investor-state disputes | ISDS
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25-Apr-2019 YubaNet
Over 200 organizations denounce multimillion dollar suit brought by US mining firm against Guatemala
The company filed the suit in December 2018 for alleged violations of the Central America–Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
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25-Apr-2019 S&P Global
Nord Stream 2 invokes Energy Charter Treaty to challenge EU gas link rules
EU plans to extend its internal energy market rules to Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas link to Germany could breach the Energy Charter Treaty, which protects international investors, according to the Swiss-registered company building it.
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24-Apr-2019 Al Jazeera
Rosia Montana: Seeds of utopia in town almost lost to gold mining
In 2015, Gabriel Resources sued Romania before of the ICSID, asking for a reported four billion dollars in damages, after protests halted plans for Europe’s largest gold mine.
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23-Apr-2019 No al TTIP
España podría pagar 8000 millones de euros a inversores extranjeros por sus medidas en materia energética
La campaña No a los Tratados de Comercio e Inversión publica en castellano un informe que analiza las demandas de inversores contra Estados ante tribunales de arbitraje utilizando el Tratado sobre la Carta de la Energía.
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23-Apr-2019 In These Times
How trade agreements stand in the way of an international green new deal
To reduce emissions abroad, the US must renegotiate its trade agreements.
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23-Apr-2019 Reporterre
Le géant pétrolier Chevron, qui a saccagé l’Amazonie, échappe à la justice
Texaco — Et pourtant nous vaincrons, une nouvelle BD, relate l’histoire du désastre environnemental en Amazonie et de la lutte en justice des affectés.
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23-Apr-2019 The Guardian
US company’s attempt to sue Australian government collapses
Florida-based APR Energy sought compensation for treatment of its gas turbines.
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22-Apr-2019 Business Recorder
Rental power: Government in talks for out-of-court settlement
Pakistan government is reportedly in talks with the Turkish government and M/s Karkey for an out-of-court settlement to avert attachment of Pakistan’s properties in Europe
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18-Apr-2019 Korea Times
Aborted for-profit hospital
The Jeju provincial government has revoked the business license of a Chinese-owned for-profit hospital. The Chinese group may file a suit against the Korean government, using the investor-state dispute settlement system.
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17-Apr-2019 Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido to seek to annul $8.7 bln Conoco award
Guaido’s special prosecutor said has challenged the amount of the ICSID award, claiming “the methodology to determine the compensation was errant.”
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16-Apr-2019 El Salto Diario
El recorte a las renovables de PSOE y PP puede costar otros 7.000 millones de euros
El Estado español se enfrenta a 35 demandas por el recorte a las renovables de los gobiernos de Zapatero y Rajoy. Según un nuevo informe, las indemnizaciones podrían sumar otros 6.500 millones a los 400 a los que ya ha sido condenado a pagar el Estado español.
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16-Apr-2019 The Express Tribune
Pakistan may not have to pay $1b Karkey penalty
The key suspect in the rental power plants case – Laeeq Ahmed Sheikh, who is in National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) custody, has revealed some astonishing facts.
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12-Apr-2019 biobiochile.cl
Transantiago: en Londres parte juicio por millonaria demanda contra Chile de Alsacia y Express
Este jueves, en Londres, Inglaterra, el Estado chileno comenzará a defenderse ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglos de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI), institución del Banco Mundial.
