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Prensa Latina | 10-Aug-2016
Ecuador mantendrá acciones legales contra la petrolera Chevron en otros países, pese al fallo de un Tribunal Federal de Apelaciones de Estados Unidos a favor de la transnacional, aseguró Pablo Fajardo, abogado que representa a los afectados ecuatorianos.
New Internationalist | 9-Aug-2016
As thousands discuss free trade at the World Social Forum in Montreal, Canada’s experience with NAFTA may offer lessons for the Netherlands, writes Niels Jongerius
PTI | 8-Aug-2016
The government on Monday said it has framed the model Bilateral Investment Treaty to minimise Cairn Energy type of dispute which has resulted in demand for compensation of $5.6 billion from India.
The Express Tribune | 5-Aug-2016
An international tribunal announced that it holds Agility Public Warehousing Company of Kuwait liable to pay the entire costs incurred by Pakistan in defending a claim for more than $650 million filed against it by Agility.
BNamericas | 5-Aug-2016
Swiss trader Glencore filed for arbitration against the Bolivian government for the expropriation of its mining and smelting assets, adding to a series of lawsuits against the Andean country.
El Pais | 5-Aug-2016
Una subsidiaria de la compañía suiza Glencore presentó una Notificación de Arbitraje en contra de Bolivia, por una supuesta controversia relativa a las nacionalizaciones de las plantas de fundición de estaño y antimonio de Vinto.
Loading Docs | 5-Aug-2016
Water for Gold tells the alarming story of how international trade law is leading us to trade our most basic rights to clean, safe water for access to gold.
keywords:
CPTPP ,
El Salvador ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
New Zealand ,
video ,
water
APWLD | 5-Aug-2016
Similar to the TPP, this trade agreement will institutionalise inequalities;it will severely curtail peoples’ rights and freedoms and cement corporate rights over national public interest law and the right of governments to govern in the interests of their constituents.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
RCEP
Business Recorder | 4-Aug-2016
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has completed hearing on a dispute between Government of Pakistan and a Turkish firm M/s Karkey Karadeniz Elektrik Uretim A.S.
The Economist | 4-Aug-2016
Philip Morris International sent a letter to the government of Togo. It outlined how plain packaging would violate binding global and regional agreements. Togo was in no position to anger its international partners, it suggested.
