The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites ?
Los derechos especiales para las grandes empresas propuestos en los acuerdos comerciales de la UE impiden la transición energética necesaria para luchar contra el cambio climático, según se desprende de un nuevo informe.
Proposed special rights for corporations in EU trade agreements threaten to prevent the necessary energy transition to tackle climate change according to a new report.
Egypt said on Sunday it would appeal an order by international arbitrators to pay $1.76 billion in compensation to state-owned Israel Electric Corp for halting gas supplies.
Global Development And Environment Institute | 2-déc-2015
TTIP is intended to remove “non-tariff barriers to trade”. But the barriers it is targeting are democratically adopted regulations, preventing or correcting damages that would result from unregulated private markets.
The resolution calls for an international forum on the implementation of measures to better protect the rights of sovereign countries from exploitative multinationals.
L’Etat est moins intransigeant sur les formes. Sur le fond, il maintient ses exigences de garanties et de remboursement intégral des créances publiques.
Perenco Ecuador Limited (Perenco)—a French-owned oil and gas company—and the Republic of Ecuador have been involved in arbitration since 2008 under the France–Ecuador bilateral investment treaty (BIT).