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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
CETA: EU and Canada agree on new approach on investment in trade agreement
European Commission | 29-Feb-2016
The European Commission and the Canadian Government have agreed to include a new approach on investment protection and investment dispute settlement in CETA.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
AECG: l’Union européenne et le Canada s’entendent sur une nouvelle approche en matière d’investissements dans l’accord commercial
Commission européenne | 29-Feb-2016
La Commission européenne et le gouvernement canadien sont convenus d’inscrire une nouvelle approche concernant la protection des investissements et le règlement des différends en matière d’investissements dans le CETA.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
State loses for good the trial against the Miculas, following ICSID decision
Romania Journal | 29-Feb-2016
Brothers Viorel and Ioan Micula won the lawsuit against the Romanian state at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and were awarded USD 200 million in damages.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania