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17 April 2015: International Day of Peasant and Farmer Struggle against Transnational Companies and Free Trade Agreements
La Via Campesina | 30-Mar-2015
This April 17th 2015, La Via Campesina will focus its mobilizations on the impacts of Transnational Corporations and Free Trade Agreements on peasant and small-scale agriculture and national food sovereignty
actions | resistance , agriculture | farmers | food , investor-state disputes | ISDS
NZ-Korea FTA Select Committee provides Kiwis chance to break silence on ISDS
Scoop | 30-Mar-2015
The Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade committee is now accepting public submissions on the NZ-Korea Free Trade Agreement, providing Kiwis with a rare chance to break the silence on the controversial investor-state dispute settlement provisions in that agreement and in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, according to It’s Our Future NZ.
actions | resistance , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , New Zealand
Chevron’s "fight it out on the ice" strategy for Ecuador case is slipping, fast
Huffington Post | 28-Mar-2015
In Chevron’s massive international arbitration directly against the government of Ecuador, it has gotten everything it has asked for from the panel of arbitrators — until last week.
actions | resistance , corporate interests , Ecuador , energy , environment , indigenous peoples , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Debunking USTR Public Affairs’ Memo on Investor-State Dispute Resolution
Public Citizen | 23-Mar-2015
Questions and answers on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) that pertain to incorrect claims being made by the Office of the US Trade Representative.
actions | resistance , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Update on Indonesia BITs review
IGJ | 26-Feb-2015
Indonesia for Global Justice together with Indonesian civil society networks met with the Director of Bilateral Cooperation of Investment Coordinating Board, Fritz Horas Silalahi, in Jakarta to discuss the review of Indonesia Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITS).
actions | resistance , Indonesia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
ISDS beyond TTIP: EU reforms and impacts on the Global South
TNI | 19-Feb-2015
Public event organised by Transnational Institute, Friends of the Earth Europe and Traidcraft on 4 March 2015 in Brussels
actions | resistance , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Corporate coup d’état: Those crappy trade deals
Counter Punch | 18-Feb-2015
The corporate media would prefer that people know nothing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other trade deals.
actions | resistance , Canada , corporate interests , CPTPP , energy , environment , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP , US
European Commission’s clever ruse to introduce corporate sovereignty regardless of ratification votes in EU
Techdirt | 25-Jan-2015
Even if CETA is rejected in Europe, claims under the ISDS chapter would still be possible up to three years afterwards for investments made during the provisional period.
actions | resistance , Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Chevron’s battered image over Ecuador ecological disaster takes another hit in Davos
Amazon Watch | 23-Jan-2015
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
actions | resistance , Ecuador , environment , health , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
ISDS mechanism should be ’consigned to the annals of history’
The Parliament Magazine | 19-Jan-2015
"ISDS cannot be reformed and, like many archaic trade practices of the 18th century, should be consigned to the annals of history," argues Cecile Toubeau
actions | resistance , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP