ISDS Case Map
US
Getting lawyers to agree on anything is notoriously difficult. So when 100 retired judges, prominent legal academics, lawmakers and leading practitioners from New Zealand and overseas put their names to something, it's time to sit up and take notice.
The State Department and the US Trade Representative (USTR) unveiled last week the new US Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler ruled out renegotiation of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Thursday, saying the deal had been in effect for just six weeks. Her comments foreshadowed a tough time for the Korean government’s efforts to revise the investor-state dispute settlement system under the accord.
An American business lobbyist has given a sober assessment of Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP] talks, citing a ''chasm'' between leaders' ambitions and their negotiators' positions.
Japan should be required to reduce the size of its auto industry before being allowed into regional free trade talks with the United States and eight other countries in the Asia Pacific, a top Ford Motor Co official said.
Foreign investment policy hasn't been the main focus of the U.S. government in recent years. However, this may begin to change and industry leaders should not stay behind.
Controversial KORUS FTA clause could lead to ‘legal chaos’, says Korea's top legal body
The new FTA with the U.S. will bring "gringo superpigs" to Colombia, threatening the country's domestic pork trade, newspaper Diario Del Huila claimed Wednesday.
As the media swarmed over the scandal surrounding the Secret Service’s alleged carousing with prostitutes in Colombia, another questionable financial transaction slipped quietly through the backdoor of hemispheric diplomacy.
