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investor-state disputes | ISDS
Recent disputes, including the GMR-Maldives government row and the clash between foreign telecom firms Telenor, Sistema, Etisalat and Vodafone and the Indian government, have exposed India's vulnerable position in investment agreements. While the foreign telecom companies can use a potent weapon - the 'investment protection' clause in bilateral treaties - against India, GMR cannot do the same with Maldives.
The World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes has handed down a ruling against the Ecuadorian government, finding that it “unlawfully expropriated” U.S. firm Burlington Resources’ investments in two oil blocks.
Al Jazeera ask if the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations have rendered democratic decision-making irrelevant.
Developing countries that have signed BITs should start a process of review and eventual renegotiation or denunciation, writes Carlos Correa
While multinational corporations such as Philip Morris dispose of the financial means to pay for elite law advice, developing countries don’t.
Australia’s new stance against investor-State arbitration may do nothing to prevent claims being brought in the future.
Argentina faces 42 claims at the World Bank’s ICSID in which the plaintiffs are demanding compensations for almost 65 billion dollars, revealed Eduardo Barcesat legal advisor to the Argentine Treasury and one of several lawyers who has defended the country in those litigations.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MoPNR) has written a letter to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf to persuade the Balochistan government to settle the Reko Diq issue out of court, fearing a penalty of Rs39 billion by the International Centre for Settlement Investment Disputes (ICSID).
A US-incorporated energy firm, Lone Pine Resources Inc., is taking on Quebec's stand against fracking, saying it violates the North American free-trade agreement and demanding more than $250-million in compensation.
US agribusiness company Cargill Inc. filed a suit in a US court on Tuesday to compel Mexico to pay a $94.6 million award over trade barriers the company says Mexico put up against high-fructose corn syrup from 2002 to 2007.
