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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.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
US
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.
Reuters | 6-Mar-2015
Hungary will not support any trade agreement between the United States and the European Union that impairs the jurisdiction of Hungarian courts in trade disputes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday.
EurActiv | 6-Mar-2015
Studies that promote investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) have generated misleading numbers and dubious recommendations. Legislators should approach all studies with caution, warns Gus Van Harten.
S&DGroup | 4-Mar-2015
Today the Socialist and Democrats Group in the European Parliament adopted a very strong position paper on Investor-State Dispute Settlements, opposing the inclusion of the controversial mechanism in trade deals with both the US and Canada.
Bangkok Post | 4-Mar-2015
The investment chapter under the proposed TPP and the Thailand-EU FTA, if adopted, might place Thailand’s substantive ability to protect public interests at risk, warns Jakkrit Kuanpoth.
Australia Broadcasting Corporation | 4-Mar-2015
Discussion with Susan Sell, Matthew Rimmer and Jane Kelsey
Dawn | 2-Mar-2015
Pakistan’s Board of Investment is working on Pakistan’s own template of a bilateral investment treaty, which will replace previous treaties and serve as basis for new ones.
Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 1-Mar-2015
The Russian Federation filed three writs that seek to annul the award, alleging that the arbitrators did not fulfil their mandate personally because the Tribunal’s assistant played a significant role in analyzing the evidence and legal arguments.
EurActiv | 27-Feb-2015
In a letter to French MEPs, seen by EurActiv France, the French Secretariat General for European Affairs (SGAE) appears to have made a U-turn on the position so far defended by Mathias Fekl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade.
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investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
TTIP
