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Philippine Government’s crackdown on nickel mining - Arbitration options for foreign investors
KWM | 17-Oct-2016
The viability of the Filipino nickel industry is in a state of flux following President Rodrigo Duterte’s national audit of the country’s forty mines. Lawyers explore ISDS options.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Philippines
Free trade’s chilling effects
Taylor & Francis | 17-Oct-2016
The TPP threatens to extend the most draconian feature of the contemporary free trade model: private corporation’s ability to sue sovereign nations.
keywords: CAFTA , Central America , CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
After seven years and millions of dollars, decision announced in Pac Rim mining company vs. El Salvador
Institute for Policy Studies | 16-Oct-2016
Coalition of groups state “there are no winners," investor-state arbitration subverts democracy.
keywords: Canada , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Victoire du Salvador contre une minière canadienne
Le Devoir | 15-Oct-2016
Une poursuite de 300 millions de dollars intentée par l’entreprise minière Pacific Rim Mining Corporation contre le Salvador a été défaite par un arbitrage du Centre international pour le règlement des différends relatifs aux investissements
keywords: Canada , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining
Windstream Energy awarded damages after Ontario cancels wind farm project
The Globe and Mail | 14-Oct-2016
A company that planned a huge offshore wind farm in Lake Ontario says it has been awarded more than $25-million in damages, because the Ontario government cancelled its project.
keywords: Canada , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Commission faces EU court battle over secret TTIP documents
EurActiv | 14-Oct-2016
The European Commission faces an EU court battle to keep secret its lawyers’ analysis on whether the controversial investor-state-dispute (ISDS) clause in draft trade deals with the USA and Canada is illegal.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
La Commission poursuivie en justice sur la légalité des tribunaux d’arbitrage
EurActiv | 14-Oct-2016
La Commission européenne devra justifier devant la justice le secret entourant son analyse de la légalité du système de règlement des différends entre investisseurs et États du TTIP et du CETA.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Is Argentina looking for reconciliation with ISDS?
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 14-Oct-2016
In a quite short period the new government, led by the recently elected President Mauricio Macri, has turned around its foreign policy and alignments.
keywords: Argentina , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La nouvelle proposition de l’UE sur l’investissement perpétuera les attaques des entreprises contre la santé et l’environnement
CEO | 13-Oct-2016
Les attaques dangereuses contre les réglementations protégeant l’intérêt public et l’environnement ne prendront pas fin suite aux nouvelles propositions européennes sur l’investissement dans les traités de commerce, selon un nouveau rapport.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Vietnam
Backdoor for investor-state disputes in TiSA
Australian Institute of International Affairs | 13-Oct-2016
There is a loophole that may allow private investors to bring a dispute against states.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , TiSA