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Is TPP trade deal a massive giveaway to major corporations? An exchange between Obama and Sherrod Brown
Washington Post | 28-Apr-2015
Obama leans hard into the idea that TPP’s ISDS will be drawn explicitly to prevent corporate gaming of the litigation process
keywords: CPTPP , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
TTIP stakeholder statement: protect IP from ISDS
InfoJustice.org | 26-Apr-2015
There is an increasingly urgent need revise the EU and US ISDS templates to protect IP policy decisions from the ISDS chapters of trade agreements.
keywords: intellectual property , investor-state disputes | ISDS , reformed ISDS
TUC’s Owen Tudor: ’We are totally opposed to TTIP’
EurActiv | 24-Apr-2015
Shrouded with secrecy and posing a threat to public services, Owen Tudor tells EurActiv why the UK Trade Union Congress doesn’t believe the hype over TTIP, and why exploitation, rather than immigration, should be the cause of people’s concerns.
keywords: Canada , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , services , TTIP , UK
UN expert says secret trade deals threaten human rights
Reuters | 24-Apr-2015
Secret negotiations on international trade deals threaten human rights, an independent United Nations expert said on Thursday in comments that appeared aimed at agreements the United States is seeking with the European Union and Pacific nations.
keywords: CPTPP , human rights , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
PACER-plus chapter on Investment draft text (November 2013)
PINA | 23-Apr-2015
This is the leaked draft chapter on Investment text from the PACER Plus Intersessional meeting in Auckland, 26-28 November 2013.
keywords: FTAs (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , PACER
¿Qué es el Tratado Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversión entre EEUU y Europa?
Notas | 23-Apr-2015
Miles de personas salieron este sábado a las calles de las principales ciudades de Europa en rechazo al Tratado Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversión (TTIP, en sus siglas en inglés) entre la Unión Europea y EEUU, el cual consideran que amenaza los derechos sociales y laborales, los estándares medioambientales y la seguridad alimenticia.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , services , TTIP
Brazil has signed Investment Cooperation and Facilitation agreements with Mozambique and Angola
Lexology | 23-Apr-2015
The ICFAs open a door to arbitration, providing an alternative to the local courts, but State-to-State, not investor-State.
keywords: Angola , Brazil , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mozambique
Le Parlement européen fait tanguer la clause d’arbitrage du TTIP
EurActiv | 21-Apr-2015
La moitié des commissions du Parlement européen ont repoussé le dispositif de règlement des différends du traité, laissant augurer d’une majorité incertaine.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
Parliament’s opposition to TTIP arbitration on the rise
EurActiv | 21-Apr-2015
Half of the European Parliament’s committees have rejected the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, casting doubt over the trade deal’s prospects of to passing through Parliament.
keywords: EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , TTIP
El Salvador, Water is more precious than gold
ITUC | 15-Apr-2015
The International Trade Union Confederation calls on the government of El Salvador to denounce all treaties establishing ISDS proceedings.
keywords: actions | resistance , Australia , Canada , El Salvador , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , water