20-Dec-2019
Himalayan Times
A US-based international court issues interim order directing the Nepal government not to impose capital gains tax on Ncell buyout deal for the time being.
17-Dec-2019
GlobeNewswire
The dispute is related to the Invicta gold mine project and the blockade erected by the community of Parán in October 2018 wherein it prevented any access to the mining site.
17-Dec-2019
Inequality.org
Romanian and US environmental justice activists demonstrated in Washington, DC, outside a World Bank tribunal hearing on a case brought by Canadian-based Gabriel Resources.
16-Dec-2019
Romania Insider
The Government took this decision to unlock the accounts of Romania’s air control company Romatsa, frozen by the Miculas.
13-Dec-2019
Handelsgranskaren
For the first time, Sweden has recieved a notice of arbitration for banning the exploration and mining of uranium.
11-Dec-2019
The Ecologist
The US has banned any mention of climate change in US-UK trade talks.
10-Dec-2019
Economic Times
South Korean state owned power utility Kowepo has begun international arbitration proceedings against India in Singapore for not honouring a fuel supply commitment to its Maharashtra power plant.
9-Dec-2019
ECT’s Dirty Secrets
We – 278 environmental, climate, consumer, development, and trade related civil society groups, as well as trade unions – believe that the ECT is incompatible with the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
9-Dec-2019
The East African
Civil society groups are now calling on governments to reform their investor state dispute settlement because “it is being unfairly used by investors to sue states for millions of dollars.”
27-Nov-2019
Project Syndicate
Thanks to the World Bank’s flawed and corrupt investment arbitration process, the rich are making a fortune at the expense of poor countries.
12-Nov-2019
Stock Market Wire
Aura Energy lodged a claim against Sweden to recover the losses incurred from the Haggan uranium project following the country’s decision to ban uranian mining.
6-Nov-2019
Scoop Politics
The CTU is concerned that the "upgrade" of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement has not removed the threat of investor suits against the New Zealand government.
5-Nov-2019
Business Recorder
The Karkey dispute between the government and a Turkish ship-based energy firm has finally been resolved due to efforts of Turkish government, Prime Minister Imran Khan said.