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Corporate power unbound: investor-state arbitration of IP monopolies on medicines - Eli Lilly v. Canada and the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement
1-Oct-2015     SSRN
Despite the deep irony of free trade agreements being subverted to codify and extend anti-competitive monopoly rights the joining of enhanced intellectual property rights (IPRs) and strengthened investor rights is creating a wild-west opportunity for unbounded corporate power.
Why reassurances that TTIP will not affect the right to regulate miss the point
1-Oct-2015     BEUC
Often times, we hear that the “right to regulate” will be guaranteed under TTIP. Isn’t this the strongest indication that this right might come under pressure?
Canada misses the cut for EU’s proposed investor-state dispute court
1-Oct-2015     Embassy
Canada will likely be left out of a new system proposed by the European Union for settling disputes between countries and corporations—at least for now.
Farmers protest over trade talk fears
1-Oct-2015     The Free Press
Farmers in Ontario and Quebec fear that the Trans-Pacific Partnership could spell the end of the supply management system that keeps their operations profitable.
Murray Rankin v. Canada
30-Sep-2015     Focus Online
Rankin acted on behalf of an American mining corporation in its successful bid to sue Canada using NAFTA.
Cities and regions express their views on the sharing economy, the Trade in Services Agreement and a fair corporate tax system
30-Sep-2015     Committee of the Regions
The Commission for Economic Policy of the EU Committee of the Regions held an external meeting whose agenda was the adoption of the draft opinionson the local and regional dimension of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).
Dept of Commerce seeks industry comments on initial offers for tariff elimination under RCEP
30-Sep-2015     Business Standard
The next round of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations will see India putting up initial offers for tariff elimination in goods.
Corporate bias at the World Bank Group
30-Sep-2015     Bretton Woods Project
This briefing finds significant ICSID bias in favour of corporations and commercial interests by analysing ICSID overall and by looking at a specific case brought by a global mining corporation against El Salvador.
EU to co-finance Investment Court System in TTIP from its budget
29-Sep-2015     Vieuws
The European Commission wants the new Investment Court System (ICS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to be co-financed from the EU budget only, Mauro Petriccione, Deputy Director-General at DG Trade has told MEPs.
El Salvador vs Pacific Rim: the price of saying ‘no’ to a gold mine
29-Sep-2015     The Argentina Independent
El Salvador is defending itself against a US$301m lawsuit filed after it blocked a mining project to protect the country’s heavy-polluted water supply. The imminent verdict will set a precedent amid a growing trend of companies suing governments when they can’t exploit their natural resources.