ISDS Case Map
investor-state disputes | ISDS
The East African Community partner states have agreed on the outstanding trade issues under the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA).
EU trade deals with Canada and the US could endanger citizens’ rights to basic services like water and health, as negotiators are doing the work of some of the EU’s most powerful corporate lobby groups in pushing an aggressive market opening agenda in the public sector.
Up until now, Australia has never agreed to provide American investors with access to Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), whereas Canada has. In total Canada has faced 35 challenges. Australia has been subjected to only one case.
Law firms are among the many Australian businesses likely to benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
India and EU would soon resume negotiations on the stalled India-EU free trade agreement.
Why the Commission’s proposal for an “Investment Court System” still fails to address the key problems of foreign investors’ privileges
The European Commission intends to announce in mid October its plans to revise the deal in order to add the missing investment protection chapter to it.
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries have agreed on language that will allow members to exclude tobacco control measures from the scope of investor-state dispute settlement.
The bankruptcy of oil and gas giant Yukos led to multiple proceedings against the Russian state and some enormous awards.
The new exception validates, rather than assuages, the concerns of those who have been criticizing ISDS systems for many years. Without express carve outs, ISDS provisions do threaten common health and safety regulations.
