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“Investment arbitration is now on Broadway, and the critics are not being kind”
26-Jan-2015 Mediate.com
There is a developing consensus among states that it is acceptable, and even virtuous, to challenge investor-state arbitration as an infringement on the rights of the public to pass laws through their democratically-elected representatives.
Human rights in investor-State arbitration: The human right to water and beyond
26-Jan-2015 SSRN
This article analyzes the restrictive approach adopted by investor-State arbitration tribunals to human rights arguments raised by host States, as exemplified in the case of the human right to water
Nants carpets Ecowas for signing EPA
26-Jan-2015 Business World
The National Association of Nigerian Traders (Nants), on behalf of civil society groups and private sector organisations in the sub-region, has blasted leaders of the Economic Community for West African States for secretly signing the Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU.
India, US to resume talks on investment treaty; hotline between top leaders soon
25-Jan-2015 PTI
India and US on Sunday decided to resume talks on bilateral investment treaty during discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
Beijing unveils draft of foreign investment law
25-Jan-2015 Want China Times
China began a public consultation on the draft of a foreign investment law on Jan. 19, which marked a step toward reforming existing laws governing the area
Harper goverment talks free trade in Kiev as fighting intensifies
25-Jan-2015 Canadian Press
Canada’s International Trade Minister will be in Kiev to talk free trade with his counterpart as fighting intensifies between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the embattled country.
Japan offers compromise on rice in Asia-Pacific trade talks: Nikkei
25-Jan-2015 Reuters
Japan has offered to import more rice from the United States in a compromise aimed at pushing forward the Asia-Pacific regional trade talks, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.
EU and Vietnam hold eleventh round of FTA talks
25-Jan-2015 DG Trade
The EU and Vietnam completed their eleventh round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement as they work towards a swift conclusion of the talks.
New weaknesses: Despite a major win, arbitration decisions in 2014 increase the US’s future exposure to litigation and liability
25-Jan-2015 CCSI
In 2014, the US again emerged the winner in investor-state arbitration. But it did suffer losses on a number of important issues, and those losses leave it more vulnerable to future claims, litigation costs, and potential liability.
PNG govt ordered to stop interfering in SDP
25-Jan-2015
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has ordered Papua New Guinea’s government to stop interfering in the management of PNG Sustainable Development Program.
European Commission’s clever ruse to introduce corporate sovereignty regardless of ratification votes in EU
25-Jan-2015 Techdirt
Even if CETA is rejected in Europe, claims under the ISDS chapter would still be possible up to three years afterwards for investments made during the provisional period.
ASEAN to declare single market but delay deeper integration: Malaysia
25-Jan-2015 AFP
ASEAN will officially call itself a single market by year’s end, but “big things” like seamless travel within the 10-nation bloc would only come in 2020, Malaysia’s trade minister told AFP in an interview.
Chevron’s battered image over Ecuador ecological disaster takes another hit in Davos
23-Jan-2015 Amazon Watch
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
TPP and TTIP: Partners in crime
23-Jan-2015 Rosa Luxembourg Stiftung
Mike Dolan, Vice-President of the Citizens’ Trade Campaign, takes stock of the resistance against both TPP and TTIP in the United States and outlines the strategy we need if we want to prevent the passage of “trade” agreements that threaten to kill jobs, undermine labor standards and environmental regulations, limit access to generic drugs, and even aim to exempt corporations from the judicial process.
EU-US trade talks in ’troubled waters’
23-Jan-2015 EU Observer
EU-US trade talks are “in troubled waters” and need a “fresh start for parliament to approve an agreement”, the chairman of the assembly’s international trade committee has said.
TTIP is ’big bonanza’ for developing countries, EU claims
23-Jan-2015 EurActiv
German Development Minister Gerd Müller counters criticism of TTIP with study on how it will impact developing and newly industrialised countries
Merkel offers Russia free-trade agreement
23-Jan-2015 The Local
Germany would be prepared to negotiate a free-trade agreement between the European Union and Russia as a way out of the deadlocked Ukraine conflict, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
Interview: Finnish PM calls for EU-China FTA
23-Jan-2015 Xinhua
"Now we are working very much on trying to agree on a bilateral investment treaty between the EU and China, then hopefully ... get a free trade agreement (FTA) as well," Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb told Xinhua in an interview.
Mexico says Pacific free trade deal ’feasible’ in mid-March
23-Jan-2015 Reuters
A deal on a 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade pact could be concluded in mid-March, Mexico’s economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, said on Thursday.
UK aims to pass law to ban branding on cigarette packs before May
22-Jan-2015 Reuters
Cigarette sales have dropped in Australia since plain packaging was introduced on Dec. 1, 2012, prompting Britain to act before its national election in May even as Australia battles international legal challenges from other countries and manufacturers.