Articles in English
Public Citizen | 23-mar-2015
Questions and answers on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) that pertain to incorrect claims being made by the Office of the US Trade Representative.
Deutsche Welle | 23-mar-2015
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has pledged to prevent any clauses in a US-EU trade deal that go against the ideals of his party, the Social Democrats - including protection clauses called for by the US.
Australia Broadcasting Corporation | 19-mar-2015
Australia’s primary negotiator on medicines for the US-Australia FTA, Dr Ruth Lopert, warns that the TPP could force the Australian Government to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidise medicines.
Mots-clés:
Australie ,
CPTPP ,
différends investisseurs-état | ISDS,
médicaments ,
propriété intellectuelle
Lexology | 18-mar-2015
The UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration has been opened for signature.
The Southern Times | 16-mar-2015
With increased levels of investment into Africa, the number of legal disputes in the continent is also on the rise.
Mots-clés:
Afrique ,
différends investisseurs-état | ISDS
Dawn | 13-mar-2015
The Board of Investment is working on Pakistan’s own template of a bilateral investment treaty, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries. And all the future ones will be negotiated on the new template.
The Star | 13-mar-2015
ExxonMobil and Murphy Oil awarded $17.3 million in damages from Canada in investor-rights dispute over research and training funding in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Express Tribune | 13-mar-2015
Pakistan has rejected the United States’ proposed draft of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between the two countries, saying the acceptance of the US template would carry ‘dangerous obligations’ for the country.
Reuters | 12-mar-2015
Law professors from across the United States urged lawmakers to keep rules to protect foreign investors out of trade pacts on Wednesday, warning they would give big companies too much power.
The Guardian | 10-mar-2015
A major free trade deal should not allow US companies to sue European nations when they pass environmental laws that hurt their profits, MPs in the UK said on Tuesday.
