investor-state disputes | ISDS
26-Jan-2016
Reuters
An international arbitrator threw out claims from two investors protesting against Spain's 2010 cuts to renewable energy subsidies, setting a potential precedent for other lawsuits pending.
26-Jan-2016
Tele Sur
The ruling from the District Court of the Hague in favor of U.S. oil giant Chevron effectively exonerated the company from any responsibility for remediating the contamination in the Amazon.
22-Jan-2016
CBC
Both sides admit surprise as deal risks losing ratification vote thanks to anti-American sentiment.
21-Jan-2016
Lexology
India’s new model BIT text follows the trend of divergent approaches to investment treaty-making by focusing on a more defensive-minded strategy than in its prior treaties.
21-Jan-2016
Tele Sur
Experts from UNASUR met in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo in order to finalize and sign agreements regarding the proposed center for investigation of international settlement dispute cases.
21-Jan-2016
Tico Times
Infinito announced that it has secured funding from a lender to continue pursuing damages stemming from Costa Rica’s cancellation of the firm’s gold mining concession in 2011.
21-Jan-2016
Embassy
CETA, China, softwood lumber among government’s top trade priorities for 2016. Canada’s government is willing to address ISDS concerns.
14-Jan-2016
TNI
Letter from civil society organizations in Myanmar to EC Commissioner Malmström.
14-Jan-2016
The Hindu
Canada asks officials to focus on TPP ratification instead; wants India to first ink bilateral investment pact.
14-Jan-2016
Market Watch
The problem of TPP is with the “investment” chapter, which severely constrains environmental, health, and safety regulation, and even financial regulations with significant macroeconomic impacts.