ISDS Case Map
Australia
Agricultural groups were left in the dark about a new chapter dedicated entirely to animal welfare in the new UAE trade deal.
This explainer sheds light on how Clive Palmer is using Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions in trade agreements to claim up to $420 billion from the Australian government.
Clive Palmer’s latest claims join a growing global list of ISDS claims by fossil fuel companies defined by the UN and the OECD as threats to the global climate transition.
Formal commencement of international arbitration proceedings for significant damages claim.
Already Australia’s biggest trading partner in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates has signed a free-trade agreement that is set to benefit farmers and exporters.
India and Australia are racing to finalize a comprehensive trade deal before Australia's upcoming elections. Negotiators are working to address remaining differences and secure the agreement within the next two months. Meanwhile, India is also seeking to address tariff imbalances in its trade agreement with ASEAN, aiming for a more balanced free trade arrangement.
Invoking the Australia-Poland bilateral investment treaty, together with the Energy Charter Treaty, Green X has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars over a thwarted mining project.
Australia has agreed to its first free trade agreement with a Middle Eastern nation, the United Arab Emirates, in a major deal that will boost profits in our largest vegetable export market and with one of our rapidly growing red meat trade partners.
The ACTU has spoken out against Australia’s new trade deal with the United Arab Emirates as one of the worst countries Australia has ever negotiated a bilateral free trade agreement with.
The solicitor-general has pilloried Clive Palmer’s $300bn legal claim against Australia as weak, absurd and demonstrably inadequate.
