017
When weighing all the benefits and costs of investment treaties against each other, there is insufficient evidence to come to any overall conclusion about the net effect of investment treaties for developing countries.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Multi-million dollar payment hangs over Zimbabwe
ALB | 15-Sep-2017
Zimbabwe is in breach of two arbitral awards totalling USD 240 million, after it missed a deadline to pay investors whose land was seized as part of the government’s racially motivated land reforms.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Zimbabwe
Canada pushing to revamp NAFTA lawsuit provision
The Globe and Mail | 14-Sep-2017
The goal of Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is to revamp Chapter 11 so it more closely mirrors the investor-state dispute-resolution mechanism that forms part of the 2016 Canada-European Union trade deal.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , NAFTA | USMCA
Recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes
European Commission | 14-Sep-2017
The inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in trade and investment agreements has become subject to increased public scrutiny and questioning.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Nueva Ley de arbitraje internacional en Argentina para atraer la inversión
CIAR Global | 13-Sep-2017
El pasado 7 de septiembre, el Senado de Argentina aprobó el proyecto de Ley de arbitraje comercial internacional, que incorpora contenidos de la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional (Cnudmi o Uncitral).
keywords: Argentina , investor-state disputes | ISDS
New NAFTA must terminate corporate kangaroo courts
The Hill | 13-Sep-2017
By pushing for a little-known but damaging legal concept buried in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the chamber has chosen to represent the interests of a handful of corporations instead of the interests of responsible business owners.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA