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RCEP: India to propose mechanism to resolve non-tariff measures
Financial Express | 6-Jan-2016
India is set to propose a non-legal and non-adversarial mechanism to resolve trade-impeding non-tariff measures among the 16 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries.
keywords: India , investor-state disputes | ISDS , RCEP
Will the TPP set back this campaign to stop a proposed coal mine on Montana tribal land?
Yes | 6-Jan-2016
The TPP makes the rights of companies sacrosanct, and that includes the right to mine. But what about the rights of people who live in the way of proposed mining sites?
keywords: CPTPP , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , land , US
ANALYSIS: In final version of its new model investment treaty, India dials back ambition of earlier proposals – but still favors some big changes
IA Reporter | 6-Jan-2016
Following the release in April of 2015 of a draft model investment treaty, the government of India unveiled a final version of its proposed negotiating text.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Australia tobacco clash reverberates in EU trade talks
Politico | 4-Jan-2016
The inclusion of an ISDS in an EU agreement could raise the likelihood of such cases being brought against all kinds of public interest and health protecting policies in the future.
keywords: Australia , EU , health , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Resolute Forest Products sues for $70M over Port Hawkesbury aid
CBC | 31-Dec-2015
NAFTA action comes after closure of Laurentide mill blamed on Nova Scotian mill.
keywords: Canada , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA
L’actuel règlement des différends en matière d’investissement, un obstacle important pour la promotion d’un ordre international démocratique et équitable
CADTM | 30-Dec-2015
Les accords internationaux d’investissement sont un puissant instrument de domination et de spoliation de la richesse des États.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
Foreign Direct Investment: myths and realities
IPS | 30-Dec-2015
There is no clear evidence that bilateral investment treaties have a strong impact on the direction of FDI inflows.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
American mining giant escaped Indonesian law with ISDS
IPS | 30-Dec-2015
American mining corporation Newmont escaped the domestic processing requirement from Indonesia’s 2009 Mining Law. It achieved this by using a clause in a Dutch investment treaty.
keywords: Indonesia , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , reformed ISDS
ODS y TTIP: las siglas del caos
El País | 29-Dec-2015
La perdida de protagonismo de los países más pobres, el acceso a los medicamentos o las cláusulas no vinculantes para el desarrollo sostenible son ejemplos de los riesgos que entrañaría para los ODS la construcción de un gran bloque comercial entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.
keywords: corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines , regulation , TTIP
French firm attacks Ugandan tax using ISDS
Inter-Press Service | 29-Dec-2015
The heavily criticized legal mechanism, known as ISDS, is an important tool for European companies to pressurize developing countries. This year Uganda joins the rank of developing nations asking themselves: “Why have we ever signed this?”
keywords: corporate interests , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , natural resources , Netherlands , Uganda