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Bruselas ignora las críticas y calca los tribunales privados del TTIP para su acuerdo con Canadá
Público | 4-Mar-2016
La Comisión presentó este lunes el nuevo mecanismo de resolución de disputas entre inversores y estados en el CETA, una suerte de blindaje para las multinacionales que les permite demandar a los países en los que inviertan si consideran truncadas sus "expectativas de ganancias" por cambios normativos o legales efectuados por los estados.
keywords: Canada , corporate interests , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Denuncian la inclusión de privilegios a los inversores extranjeros en el TTIP
Tercera Información | 4-Mar-2016
Ante la duodécima ronda de negociaciones del TTIP, 280 organizaciones han reclamado a la Comisión Europea la eliminación del Mecanismo de Resolución de Disputas entre Inversores Extranjeros y Estados.
keywords: corporate interests , reformed ISDS , TTIP
S’pore, Iran ink bilateral treaty on investment
Asia One | 4-Mar-2016
Singapore has moved quickly to sign an investment treaty with oil-rich Iran to support Singapore firms investing in an economy that is emerging after the recent lifting of global sanctions.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , Iran , natural resources , Singapore
CETA announcement shows it’s possible to fix trade deals
Huffington Post | 4-Mar-2016
Corporations can still sue governments over public policy decisions they don’t like but the real lesson from the ISDS reforms, in fact, is that public opposition and political mobilization can change things.
keywords: Canada , CPTPP , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Au nom du climat, rénover les règles du commerce mondial
Le Monde | 3-Mar-2016
Depuis de nombreuses années, les institutions internationales affirment qu’un « soutien mutuel » entre commerce et climat est possible. Mais l’entreprise multinationale du secteur énergétique Transcanada vient d’ébranler quelque peu cette croyance.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
Argentina: Rechazo al inminente acuerdo con los “Fondos Buitre”
CADTM | 1-Mar-2016
Los bonos, cuyo pago reclaman los “fondos buitre”, tienen su origen en el fraude, y eso no se modifica por más que la deuda inicial haya sido convertida, Plan Brady de 1992 mediante, en bonos de deuda pública, en un intento de desligarla de su origen delictivo.
keywords: Argentina , investor-state disputes | ISDS
RCEP threatens tax policies in India and other 15 countries
Public Services International | 1-Mar-2016
New report shows that trade and investment deals like RCEP will further adversely affect the ability of the government of India to tax corporations effectively and fairly.
keywords: actions | resistance , finance | banking | taxes , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , RCEP
The seven sins of the EU investment court
EU Observer | 1-Mar-2016
Despite all the talk of reform from commissioner Malmstroem, the threat to democratic decision-making is as alive and dangerous as ever.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS , US
The rise of investor-state dispute settlement in the extractive sectors: challenges and considerations for African countries
South Centre | 1-Mar-2016
In African countries, the expansion of international investment agreements could carry significant risks to policy space and policy tools necessary for industrialization and development.
keywords: Africa , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
ICSID decides that Tidewater is now free to enforce $37 million of the $65 million arbitral award for the taking of the company’s Venezuelan operations
PR Newswire | 1-Mar-2016
Enforcement of remaining $28 million remains pending further ICSID decision.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela