The latest
S&DGroup | 4-Mar-2015
Today the Socialist and Democrats Group in the European Parliament adopted a very strong position paper on Investor-State Dispute Settlements, opposing the inclusion of the controversial mechanism in trade deals with both the US and Canada.
Bangkok Post | 4-Mar-2015
The investment chapter under the proposed TPP and the Thailand-EU FTA, if adopted, might place Thailand’s substantive ability to protect public interests at risk, warns Jakkrit Kuanpoth.
Australia Broadcasting Corporation | 4-Mar-2015
Discussion with Susan Sell, Matthew Rimmer and Jane Kelsey
Mediapart | 2-Mar-2015
La fuite d’une note fixant la position des autorités françaises sur les négociations du traité de libre-échange avec les États-Unis (accords transatlantiques, Tafta ou TTIP) a fait naître le doute sur ce que défend ou non le gouvernement français, rapporte Mediapart.
Dawn | 2-Mar-2015
Pakistan’s Board of Investment is working on Pakistan’s own template of a bilateral investment treaty, which will replace previous treaties and serve as basis for new ones.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 1-Mar-2015
The Russian Federation filed three writs that seek to annul the award, alleging that the arbitrators did not fulfil their mandate personally because the Tribunal’s assistant played a significant role in analyzing the evidence and legal arguments.
La Croix | 27-Feb-2015
Alors que l’Organisation mondiale de la santé célèbre vendredi 27 février les dix ans de la Convention-cadre pour la lutte antitabac, l’Uruguay, pionnier dans ce combat, fait l’objet d’une plainte déposée il y a cinq ans par le cigarettier Philip Morris.
EurActiv | 27-Feb-2015
In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
EurActiv | 27-Feb-2015
Dans une note transmise aux élus français, le Secrétariat Général aux Affaires Européennes appelle à ne pas fermer totalement la porte aux mécanismes de règlements des différends investisseurs-Etat.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
Washington Post | 26-Feb-2015
"Agreeing to ISDS in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the United States further in favor of big multinational corporations. Worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty," writes Elizabeth Warren.
