Articles in English
Euractiv | 12-Feb-2024
The European Commission and Canada have agreed on the “interpretation” of parts of their trade agreement that relate to investor protection from environmental regulation, in a push by Brussels to persuade member states to ratify the bilateral multibillion-euro deal.
Inter Press Service | 9-Feb-2024
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in international trade and investment agreements – long abused by opportunists with means – are slowly being rejected by cautious governments.
AFTINET | 1-Feb-2024
To maintain the system, he proposes that business should shift away from ISDS in state-to state trade and investment agreements, and instead move to ISDS in contracts between individual investors and states.
The Guardian | 1-Feb-2024
Local fishers helped halt underwater mining off Baja California’s coast in 2018. But then an obscure international legal process was put into motion.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
environment ,
fisheries | fisherfolk ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Mexico ,
mining ,
NAFTA | USMCA ,
US
Investegate | 31-Jan-2024
AAG have confirmed they have submitted the claim by way of a request for arbitration to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Zimeye | 27-Jan-2024
A London court has ordered Zimbabwe to pay US$125 million to two timber firms whose land was seized by the government, rejecting its claim of state immunity in a case that tests the enforcement of international arbitration awards.
bilaterals.org | 26-Jan-2024
What type of ISDS arbitration has been the most used by corporations? Why is it important to understand the different forms of ISDS?
keywords:
ICSID ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS
Truthdig | 23-Jan-2024
In Colombia, lawsuits by foreign corporations are obstructing a fossil fuel phase-out at the expense of the indigenous Wayúu community.
AFTINET | 23-Jan-2024
Pakistan’s previous policy, initiated in 2021, sought to terminate its bilateral investment treaties to avoid further ISDS cases by international investors.
Novinite | 22-Jan-2024
Cryptocurrency-based financial services company Nexo has filed a case against Bulgaria in an international arbitration court in the USA.
