UK
The Ecologist | 11-Mar-2020
An alliance of civil society groups has delivered nearly 70,000 signatures calling on the UK government to commit to keeping controversial ‘corporate courts’ out of post-Brexit trade deals.
The Independent | 3-Mar-2020
The government has not ruled out imports of US agricultural products made to lower standards than in the UK.
Lexology | 21-Feb-2020
This is far from the end of the Micula story. Enforcement proceedings continue in the United States, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Sweden, and there are questions before the CJEU.
Finance Uncovered | 27-Jan-2020
When Vietnam signalled it would claim the tax due, oil giant ConocoPhillips issued a pre-emptive legal strike using an arbitration process under the UK-Vietnam bilateral investment treaty.
NewStatesman | 24-Jan-2020
Boris Johnson’s plan to diverge from EU rules threatens crucial environmental regulations.
Big Issue North | 2-Jan-2020
Commercial ISDS adjudications trump democratically established laws and controls.
Himalayan Times | 20-Dec-2019
A US-based international court issues interim order directing the Nepal government not to impose capital gains tax on Ncell buyout deal for the time being.
The Ecologist | 11-Dec-2019
The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.
Real Clear Politics | 5-Nov-2019
Petroceltic, a UK-based global energy company, has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
Ahval | 4-Nov-2019
Ankara is in conflict with an international investment tribunal after a Turkish court has rejected a demand to halt criminal proceedings regarding a Turkish media tycoon and his family.
