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An interview with Lauge Poulsen, author of Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy
IISD | 15-Jun-2016
Lauge Poulsen is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at University College London. His recent book explains why and how developing countries signed up to investment treaties.
keywords: geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , video
Pebble mine: Canadian mining company threatens to stick U.S. taxpayers with costs of “potentially catastrophic” mining scheme
Huffington Post | 14-Jun-2016
Northern Dynasty is prepared to file a claim for “arbitration” under NAFTA, seeking compensation for the failure of the Pebble Mine project to move forward to federal permitting.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Unmasked: Corporate rights in the renewed Mexico-EU FTA
TNI | 14-Jun-2016
The EU and Mexico launch negotiations for a ‘modernised’ Free Trade Agreement. A key feature is the investment protection chapter which grants major multinational companies in Mexico and the EU the exclusive right to challenge democratic decisions.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
Desenmascarados: Los derechos corporativos en el renovado TLC México-Unión Europea
TNI | 13-Jun-2016
Un elemento clave es el capítulo sobre protección de inversiones que otorga a grandes empresas de Mexico y de la UE el derecho exclusivo de desafiar las decisiones democráticas de los Estados, aun cuando estas buscan proteger el interés publico
keywords: corporate interests , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico
GTH files for Wind Canada arbitration
Stock Market Wire | 13-Jun-2016
Global Telecom Holding has announced that it submitted a formal request for arbitration over actions taken by the Canadian Government against GTH and its subsidiaries in relation to GTH’s investment in Wind Mobile.
keywords: Canada , Egypt , investor-state disputes | ISDS , telecommunications
China-led trade agreement shrouded in deeper secrecy
NZ Herald | 13-Jun-2016
Secretive negotiations for the China-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership or RCEP began in November 2012. The 13th round is being held at SkyCity in Auckland.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , New Zealand , RCEP
EE.UU. rechaza apelación de Ecuador contra el fallo que favorece a la petrolera Chevron
RT | 10-Jun-2016
El Tribunal Supremo de EE.UU. ha rechazado este lunes la recusación por parte de Ecuador de la decisión de una corte inferior que en agosto de 2015 imponía el pago de una indemnización de 96 millones de dólares a la petrolera estadounidense Chevron.
keywords: Ecuador , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
CIADI falla arbitraje en favor de Panamá
Central América | 9-Jun-2016
El Centro de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones falló contra el empresario Julio Lisac, demandante por el cese de la concesión de un proyecto hidroeléctrico.
keywords: ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Americanization of the BIT universe
SSRN | 9-Jun-2016
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN) treaties are more than a historical precursor to international investment agreements (IIA) and continue to influence and inspire modern investment treaty design.
keywords: geopolitics , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Big transatlantic market: yield and bow down
MEDEL | 9-Jun-2016
MEDEL’s opinion on the construction of a international investment court for TTIP – proposal of the European Commission.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , TTIP