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1-Oct-2019 Yonhap
S. Korea wins int’l arbitration against Korean-American in property dispute
The South Korean government has won an international arbitration in a suit a Korean-American individual filed over expropriation of land in a redevelopment project.
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17-Aug-2019 DW
EU vs. Indonesia: Is it really a trade war?
The European Union has slapped countervailing tariffs on imports of subsidized biodiesel from Indonesia. The southeast Asian country has threatened to retaliate but experts say counter tariffs could be self-destructive.
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2-Aug-2019 GRAIN
El acuerdo comercial RCEP intensificará el acaparamiento de tierras en Asia
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos.
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31-Jul-2019 GRAIN
L’accord commercial du RCEP va intensifier l’accaparement de terres en Asie
Le méga-accord commercial de la RCEP changera la façon dont les gouvernements décident des droits fonciers et des personnes qui y ont accès. Il a le potentiel d’accroître l’accaparement des terres dans toute l’Asie.
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12-Jul-2019 GRAIN
RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
The RCEP mega-trade agreement if adopted will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it. Therefore, it has the potential to increase land grabbing across Asia – already a huge problem in this region.
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2-May-2019 Mining Watch
New report exposes mining companies suing Latin American countries where communities defend land and environment
We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, and more.
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29-Mar-2019 GRAIN
La Iniciativa de La Franja y la Ruta: las empresas chinas de agronegocios se globalizan
BRI proporciona un marco de trabajo para la inversión china, para mejorar la infraestructura actual y construir también nuevos sitios de producción y rutas comerciales con el fin de conectar de mejor manera a China con el resto del mundo.
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29-Mar-2019 GRAIN
L’initiative “la Ceinture et la Route” : l’agrobusiness chinois se mondialise
La BRI fournit à l’investissement chinois un cadre pour améliorer les infrastructures existantes et construire de nouveaux sites de production et de nouvelles routes commerciales, pour mieux relier la Chine au reste du monde.
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29-Mar-2019 GRAIN
The Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese agribusiness going global
The Belt and Road Initiative provides a framework for Chinese investment to enhance existing infrastructure as well as build new production sites and trade routes to better connect China with the rest of the world.
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7-Mar-2019 Local Futures
Saving Japan’s seed heritage from “free trade”
Former Japanese minister Yamada joined forces with 150 lawyers that have challenged as unconstitutional both the TPP agreement and the government’s decision to abolish the seed protection law.
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26-Feb-2019 Yellowhead Institute
Lessons from Aotearoa: The indigenous “exception” clause in free trade agreements
Exception clauses amount to little more than tokenism, and short-change our full rights to determine trade relationships on our land and oceanic territories.
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12-Feb-2019 People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty
Corporate sector in China’s Belt & Road: Impact on people’s access to land and water
China has been receiving flak for its conditional investments and loans that are resulting in land and resource grabbing in Asia and Africa.
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22-Jan-2019 The Siasat Daily
Maldives’s debt to China creates difficulties for Solih
The Maldives incurred huge debts and the amount owed to China is still being assessed given that the pitfalls of China’s influence over the Maldivian economy.
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18-Dec-2018 Global Development and Environment Institute
Trade agreements and the land: Investment agreements and their potential impacts on land governance
While promising economic growth, large-scale land investment deals have caused increased inequality, widespread displacement of people, and destruction of natural resources.
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28-Nov-2018 Pazimbabwe
Land reform blow: Zimbabwe must pay foreign investor US$195m; World Bank unit dismisses Harare’s bid to annul award
The ICSID has rejected Zimbabwe’s application to annul an US$195 million award to a German family whose property was expropriated under the controversial land reform programme.
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8-Nov-2018 IIED
Special economic zones: engines of development or sites of exploitation?
Many SEZs have been associated with compressions of land, labour and human rights. Investment treaties protect investments against adverse regulatory change, including in SEZs. To date, investors have brought at least 20 arbitrations to challenge diverse aspects of SEZ regimes.
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27-Aug-2018 Ámbito
Cencosud amenaza con recurrir al CIADI en disputa con Argentina
El grupo chileno impulsa proyecto inmobiliario por U$S 600 millones. El conflicto es por un terreno público en San Isidro que la empresa compró en 1996 por u$s22 millones y que el Estado pretende recuperar sin pagar.
