CPTPP
Info Justice | 4-Aug-2011
Philip Morris asserts that fair and equitable treatment includes a right to a “stable and predictable regulatory framework” as well as rights under treaties in addition to customary international law.
keywords:
Australia ,
corporate interests ,
CPTPP ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
New Zealand ,
Uruguay ,
US
| 28-Jun-2011
Tobacco giant Philip Morris suing the Australian government for introducing plain packaging laws for tobacco should send shockwaves through this country as it seeks a free trade deal involving the US, says an academic critic of the deal.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
corporate interests ,
CPTPP ,
health ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
New Zealand ,
US
Radio NZ | 7-Feb-2011
A top United States trade official says New Zealand is ready to accept investor-state disputes in the nine-country TransPacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP).
| 16-Jan-2011
Big tobacco is hoping a new multilateral free trade agreement will enable it to sue the Federal Government if Australia introduces plain packaging for cigarettes in mid-2012 as planned.
