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investor-state disputes | ISDS
Paris would like to “copy-paste” key passages from the EU-Canada free trade agreement, concluded this week, particularly those relating to the arbitration court that is such a controversial issue in Europe.
This is one of the problems with this regime of investor rights. It confers enormous discretion on an elite corps of lawyers.
A research provides a set of pragmatic tools for governments on the receiving end of legal claims.
Singapore has moved quickly to sign an investment treaty with oil-rich Iran to support Singapore firms investing in an economy that is emerging after the recent lifting of global sanctions.
Corporations can still sue governments over public policy decisions they don't like but the real lesson from the ISDS reforms, in fact, is that public opposition and political mobilization can change things.
New report shows that trade and investment deals like RCEP will further adversely affect the ability of the government of India to tax corporations effectively and fairly.
Despite all the talk of reform from commissioner Malmstroem, the threat to democratic decision-making is as alive and dangerous as ever.
In African countries, the expansion of international investment agreements could carry significant risks to policy space and policy tools necessary for industrialization and development.
Enforcement of remaining $28 million remains pending further ICSID decision.
The European Commission and the Canadian Government have agreed to include a new approach on investment protection and investment dispute settlement in CETA.
