ISDS Case Map
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European Union
New trade stemming from the EPA will not be very extensive, and any poverty reduction effects will also likely be quite small.
As negotiators prepare for the 12th round of TTIP talks, the crisis in French agriculture is compounding the sector’s fears over the trade deal.
The benefits of the EPA between the EU and WA’s countries appear small, if not negative for West African countries.
Canada and Canadian businesses will be left to grapple with numerous different legal approaches and commitments to GIs arising from domestic rules, the various trade agreements, and side letters with one-third of TPP members.
The European Commission has proposed a new ’Investment Court System’ to replace the current investor to state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and other future investment deals.
West Africa and the European Union continue to prepare for the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement -- pending its signature by all member states -- by putting together the necessary texts for the institutional bodies and instruments envisaged under the EPA, in order that it becomes operational immediately upon entering into force.
New Zealand First is blasting the government for poor quality “free trade” agreements and exposing New Zealand farming to questionable Chinese investment.
Canada is working with the European Union to revise controversial investor protection provisions in their landmark free trade deal at the direction of the new Liberal government.
The secretive TTIP could make it easier than ever for big business to sue governments, according to new research.
Rebranded as ICS, rights for corporations to sue states refuse to die.
