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Colombia and the US sign an agreement to balance investments in the FTA
América Economía | 17-Jan-2025
The new interpretative note on the investment chapter of the FTA seeks to avoid legal abuses and protect the sovereignty of both countries without affecting incentives for foreign investment.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
US-Colombia FTA: Interpretations of the investment chapter (Jan 2025)
USTR | 17-Jan-2025
keywords: Colombia , FTAs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
Nueva demanda contra Colombia por el tesoro del Galeón San José
CIAR Global | 15-Jan-2025
La compañía suiza Maritime Archaelogy Consultants Switzerland AG ha presentado un arbitraje de inversiones contra Colombia relacionado con el rescate del tesoro del Galeón San José.
keywords: Colombia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Nations are exiting a secretive system that protects corporations. One country’s story shows how hard that can be
Inside Climate News | 3-Jan-2025
Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.
keywords: Bolivia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
S. Korea, Bahrain sign bilateral investment protection treaty
Yonhap | 2-Jan-2025
South Korea and Bahrain have signed a bilateral investment treaty on cementing the legal grounds for mutual investment and economic cooperation, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.
keywords: Bahrain , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea
Bilateral investment treaty and FTAs are two separate pacts; should continue to remain so: Sources
The Economic Times | 23-Dec-2024
Demands of certain developed countries from India to negotiate ’investment protection’ elements under an FTA is inappropriate as negotiating the matter as part of a separate chapter under the trade pact could have larger and detrimental implications.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
The Commission decides to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to terminate its Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with six EU Member States
European Commission | 18-Dec-2024
The European Commission decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaties that it still has in force with Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia.
keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK
Commission must stop Energy Charter Treaty hijacking EU climate policy
Euractiv | 18-Dec-2024
The Energy Charter Treaty allow fossil fuel investors to sue EU member states before international arbitral tribunals to challenge climate mitigation measures. This legal mechanism is increasingly weaponized by the industry.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Sobre la denuncia del Ciadi
Asuntos Legales | 16-Dec-2024
A raíz de la condena en contra del Estado colombiano y a favor de Telefónica, proferida por un Tribunal Ciadi el pasado mes de noviembre, se ha planteado por el gobierno nacional la posibilidad de denunciar el Convenio de Washington de 1965, por medio del cual se creó el Centro Internacional para el Arreglo de Diferencias en materia de Inversión.
keywords: Colombia , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
“Shocking and sad”: how corporations use investment agreements to block decarbonisation in the Global South
Land and Climate Review | 12-Dec-2024
Experts talk about investor-state dispute settlements, which allow fossil fuel companies to bring multi-billion dollar lawsuits against countries that pass green policies.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS