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12-Aug-2021 Bloomberg
Shell will pay $111 million to end Nigerian oil-spill case
Shell didn’t say in its statement if it will withdraw the related arbitration claim. -
12-Aug-2021 Merco Press
South Korea/Mercosur round of trade talks at the end of the month
South Korea wants to advance with trade negotiations with Mercosur. Discussions started back in 2018 and at the end of the month, a seventh-round is slated to take place. -
11-Aug-2021 AFTINET
Pakistan terminating 23 bilateral investment treaties because of ISDS
Pakistan decided to review the entire BIT situation in 2013, and to develop a new model BIT. -
11-Aug-2021 TNI
Risks for Mexico in the renegotiation of its FTA with the European Union
To end neoliberalism and defend energy resources, Mexico must step up and avoid at all costs the inclusion of supranational arbitration mechanisms in a renegotiated FTA with the European Union. -
11-Aug-2021 South Centre
UNCITRAL Working Group III: Moving forward towards consensus or loosing balance?
This policy brief highlights the need to allocate sufficient time to deliberate upon the important issues being raised by developing countries. -
11-Aug-2021 Reuters
US reaches deal with Mexican auto parts factory in USMCA labor complaint
Mexican auto parts company Tridonex agreed to ensure worker rights, pay severance and back wages to dismissed employees to settle an early labor rights complaint under the new North American trade deal. -
10-Aug-2021 Third World Network
South’s concerns over ISDS reform process need to be addressed
The broad mandate given by UNCITRAL focuses on a limited set of procedural issues that fails to address the substantive concerns over the crisis of legitimacy confronting the international investment regime, and ISDS more specifically. -
9-Aug-2021 Market Research Telecast
The Irish Spanish Solar sues Spain in the ICSID for the cut in premiums to renewables
Spanish Solar demands compensation from the Spanish Government for having cut the premiums for the use of energy once the investments have been made. -
9-Aug-2021 The Maritime Executive
Deep-sea salvage firm uses NAFTA to fight Mexican environmental rules
A lawsuit filed against the Mexican government for denying a permit for seabed mining has put a spotlight on the lack of international rules for such practices. -
9-Aug-2021 The Interpreter
Australia and India: A time to refocus on trade talks
In a drastically changed geopolitical scenario, developments in the Indo-Pacific, have brought Australia and India closer together as Comprehensive Strategic Partners. -
9-Aug-2021 Business Recorder
BoI to sign treaties as per its new template
The Board of Investment (BoI) is all set to sign treaties with foreign countries in line with the new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template, which was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, sources said. -
9-Aug-2021 East Asia Forum
Protecting human and environmental rights in international investment agreements
Human rights experts are particularly concerned about the asymmetric nature of the system and a lack of investors’ human rights obligations. Together with high ISDS costs and arbitral awards, they undermine states’ ability to realise economic, social, cultural and environmental rights. -
9-Aug-2021 Illinois News Today
Thailand and EU resume free trade agreement negotiations
Thailand and the European Union (EU) have agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) seven years after the collapse of negotiations in 2014 after a military coup in Thailand. -
7-Aug-2021 Public Citizen
XL pipeline absurd $15 billion NAFTA ISDS claim
TC Energy expects to get 15 times more money, coming from taxpayers’ pockets, than the asset losses it experienced from the revocation of a permit, that was already denied twice.
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6-Aug-2021 The Globe and Mail
How ‘blood mineral’ traders in Rwanda are helping fund Congo rebels – and undermining global supply chains
New evidence from a UN report and a high-profile investor arbitration case is casting a spotlight on Rwanda’s role in sophisticated smuggling networks that extract gold and coltan from Congolese conflict zones and funnel the strategically important minerals illicitly into global supply chains. -
6-Aug-2021 SSRN
Pathways to just, equitable and sustainable trade and investment regimes
The paper suggests ten principles that fair trade movements could use when they think about their approach to international trade and investments. -
6-Aug-2021 Market Research Telecast
Ecuador awaits Mexico’s response to negotiate the FTA, says minister
Ecuador is waiting for a response from Mexico to return to the negotiating table for a free trade agreement between the two that opens the long-awaited path to the Pacific Alliance. -
6-Aug-2021 The Week
Income tax bill fails to address international arbitration, will continue fight: Devas
An arbitration tribunal in 2020 awarded Devas more than $111 million plus interest in retro tax case. -
6-Aug-2021 The Print
Australia makes fresh push for free trade deal, sends former PM Abbott to talk to Modi govt
Australia is keen to deepen our trade and investment links with India, and take the economic relationship to the next level. -
6-Aug-2021 Swiss Info
Switzerland and Thailand seek to boost business ties
Switzerland and Thailand have expressed interest in starting negotiations for a free trade deal, according to his office, with technical talks underway at the level of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).