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S. Korea not to appeal court ruling on compensation to US fund Mason
Yonhap | 18-Apr-2025
South Korea has decided not to appeal a Singaporean court’s rejection of its lawsuit seeking to annul an investor-state dispute settlement.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Estonia wins 30-year-long Seaplane Harbor ownership dispute tribunal
ERR | 3-Apr-2025
An international arbitration tribunal has ruled that Estonia acted lawfully in restoring ownership of the Seaplane Harbor (Lennusadam) and ending a 30-year dispute.
keywords: Estonia , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , US
Not far enough – the state of the free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States
TNI | 26-Mar-2025
Despite criticism of the free trade agreement with the United States, Colombian President Gustavo Petro opted to reassess a series of clauses on investments and arbitration, instead of requesting a complete renegotiation.
keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , US
Highway heist in Honduras: How corporations fleece regular people in impoverished countries
Foreign Policy in Focus | 25-Mar-2025
Extraordinary corporate privileges in US foreign and trade policy are designed to help companies win even when their investments fail.
keywords: Honduras , investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , US
Almadex files memorial documentation for investment arbitration claim against Mexico
Financial Post | 24-Mar-2025
Almadex has filed its memorial submission relating to its international arbitration proceedings under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with Mexico, seeking damages of US$1.06 billion.
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , mining , US
S. Korea loses suit against int’l court ruling on compensation to Mason Capital over Samsung merger
Yonhap | 24-Mar-2025
South Korea has lost a lawsuit seeking to annul an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) ruling that ordered it to pay compensation to US hedge fund Mason Capital over losses from Samsung’s controversial 2015 merger of two units.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Korean government, Lone Star face off in oral hearings over $216.5M arbitration ruling
Chosun Biz | 17-Mar-2025
Korean government and Lone Star to present final arguments in landmark arbitration case over compensation disputes.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , US
Una renegociación con gusto a poco
Nueva Sociedad | 12-Mar-2025
En diversas ocasiones, el presidente colombiano Gustavo Petro criticó el tratado de libre comercio entre Colombia y Estados Unidos considerando que coloca en una competencia desleal a los productos de su país. Sin embargo, en lugar de pedir una renegociación completa, optó por rediscutir una serie de cláusulas sobre inversiones y arbitraje que consideró «lesivas para la seguridad del Estado». ¿Qué razones lo llevaron a abandonar su apuesta original?
keywords: Colombia , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Aseguradoras estadounidenses advierten a Chile sobre reforma de pensiones
CIAR Global | 3-Feb-2025
La ministra de Trabajo, Jeannette Jara, en una entrevista a la radio chilena, informó de una carta enviada por aseguradoras estadounidenses al presidente Gabriel Boric en la que muestran su disconformidad con la reforma de las pensiones, tan solo un día antes de que ésta fuera aprobada por el Congreso Nacional.
keywords: Chile , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
The Slovak Republic won the arbitration proceedings against the American company Discovery Global LLC
Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic | 27-Jan-2025
The subject of the dispute was the issue of conducting geological exploration for the purpose of future exploitation of oil and natural gas.
keywords: energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Slovakia , US