from the movements
Comment Central | 18-Mar-2024
Given the breadth of the policy areas that CPTPP accession will impact upon, how can UK membership have been subject to so little public debate? The answer is that the structures via which trade deals are negotiated and ratified are opaque and undemocratic.
Le Soir | 14-Mar-2024
Alors que la Belgique s’active pendant sa présidence de l’Union européenne (UE) à concrétiser une sortie du TCE par l’UE, elle refuse encore d’en sortir comme Etat. Un choix incohérent qu’elle pourrait payer très cher.
AFTINET | 14-Mar-2024
Some international trade agreements allow foreign investors to sue the Australian government if a change in law or policy reduces their profits, even if the change protects public health or the environment.
Cajar | 13-Mar-2024
El pasado 28 de febrero de 2024, el Estado colombiano fue notificado de la decisión adoptada por el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a las Inversiones (CIADI) del Banco Mundial en el caso No. ARB/18/12, el cual, le da la razón a Colombia frente a la demanda de la multinacional Red Eagle Exploration Limited
Trade and Investment Research Project | 12-Mar-2024
The Ecuadorian President is using the cover of internal conflict to bring investor-state dispute settlement back to Ecuador, in what a former Constitutional Court member calls a "democratic disaster."
SOMO | 8-Mar-2024
Oil Refiner Klesch sues EU, Germany and Denmark over windfall profit tax while making record profits due to Ukraine invasion.
bilaterals.org | 8-Mar-2024
¿Qué tipo de arbitraje ISDS ha sido el más utilizado por las corporaciones? ¿Por qué es importante entender los diferentes modos de ISDS?
Friends of the Earth Europe | 4-Mar-2024
Today marks a significant turning point as the Belgian EU Presidency brokered a deal with the European Commission and member states on the withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.
Global Justice Now | 27-Feb-2024
On 22 February 2024 the UK announced it will leave the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty.
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment | 23-Feb-2024
Mozambique faces a substantial economic risk due to its exposure to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims by foreign investors in its coal, oil, and gas sectors. The investment protections in the country’s international investment agreements and contracts, combined with ISDS, expose Mozambique to multi-billion-dollar financial liabilities.