ISDS Case Map
Australia
With the Federal Parliament expected to ratify Australia's involvement in a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by the end of the year, it is worth having a look at what it means for the dairy industry.
An award-winning cheese producer says a trade deal with the European Union will hurt the specialty cheese industry.
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
As released by the European Council
The European Union will begin free-trade agreement negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop, have confirmed their countries’ commitment to putting the new Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal into effect at an early date.
The four-country Pacific Alliance consists of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The coalition aims to achieve the goal, launched nearly a year ago, of conferring a new associate member status to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Singapore.
The ISDS system impedes on national sovereignty to the benefit of corporations, yet places no obligations on investors to behave responsibly, creating an asymmetric system that gives multinationals the same rights as sovereign states.
French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Australia's push for a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union.
EU’s lead trade negotiator said the agreement would serve a “strategic” purpose by creating a “circle” of allies to remove barriers
