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investment
Perú: FIDH presenta informe sobre La Oroya, una de las ciudades más contaminadas del mundo
| 13-May-2013
El caso ilustra cómo el TLC y el Estado peruano protegen a los inversores por encima de los derechos humanos.
Reko Diq finally abandoned by Canadians, TCC
| 10-May-2013
Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture between Canada’s Barrick Gold and Chilean miner Antofagasta, has given up hope of eventually mining Reko Diq, a disputed but promising copper-gold project in Pakistan’s poorest region, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday.
El TPP en el Perú, algunos antecedentes
| 8-May-2013
El Acuerdo de Negociación Transpacífico, un tratado de libre comercio que busca integrar las economías y mercados de los países de la región del Asia-Pacífico, va más allá de lo meramente comercial al abarcar aspectos como la protección de la inversión y de la propiedad intelectual.
Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad
| 7-May-2013
Dispute settlements between investors and states saw 62 new cases initiated last year, the highest number of known treaty-based disputes filed in a year, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in March.
International investment agreements report from CRS
| 6-May-2013
“Presently, there are over 3,000 BITs globally. The United States has concluded 47 BITs, 41 of which have entered into force.” These treaties were tabulated by CRS and presented along with other little-known data on the subject in "US International Investment Agreements: Issues for Congress", April 29, 2013.
Investors’ IP rights unbound: The danger of investment clauses to access to medicines
| 25-April-2013
Although access to medicines activists have been wise to focus our attention intently on convincing low- and middle-income countries to adopt and use all possible TRIPS-compliant flexibilities and to oppose the TRIPS-plus IP chapters in free trade agreements, we have neglected to interrogate another chapter in free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties that perhaps pose an even greater threat to our collective access to medicines – investment chapters.
Treaty-based disputes between investors, states on the rise, says Unctad
| 18-April-2013
Dispute settlements between investors and states saw 62 new cases initiated last year, the highest number of known treaty-based disputes filed in a year, according to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad)
BIT claim brought against Turkmenistan following UN finding of human rights violations
| 15-April-2013
Following a decision of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“UNHRC“) in 2010 that a Turkish businessman had suffered violations of his human rights after being illegally convicted of economic crimes, a claim for compensation is now being pursued under the Turkey-Turkmenistan bilateral investment treaty (“BIT“). This case therefore highlights the interesting interaction between the human rights and investment protection regimes.
Uruguay: Transnacionales y Acuerdos de Protección de Inversiones
| 10-April-2013
La letra chica de los grandes negocios.
Canada strengthens its ties with Africa by concluding negotiations of bilateral investment treaties
| 10-April-2013
On March 4, 2013, the Minister of International Trade of Canada announced the conclusion of the negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaties with Cameroon and Zambia — home of iron ore, copper and other mineral deposits.
Suisse-Tunisie : Accord d’investissement ou jeu de dupes?
| 3-April-2013
Le parlement helvétique vient de ratifier l’accord de promotion et de protection des investissements entre les deux pays. La Tunisie ne l’a pas encore fait.
New hospital in Shenzhen fails to impress Cepa critics
| 27-March-2013
Critics of Hong Kong’s free-trade deal with the mainland maintained their reservations about the scheme as the first wholly Hong Kong-owned hospital in Shenzhen opened yesterday.
Further steps given by Ecuador to terminate its bilateral investment treaty with the USA
| 26-March-2013
On 6 March 2013, Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa, requested that Ecuador’s legislature approve the denunciation of the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) between the USA and Ecuador.
Multinational firms look for tax shields in bilateral pacts
| 19-March-2013
The aggressive push by India’s tax department to increase revenue has prompted several multinational companies to informally seek the views of lawyers and consultants about invoking bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements to resist the government’s demands for more money. 
Ecuador’s president on Saturday said he planned to challenge several bilateral investment treaties after the South American country was ordered to pay billions of dollars in damages by overseas courts.
Australian-US alliance a factor in Chinese investment decisions
| 1-March-2013
The growing size and value of China’s investments in Australia makes the case for a bilateral investment treaty increasingly urgent, according to a leading China expert. 
A recent briefing note by Traidcraft discusses the threats posed by current regulation of foreign investment in land highlighting that food security and other human rights concerns often come at the cost of excessive protection of foreign investors’ rights. 
One of the most contentious issues dealt with in a draft new Foreign Investment Bill, which the South African Department of Trade and Industry will present to an interministerial committee in the next few months, will deal with how the South African government will compensate foreign investors in the event of expropriation, deputy director-general of international trade Xavier Carim said on Friday.
CETA Investor-State Dispute Settlement process “anti-democratic, unnecessary and unfair,” says NFU
| 16-February-2013
The National Farmers Union is among the labour, environmental, Indigenous, women’s, academic, health sector and fair trade organizations representing over 65 million people from both sides of the Atlantic that have signed a joint statement demanding that Canada and the EU stop negotiating an excessive and controversial investor rights chapter in the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). 
Corporations in Western Europe are suing Central and Eastern European countries at international arbitration tribunals through a vast web of intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). |
L’accord entre l’Union Européenne et l’Inde menace l’accès aux traitements en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
| 12-April-2013
Colombia: Nueve propuestas mínimas para la reafirmación de la soberanía frente al capital transnacional
| 26-March-2013
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