Articles in English
Counter Punch | 3-sep-2015
Over 90 percent of El Salvador’s surface water is contaminated with industrial chemicals, making it unsuitable to drink even if the water is boiled, chlorinated or filtered beforehand. A new action plan for passing a nationwide ban has begun to unfold, as Salvadorans await the outcome of the Pacific Rime ICSID case.
News Nation | 1ro-sep-2015
The amendment to Arbitration Act will be taken up in the forthcoming Parliament session. The amended act would be on par with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) system.
Financial Express | 29-ago-2015
The government is looking to replace the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (BIPPA) with a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),
Holding Redlich | 28-ago-2015
Changes to Australian food labelling laws provide consumers with an increased understanding of the origin of their food. The challenge Australia faces is to ensure compliance with foreign investment trade agreements.
Palabras clave:
agricultura | campesinos | alimentación ,
Australia ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS
FT Alphaville | 26-ago-2015
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, discusses TPP.
Palabras clave:
agricultura | campesinos | alimentación ,
audio ,
CPTPP ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
medicamentos
South Centre | 26-ago-2015
The brief reviews Ecuador’s experience with investment treaties and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). The paper explains the historical and geopolitical context of the decisions Ecuador has taken in regard to bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and ISDS.
Medium | 26-ago-2015
A number of chapters of the TPP will affect the creative artists, cultural industries and internet freedom — including intellectual property, investment, and electronic commerce.
Palabras clave:
comercio en línea | economía digital ,
CPTPP ,
cultura ,
litigios inversionista-estado | ISDS ,
propiedad intelectual
Jeune Afrique | 24-ago-2015
Pursuant to the ruling of an Irish court, Airbus A320 of Congo Airways, RDC’s new national airline company, is blocked at Dublin airport. The Congolese authorities are not excluding the hypothesis of “vulture fund subterfuge”.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle | 23-ago-2015
TPP would stand above U.S. laws. That means a corporation could sue New York state if we pass a law they do not like.
CBC | 20-ago-2015
Canada is appealing a potentially expensive decision from a NAFTA tribunal, arguing the tribunal "exceeded its jurisdiction" when it upheld a claim from a New Jersey concrete company, Bilcon, that it was entitled to compensatory damages.
