Articles in English
IDN | 6-Dec-2012
While multinational corporations such as Philip Morris dispose of the financial means to pay for elite law advice, developing countries don’t.
keywords:
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Infojustice.org | 3-Dec-2012
Australia’s new stance against investor-State arbitration may do nothing to prevent claims being brought in the future.
keywords:
Australia ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
| 29-Nov-2012
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
| 26-Nov-2012
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MoPNR) has written a letter to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to persuade the Balochistan government to settle the Reko Diq issue out of court, fearing a penalty of Rs39 billion by the International Centre for Settlement Investment Disputes (ICSID).
keywords:
Australia ,
Canada ,
corporate interests ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
Pakistan
| 16-Nov-2012
A US-incorporated energy firm, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is taking on Quebec’s stand against fracking, saying it violates the North American free-trade agreement and demanding more than $250-million in compensation.
keywords:
Canada ,
climate ,
energy ,
environment ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
natural resources ,
US
Reuters | 15-Nov-2012
US agribusiness company Cargill Inc. filed a suit in a US court on Tuesday to compel Mexico to pay a $94.6 million award over trade barriers the company says Mexico put up against high-fructose corn syrup from 2002 to 2007.
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agriculture | farmers | food ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
Troy Media | 15-Nov-2012
Much of the debate surrounding the Canada-China trade deal revolves around the dispute settlement clause in the deal. Troy Media contacted Professor Thomas Faunce of the Australian National University in Canberra to explain why the Australian government decided to discontinue the practise of seeking inclusion of investor state dispute settlement provisions in trade agreements with developing countries.
Mining Weekly | 24-Oct-2012
TSX-listed South American Silver (SAS) on Tuesday said it had notified the Plurinational State of Bolivia of an investment dispute between the company and Bolivia, after the company’s subsidiaries had lost its mineral tenements.
Dow Jones | 11-Oct-2012
Ecuador has officially requested the annulment of an international court ruling that ordered it to pay $1.77 billion, plus pre- and post-award interest, to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Dow Jones | 9-Oct-2012
Ecuador’s Attorney General said Monday his office is preparing the legal basis to contest an international court ruling that ordered the country to pay $1.77 billion plus interest to Occidental Petroleum Corp.
