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investor-state disputes | ISDS
The Federal Government's plain packaging laws for cigarettes have now passed both houses of Parliament but are facing their first legal challenge.
The Ministry of Justice submitted a formal opinion strongly recommending caution with regard to the investor-state dispute (ISD) system, a key item of contention with the South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement.
The main opposition Democratic Party stepped up its public campaign against the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement over the weekend, as the ruling Grand National Party mulled pushing a final vote at a plenary session Wednesday.
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall will take advantage of an "extraordinarily powerful legal tool" now available to the world's corporations to sue the German government for phasing out nuclear power, it was confirmed this week.
The South Korean government describes the investor-state dispute system (ISD), introduced by the country for 81 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) formed since 1967, as a means of protecting offshore investments by South Koreans. But South Korea has never once sued another country, nor has the government been sued by a foreign investor. The reason was that none of those treaties was with the United States.
Why responsible companies and governments should avoid the revised ICC Rules in arbitrations involving states.
This article tries to provide a first brief assessment of the leaked EU negotiation mandate for an investment protecting agreement in the EU free trade agreements with Canada, India and Singapore.
On Monday 12 September the General Affairs Council approved negotiating mandates for investment
protection chapters in free trade agreements with Canada, India and Singapore.
Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, said it won a $96 million judgment against Ecuador in an international arbitration case stemming from a 1990s oil-export dispute with the Latin American nation.
Legislation requiring tobacco products to be in plain packaging was passed by Australia's House of Representatives last night. This is the first such measure in the world to become law.
